Lake McMurray Washington Map

About Lake McMurray, Washington

Lake McMurray is a locality in Skagit County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 382. The population density is 106.7 people per km². Lake McMurray is located at 48.3142°N, 122.2319°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 98274.

Lake McMurray remains a tranquil basin defined by the steady, hushed transit of Lake Creek as it winds through the dense, evergreen-heavy terrain. It lies 8.8 miles south-southeast of Mount Vernon, WA (from Mount Vernon, WA: bearing 148°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-northwest of Arlington. The landscape here is defined by a deep, verdant stillness, where the air holds the cool, damp weight of the forest and the earth is composed of rich, dark loam that supports towering conifers. Just a mile away, the WADNR State Resource Management Area offers a dense expanse of managed timberland that shapes the character of the horizon, while the distant, snow-dusted peaks of the Cascade Range provide a faint, jagged silhouette against the sky on clear afternoons. The light often filters through the canopy in thin, slanted shafts, illuminating the moss that clings to the bark of ancient trees and lending the environment a quiet, introspective quality that seems to slow the passage of time.

Lake McMurray functions as a quiet intersection of rural life, where the local economy has long been tethered to the rhythms of the woodland and the small-scale cultivation of the surrounding acreage. History here is written in the silence of the woods and the slow migration of water, with the nearby Walker Valley serving as a reminder of the geological forces that carved this basin long before the arrival of modern industry. Those who traverse the region often head toward the Mount Washington Trail to find a vantage point over the interior landscape, or they look toward Summer Lake to observe the wildlife that congregates in the calmer, shallower waters nearby. Life in Lake McMurray possesses an unadorned, steady persistence, rooted in the seasonal cycles of the trees and the persistent, low murmur of the water as it flows toward the interior plains.

About This Lake McMurray Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lake McMurray, Washington. Coordinates: 48.314227, -122.231928. 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 Lake McMurray includes the ZIP code (98274), telephone area code (206, 253), county seat of Skagit County (Mount Vernon), and school district assignment (Conway School District).

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.