Explore Malaga, 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 Malaga, 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 Malaga.
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 | Malaga |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Chelan County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 47.37235 |
| Longitude | -120.201177 |
| Population | 1,350 |
| Density | 80.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 98828 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| County Seat | Wenatchee |
Malaga occupies a sun-drenched stretch of earth where the Columbia River carves a deep, steady path through the arid landscape. It lies 5.2 miles southeast of East Wenatchee, WA (from East Wenatchee, WA: bearing 125°T), and is situated 6.2 miles southeast of Wenatchee. The air here holds a dry, sharp clarity, smelling of dust and sagebrush, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range looms against the western sky as a constant, cooling reminder of the divide between the high desert and the wet evergreen world beyond. Near the riverbanks, the terrain softens, offering a respite of green against the tawny, sun-baked slopes that rise toward the plateau. Travelers who stop at Kirby Billingsley Hydro Park find a quiet vantage point to watch the dark, wide current move with heavy, inexorable purpose, a rhythm that dictates the slow pulse of the valley floor.
Malaga remains defined by the persistence of its agricultural roots and the quiet utility of its industrial edge, where the land has been coaxed into productivity through irrigation and grit. The history of the region is written in the orderly rows of orchards that cling to the hillsides, turning the intense heat of summer into a harvest of fruit that defines the local economy. Farther inland, the rugged topography of Nickles Canyon offers a stark contrast to the cultivated fields, showcasing the raw, geological foundation of the basin. Life in Malaga moves with the unpretentious pace of a place that values the weight of a workday and the long, golden light of late afternoon, when the shadows stretch thin and precise across the dry, rocky soil.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Malaga, Washington. Coordinates: 47.37235, -120.201177. 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 Malaga includes the ZIP code (98828), telephone area code (509), county seat of Chelan County (Wenatchee), and school district assignment.
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. |