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Crystal Mountain Washington Map

Explore Crystal Mountain, Washington, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Crystal Mountain, Washington

How to Use This Crystal Mountain, Washington Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Crystal Mountain, Washington. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Washington or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Crystal Mountain.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Crystal Mountain
State	Washington (WA)
County	Pierce County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	46.928167
Longitude	-121.504535
Population	180
Density	10.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	98022
Area Code	206, 253
County Seat	Tacoma

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About Crystal Mountain, Washington

Crystal Mountain is a locality in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 10.0 people per km². Crystal Mountain is located at 46.9282°N, 121.5045°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 98022.

Crystal Mountain rises as a jagged spine of rock and timber, defining the verticality of a landscape shaped by the immense, enduring pressure of the Cascade Range. It lies 29.8 miles southeast of Enumclaw, WA (from Enumclaw, WA: bearing 130°T), and is situated 33.3 miles southeast of Franklin. Sunlight here does not merely illuminate; it fractures against the steep, unforgiving inclines and deep, shadows-heavy ravines that characterize this high-altitude terrain. Silver Creek carves a persistent path through the lower reaches, its cold, clear waters feeding the dense greenery of the Snoqualmie National Forest. To the west, the rugged slopes of Pickhandle Basin hold the silence of high-country winters, while the distant, serrated presence of the Sarvant Glaciers serves as a frigid reminder of the geological forces that carved these heights long before human feet traversed the Castle Mountain Trail.

Economic life at Crystal Mountain revolves entirely around the seasonal pulse of the mountainside, shifting from the quiet, verdant growth of summer to the heavy, crystalline silence of snow. Within the vast expanse of the Snoqualmie National Forest, the land remains a domain of managed wildness, where the White River Ranger District oversees the delicate balance between recreation and preservation. Explorers moving toward the high alpine meadows often find themselves near Sheep Lake, a place where the water holds the reflection of the sky with a stark, unsettling clarity. Daily existence here is measured not by the ticking of clocks, but by the accumulation of powder and the slow, inevitable movement of the seasons across the ridges, fostering a culture of endurance and a profound, quiet respect for the thin air of the peaks.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Snoqualmie National Forest (National Forest) — locality lies within · 1.3M acres
Mount Rainier Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 0.0 mi, 285° W · 227k acres
Mount Rainier National Park (National Park) — 0.0 mi, 283° W · 236k acres
Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 1.5 mi, 161° S · 1,131 acres
Sourdough Gap (Viewpoint) — 1.9 mi, 174° S
Norse Peak Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 2.2 mi, 091° E · 52k acres
Stephen Tyng Mather Memorial (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 190° S
Skookum Flats National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 5.1 mi, 345° N · 8 acres
Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 7.9 mi, 341° N
Snoquera Falls (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 344° N
Bumping Lake (Resource Management Area) — 8.9 mi, 128° SE
The Trident (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 260° W
Coffee Cup (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 264° W
Gifford Pinchot National Forest (National Forest) — 11.2 mi, 171° S · 1.3M acres
Big Cedar (Attraction) — 11.7 mi, 191° S
Copper City (Historic Ruins) — 13.2 mi, 146° SE
Stevens-Van Trump Historical Monument (Monument) — 13.6 mi, 227° SW
Green River Watershed Watershed Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 14.2 mi, 009° N · 45k acres
Butter Creek Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 15.4 mi, 220° SW
Cross-section of 1293 Douglas Fir (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 230° SW
Evans Creek Off Road Vehicle Trail Area (Theme Park) — 21.9 mi, 273° W
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 23.2 mi, 154° SE
Historic Packwood Station (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 199° S
Cedar River Watershed Watershed Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 23.3 mi, 003° N · 17k acres
White Pass Country Historical Museum (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 200° S
NP Ski Bowl Lodge (Historic Ruins) — 26.0 mi, 019° N
The Wilkeson Way to Carbon Glacier (Public Artwork) — 28.3 mi, 296° NW
South Cle Elum Rail Yard Interpretive Center (Museum) — 31.3 mi, 055° NE
Carpenter Museum (Museum) — 32.4 mi, 055° NE
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument (National Monument) — 44.6 mi, 219° SW · 113k acres

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