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Lake McMurray Washington Map

Explore Lake McMurray, 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 Lake McMurray, Washington

How to Use This Lake McMurray, Washington Map

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

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	Lake McMurray
State	Washington (WA)
County	Skagit County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	48.314227
Longitude	-122.231928
Population	382
Density	106.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	98274
Area Code	206, 253
County Seat	Mount Vernon
School District	Conway School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pilchuck Glass School (Arts Centre) — 1.4 mi, 222° SW
Centennial Trail (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 134° SE
Milltown Island (State Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 275° W
Skagit-Snoqualmie Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 5.4 mi, 275° W
Northwest Theatre Arts at the Conway Muse (Theatre) — 5.6 mi, 288° W
Little Mountain Park (Local Recreation) — 5.6 mi, 330° NW
Pickering Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 6.7 mi, 328° NW
Stanwood Area Historical Society (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 232° SW
Pearson House Museum (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 232° SW
Skagit County Fairgrounds (Attraction) — 8.2 mi, 323° NW
Alpha Helix (Public Artwork) — 8.6 mi, 327° NW
September 11, 2001 (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 326° NW
Spanish American War Memorial (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 326° NW
Rick Leonard Gallery (Gallery) — 8.7 mi, 326° NW
Skagit Symphony (Arts Centre) — 9.1 mi, 337° NW
Portage Creek Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 9.9 mi, 159° S
Children's Museum of Skagit County (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 333° NW
Skagit, Washington Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 12.1 mi, 007° N · 48k acres
Mt. Baker National Forest (National Forest) — 12.2 mi, 009° N · 1.3M acres
Strawberry Point Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.0 mi, 266° W
Alek's Art Studio (Gallery) — 13.3 mi, 294° NW
La Conner Volunteer Firefighter Museum (Museum) — 13.3 mi, 293° NW
The Old Fir Log (Attraction) — 13.3 mi, 293° NW
Caravan Gallery (Gallery) — 13.3 mi, 293° NW
Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 14.2 mi, 311° NW
Boulder River Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.7 mi, 114° SE · 49k acres
San Juan Islands National Monument (National Monument) — 20.7 mi, 289° W · 432k acres
Mount Baker Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 26.2 mi, 032° NE · 120k acres
Snoqualmie National Forest (National Forest) — 30.8 mi, 139° SE · 1.3M acres
North Cascades National Park (National Park) — 38.5 mi, 052° NE · 501k acres

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