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Kettle Falls Washington Map

Explore Kettle Falls, 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 Kettle Falls, Washington

How to Use This Kettle Falls, Washington Map

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

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	Kettle Falls
State	Washington (WA)
County	Stevens County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	48.610735
Longitude	-118.055822
Population	1,636
Density	583.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99141
Area Code	509
County Seat	Colville
School District	Kettle Falls School District

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About Kettle Falls, Washington

Kettle Falls is a locality in Stevens County, Washington, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,636. The population density is 583.8 people per km². Kettle Falls is located at 48.6107°N, 118.0558°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Kettle Falls is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99141.

Kettle Falls anchors itself upon a landscape defined by the rugged, dry transition where inland forests meet the expansive, sun-bleached plateaus of the interior. It lies 35.9 miles west-northwest of Pend Oreille, WA (from Pend Oreille, WA: bearing 290°T), and is situated 8.2 miles west-northwest of Colville. The air here holds a thin, crystalline quality, especially when the afternoon light catches the slopes of Gold Hill, casting long, violet shadows that stretch toward the horizon. At the edge of the settlement, the terrain descends into the quiet depths of Blue Gulch, while the nearby reach of Franklin D Roosevelt Lake acts as a vast, reflective mirror for the shifting clouds. Vegetation shifts from the dense, pine-shadowed timber of higher elevations to the scrub-brush and grasses of the lower basins, all unified by the dry, earthy scent of sun-warmed needles and dormant soil that permeates the afternoons at Happy Dell Park.

Kettle Falls carries the weight of a transformed geography, its character shaped by the industrial redirection of the Colville River and the subsequent rising of the waters that forever altered the local topography. The economy maintains a steady, deliberate pace, grounded in the timber industry and the quiet persistence of agricultural trade that has supported families for generations. Life in Kettle Falls moves in rhythm with the seasons, from the brittle, biting cold of deep winter to the sudden, explosive green of spring, where the legacy of the original river crossings remains a phantom memory beneath the surface of the reservoir. A certain stoic resilience defines the daily experience, a recognition of the land’s capacity for change and the quiet, enduring labor required to thrive in such a vast, interior space.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Happy Dell Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 265° W
Colville National Forest (National Forest) — 0.6 mi, 189° S · 957k acres
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 0.9 mi, 329° NW · 60k acres
Swanson Lakes-Sherman Creek Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 275° W
Sherman Creek Game Range (National Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 274° W · 1,114 acres
Mining (Attraction) — 7.9 mi, 121° SE
Hixson Castles (Attraction) — 7.9 mi, 121° SE
Phalon Lake Public Fishing Area (National Conservation Area) — 13.8 mi, 032° NE · 18 acres
Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.1 mi, 133° SE · 147k acres
Mount Rogers Fire Lookout (Historic Ruins) — 15.4 mi, 059° NE
Crystal Falls (State Park) — 19.1 mi, 109° E
Kettle Crest National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 19.2 mi, 286° W · 32 acres
White Mountain Fire Outlook (Viewpoint) — 21.0 mi, 268° W
Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 21.9 mi, 358° N · 1,009 acres
Kaniksu National Forest (National Forest) — 24.8 mi, 109° E · 1.6M acres
Josephine Mill 2 (Historic Ruins) — 36.3 mi, 059° NE
Salmo-Priest Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 39.2 mi, 063° NE · 41k acres
Carl Harvey Gravesite (Monument) — 42.4 mi, 052° NE
Granite Falls Overlook (Monument) — 46.5 mi, 076° E
Indian Rock (Attraction) — 52.9 mi, 092° E
Gerald Lindquist memorial (Monument) — 55.1 mi, 080° E
Roxy Theater (Cinema) — 55.1 mi, 122° SE
3rd Powerhouse (Attraction) — 62.5 mi, 224° SW
Franklin D Roosevelt (Public Artwork) — 62.5 mi, 224° SW
Womens dressing room (Theatre) — 66.1 mi, 149° SE
Mens Dressing room (Theatre) — 66.1 mi, 149° SE
Omak Theater (Cinema) — 68.8 mi, 259° W
EOS Planetarium (Museum) — 70.1 mi, 157° SE
Spokane Print & Publishing Center (Gallery) — 70.6 mi, 156° SE
Bing Crosby House Museum (Museum) — 71.7 mi, 155° SE

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