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Elk Washington Map

Explore Elk, 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 Elk, Washington

How to Use This Elk, Washington Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Elk, 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 Elk.

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	Elk
State	Washington (WA)
County	Spokane County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	48.016286
Longitude	-117.276603
Population	1,100
Density	55.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	99009
Area Code	509
County Seat	Spokane

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About Elk, Washington

Elk is a locality in Spokane County, Washington, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,100. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Elk is located at 48.0163°N, 117.2766°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 99009.

Elk occupies a low-lying basin where the air holds the sharp, resinous scent of ponderosa pine and the stillness of a high-latitude interior. It lies 23.8 miles north of Spokane Valley, WA (from Spokane Valley, WA: bearing 356°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-northeast of Chattaroy. The Little Spokane River carves a serpentine path through the immediate landscape, its water dark and reflective as it moves past meadows that transition into the timbered slopes of Milan Hill. Four miles away, the surface of Eloika Lake mirrors the expansive, pale sky, while the nearby terrain shifts from agricultural clearings into the rugged, shadowed folds of Scotia Canyon. The quality of light here is thin and brittle, particularly during the transition to dusk, when the shadows stretch long and violet across the floor of the valley, emphasizing a geography that feels both ancient and remarkably unadorned.

Elk remains a quiet testament to the enduring influence of the timber industry and the early rail lines that once defined the economic pulse of the Inland Northwest. Remnants of a more industrious era linger in the weathered wood of older structures, though the modern rhythm of life is dictated largely by the slow, seasonal cycles of small-scale forestry and private land stewardship. Residents often look toward the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) State Resource Management Area for recreation, finding a solitude that is rarely interrupted by the noise of the outside world. Here, the culture is defined by a deep self-reliance and a quiet respect for the land, where the winters are long, the soil is thin, and the distance between neighbors is measured in miles of quiet, dust-choked road.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mount Spokane (State Park) — 3.3 mi, 107° E
Pend Oreille State Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 330° NW
Missile Site Rd (Local Park) — 5.7 mi, 250° W
Rustler's Gulch (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 316° NW
Swanson Lakes-Sherman Creek Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 316° NW
Kaniksu National Forest (National Forest) — 10.6 mi, 334° NW · 1.6M acres
Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.5 mi, 306° NW · 147k acres
Colville National Forest (National Forest) — 15.6 mi, 040° NE · 957k acres
Roxy Theater (Cinema) — 15.6 mi, 043° NE
Balazs Statue (Public Artwork) — 15.9 mi, 188° S
Mens Dressing room (Theatre) — 15.9 mi, 188° S
Womens dressing room (Theatre) — 15.9 mi, 188° S
Indian Painted Rocks (Historic Ruins) — 19.1 mi, 212° SW
Riverside (State Park) — 19.2 mi, 205° SW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 200° S
Father Joseph M. Cataldo (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 187° S
Spokane House (Monument) — 20.3 mi, 217° SW
Nine Mile Dam Overlook (Viewpoint) — 20.8 mi, 217° SW
The Cannonballs (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 174° S
The Boudin (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 174° S
Garland Theater (Cinema) — 23.3 mi, 197° S
Art Room 509 (Arts Centre) — 23.6 mi, 186° S
Vercler Castle (Attraction) — 24.3 mi, 175° S
Bowl and Pitcher (Attraction) — 24.3 mi, 205° SW
Bing Crosby House Museum (Museum) — 24.7 mi, 194° S
EOS Planetarium (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 200° S
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Wa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.3 mi, 357° N · 1,044 acres
Long Lake Pictographs (Historic Ruins) — 25.4 mi, 241° SW
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 32.6 mi, 247° SW · 60k acres
Salmo-Priest Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 54.4 mi, 007° N · 41k acres

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