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Fife Heights Washington Map

Explore Fife Heights, 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 Fife Heights, Washington

How to Use This Fife Heights, Washington Map

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

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	Fife Heights
State	Washington (WA)
County	Pierce County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	47.258989
Longitude	-122.345678
Population	1,882
Density	686.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	98422
Area Code	425
County Seat	Tacoma
School District	Fife Public Schools

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About Fife Heights, Washington

Fife Heights is a locality in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,882. The population density is 686.8 people per km². Fife Heights is located at 47.2590°N, 122.3457°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 98422.

Fife Heights commands a rise of high ground that overlooks the shifting, industrial pulse of the lowlands below. It lies 1.5 miles north-northeast of Fife, WA (from Fife, WA: bearing 21°T), and is situated 4.6 miles east of Tacoma. Hylebos Creek carves its path through the nearby terrain, a persistent thread of moving water that draws the eye toward the distant, hazy blue of the Cascade Range. The air here holds the damp, heavy weight of the Pacific moisture, often settling in the hollows as a fine, gray mist that softens the edges of the evergreen canopy. At the Place of Circling Waters, the land finds a quiet reprieve from the encroaching development, allowing the original character of the soil to breathe beneath the cover of native brush. On clear afternoons, the light catches the distant waters of Commencement Bay, reflecting a metallic silver that contrasts sharply with the deep, saturated greens of the regional thickets.

Fife Heights emerged as a residential anchor above the bustling corridors of the Puyallup Valley, serving as a vantage point for those tethered to the maritime economy and the transit of goods moving toward the coast. The local rhythm is defined by a steady, pragmatic labor, where the history of the soil—once marked by agricultural ambition—has transitioned into a quiet suburban existence. Residents often look toward the distant presence of Brook Lake, a tranquil counterpoint to the busy traffic of the surrounding transit arteries. While the Barnes Creek Nature Trail remains a distant destination for a weekend trek, the immediate landscape of Fife Heights maintains a grounded sense of place, favoring the function of the everyday over the spectacle of the tourist map. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a region that understands its role as a threshold, standing watch between the inland forests and the salt-tinged air rising from the bay.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Place of Circling Waters (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 249° W
Ellenswood Conservancy (Local Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 167° S
West Milton Nature Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 114° SE
Hylebos Wetlands (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 030° NE
Milton E. Loflin Memorial Stone (Monument) — 1.2 mi, 115° SE
Fife Swim Center (Local Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 198° S
Fife Community Center (Local Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 198° S
Milton Wind Phone (Public Artwork) — 1.6 mi, 121° SE
The Arlington Oak (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 118° SE
9/11 Memorial (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 118° SE
West Hylebos Wetlands Park Brooklake Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 2.0 mi, 028° NE
Clay Art Center (Arts Centre) — 3.0 mi, 227° SW
Gog-Le-Hi-Te Wetlands Public Access Site (Nature Reserve) — 3.1 mi, 260° W
Crawford Woods (Nature Reserve) — 3.8 mi, 103° E
Freighthouse Marketplace (Gallery) — 4.0 mi, 251° W
Dash Point (State Park) — 4.0 mi, 322° NW
Working Waterfront Maritime Museum (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 269° W
Uncorked Canvas (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 264° W
Children's Museum of Tacoma (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 261° W
SOTA Theatre (Theatre) — 4.4 mi, 264° W
Pantages Theater (Theatre) — 4.4 mi, 267° W
Fort Malone Historical Marker (Historic Ruins) — 4.5 mi, 147° SE
The Grand Cinema (Cinema) — 4.6 mi, 269° W
Former Karpeles Manuscript Museum (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 270° W
Clock Tower Bell (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 026° NE
Lower Green River (State Park) — 7.7 mi, 057° NE
Maury Island Aquatic Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 8.3 mi, 350° N
Mount Rainier National Park (National Park) — 17.7 mi, 127° SE · 236k acres
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.4 mi, 237° SW · 16k acres
Snoqualmie National Forest (National Forest) — 26.6 mi, 140° SE · 1.3M acres

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