Explore Greenbank, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Greenbank, 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 Greenbank.
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 | Greenbank |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Island County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 48.09815 |
| Longitude | -122.572935 |
| Population | 1,100 |
| Density | 80.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 98253 |
| Area Code | 206, 253 |
| County Seat | Coupeville |
Greenbank occupies a narrow, tidal-sculpted waistline where the salt air of Holmes Harbor constantly softens the sharp edges of the land. It lies 5.6 miles south-southwest of Camano, WA (from Camano, WA: bearing 201°T), and is situated 6.9 miles south of Island. The horizon to the west is defined by the distant, jagged silhouette of the Olympic Mountains, their peaks often dissolving into the muted, silver-grey light that characterizes this coastal stretch. Between the dense, evergreen-choked terrain and the water’s edge, the ground shifts from forest floor to salt-grass, while Baby Island sits like a quiet, detached sentinel in the bay. Farther inland, the landscape opens into the managed, orderly fields of the interior, where the soil holds a damp, dark weight and the winds carry the scent of cold, briny depth.
Greenbank Farm serves as the enduring anchor of the local identity, its sprawling acreage once marking the largest loganberry production site in the world, a legacy that still informs the character of the soil and the rhythm of the seasons. Agriculture here is a disciplined affair, existing in a delicate balance with the maritime economy that draws its sustenance from the surrounding sound. Life in Greenbank moves with the slow, deliberate pace of the tides, far removed from the frantic pace of the mainland. While the deep, quiet waters of the region offer a stark contrast to the distant, arid expanse of Smith Prairie or the distant flow of Kristoferson Creek, the inhabitants maintain a persistent, quiet connection to the land, their days governed by the slow transition of fog into sun and the seasonal turn of the local harvest.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Greenbank, Washington. Coordinates: 48.09815, -122.572935. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Greenbank includes the ZIP code (98253), telephone area code (206, 253), county seat of Island County (Coupeville), and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |