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Johnson Washington Map

Explore Johnson, 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 Johnson, Washington

How to Use This Johnson, Washington Map

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

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

Latitude	46.631552
Longitude	-117.137945
Population	280
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	99113, 98930
Area Code	509
County Seat	Colfax

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About Johnson, Washington

Johnson is a locality in Whitman County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Johnson is located at 46.6316°N, 117.1379°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 99113, 98930.

Johnson occupies a quiet expanse of the high plains, where the horizon stretches wide and the earth takes on the muted, tawny hues of long-settled soil. It lies 7.2 miles south-southeast of Pullman, WA (from Pullman, WA: bearing 164°T), and is situated 9.5 miles southwest of Moscow. Light here does not so much illuminate the landscape as it does reveal the subtle geometry of the terrain, casting long, thin shadows across the fields that lead toward the distant, jagged silhouette of the Blue Mountains. To the west, the land dips into the quietude of Stratton Hollow, while the nearby Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) State Resource Management Area provides a ragged, untamed contrast to the cultivated grids of the surrounding wheat fields. In the drier months, the air carries a sharp, dusty clarity, and the persistent stillness is broken only by the occasional rustle of dry grass or the flight of a hawk circling above the open expanse.

Johnson persists as a place defined by the slow, seasonal turn of agrarian life, where the local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the harvest and the management of land. The proximity of Little Thorn Creek provides a vital, narrow artery for the surrounding acreage, while Busch Pond remains a modest, reflective basin tucked away from the main thoroughfares. History here is kept not in monuments, but in the weathered wood of granaries and the endurance of family lines that have worked the dirt for generations. Life in Johnson moves at the pace of a tractor in low gear, characterized by a stoic resilience and the quiet dignity of a place that asks for little and expects only what the weather and the earth are willing to provide.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Washington State University Arboretum (Local Park) — 6.3 mi, 358° N
Lawson Gardens (Local Park) — 6.4 mi, 344° N
The Caring Call (Public Artwork) — 6.9 mi, 352° N
Regional Theatre of the Palouse (Theatre) — 7.1 mi, 343° N
Arboretum & Botanical Garden (Local Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 045° NE
Lower Granite Lake (Recreation Area) — 8.1 mi, 221° SW
Nuart Theatre-Christ Church (Theatre) — 9.4 mi, 043° NE
Pritchard Art Gallery (Gallery) — 9.5 mi, 043° NE
Village Centre Cinemas at Eastside Marketplace (Cinema) — 9.6 mi, 050° NE
McConnell Mansion Museum (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 044° NE
C. C. Van Arsdol (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 154° SE
Lake Bryan (Recreation Area) — 13.9 mi, 279° W
Clearwater River (Wild & Scenic River) — 14.6 mi, 161° S · 24k acres
Local Native American and geological information (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 191° S
Nez Perce County Historical Society (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 160° S
Paradise Point (Viewpoint) — 15.9 mi, 037° NE
Hells Gate State Park (State Park) — 17.7 mi, 165° S
Codger Pole (Attraction) — 20.1 mi, 328° NW
Troy Mining & Milling Co. (Historic Ruins) — 21.8 mi, 076° E
Blue Mountains Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 22.6 mi, 179° S
Steam Locomotive W.i.&m.ry.co. 1 (Monument) — 23.1 mi, 029° NE
St. Joe National Forest (National Forest) — 23.2 mi, 027° NE · 868k acres
Lapwai State Game Farm (Nature Reserve) — 23.9 mi, 137° SE
Umatilla National Forest (National Forest) — 26.5 mi, 203° SW · 1.4M acres
McCoy Valley Museum (Museum) — 34.7 mi, 352° N
Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 39.0 mi, 203° SW · 177k acres
Kendall Monument (Monument) — 39.8 mi, 228° SW
Tekoa Train Trestle (Attraction) — 41.2 mi, 004° N
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 44.3 mi, 171° S · 662k acres
Marmes Rockshelter (Historic Ruins) — 50.5 mi, 269° W

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