Explore La Conner, 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 La Conner, 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 La Conner.
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 | La Conner |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Skagit County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 48.388714 |
| Longitude | -122.496275 |
| Population | 965 |
| Density | 936.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 98257 |
| Area Code | 206, 253 |
| County Seat | Mount Vernon |
| School District | La Conner School District |
La Conner occupies a precise, low-lying intersection where the earth yields to the insistent pull of the tides. It lies 7.8 miles west-southwest of Mount Vernon, WA (from Mount Vernon, WA: bearing 253°T), and is situated 9.4 miles northeast of Oak Harbor. The landscape is defined by the expansive, fertile expanse of the La Conner Flats, which stretch toward the North Fork Skagit River as it winds its way toward the salt-heavy air of Shelter Bay. Beyond the immediate reach of the shoreline, the silhouette of the Cascade Range looms against the horizon, a distant, jagged reminder of the continental spine. Peace Park provides a quiet, verdant anchor for the local geography, while the nearby presence of McGlinn Island serves as a sentinel against the shifting currents. The quality of light here is heavy and diffuse, often turning the afternoon sky a muted, contemplative gray that seems to settle into the very marrow of the docks.
La Conner retains the weathered gravity of its origins as a nineteenth-century maritime trade hub, where the economy once relied entirely upon the passage of steamships and the harvest of the surrounding soil. Today, the local character is defined by a slow-moving, deliberate engagement with both the arts and the seasonal demands of the agricultural fields that surround the municipality. While the bustle of modern industry has largely bypassed these quiet streets, the legacy of the early settlers persists in the sturdy, clapboard architecture that lines the waterfront. Residents often travel toward Silver Lake for moments of solitude away from the maritime hum, finding a different sort of stillness in the deep, cold water. Life in La Conner moves with the tide, reflecting a persistent, quiet endurance that honors the labor of the past while remaining tethered to the rhythmic, watery pulse of the coast.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Conner, Washington. Coordinates: 48.388714, -122.496275. 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 La Conner includes the ZIP code (98257), telephone area code (206, 253), county seat of Skagit County (Mount Vernon), and school district assignment (La Conner School District).
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. |