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Malo Washington Map

Explore Malo, 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 Malo, Washington

How to Use This Malo, Washington Map

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

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.

CityMalo
StateWashington (WA)
CountyFerry County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezonePacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)
Latitude48.801558
Longitude-118.606969
Population32
Density104.7 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code99150
Area Code509
County SeatRepublic
School DistrictCurlew School District

About Malo, Washington

Malo is a locality in Ferry County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 32. The population density is 104.7 people per km². Malo is located at 48.8016°N, 118.6070°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 99150.

Malo occupies the quiet floor of Saint Peter Flat, where the landscape stretches out in wide, unadorned gestures of earth and sky. It lies 60.6 miles north of Clark, WA (from Clark, WA: bearing 4°T), and is situated 23.3 miles north-northwest of Ferry. Saint Peter Creek slices through this basin, its current marked by the persistent, rhythmic shift of water against stone, offering a cool, perennial pulse to the dry valley. Only a mile away, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) State Resource Management Area guards the timbered slopes, preserving the rugged character of the terrain that rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Cascade Range. Two miles to the east, Malo Lake holds the stillness of the afternoon, its surface a dark mirror for the passing clouds that drift over the expanse. The air here holds a particular, sharp clarity, especially as the sun retreats and the shadows lengthen across the flat, turning the pale grasses into shades of copper and bruised plum.

History in Malo is written in the slow accretion of labor and the persistent demands of a land defined by its inland isolation. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the soil and the timber harvest, a quiet industry that has shaped the lives of those who stay to work the fields and manage the forest tracts. Residents find their footing in the practicalities of the region, where the Goodrich Trail offers a path for those seeking the solitude of the higher country, away from the dust of the valley floor. There is a distinct, unhurried weight to the days here, a sense that the pace is dictated by the seasons rather than the clock, leaving the inhabitants to navigate the long, gray winters and the short, intense bloom of summer with a steady, pragmatic grace.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Colville National Forest (National Forest) — 1.6 mi, 089° E · 957k acres
  • Curlew Lake (State Recreation Area) — 5.8 mi, 203° SW
  • Kettle Crest National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 6.8 mi, 123° SE · 32 acres
  • Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 6.9 mi, 123° SE · 1,009 acres
  • Little Vulcan Mountain Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.8 mi, 328° NW
  • Okanogan National Forest (National Forest) — 10.6 mi, 280° W · 1.5M acres
  • White Mountain Fire Outlook (Viewpoint) — 14.5 mi, 163° S
  • Swanson Lakes-Sherman Creek Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 19.0 mi, 135° SE
  • Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 21.3 mi, 095° E · 60k acres
  • Sherman Creek Game Range (National Conservation Area) — 22.6 mi, 122° SE · 1,114 acres
  • Scotch Creek Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 22.7 mi, 299° NW
  • Striding Sasquatch (Public Artwork) — 36.1 mi, 294° NW
  • Mining (Attraction) — 36.2 mi, 118° SE
  • Hixson Castles (Attraction) — 36.3 mi, 118° SE
  • Mount Rogers Fire Lookout (Historic Ruins) — 38.6 mi, 097° E
  • Old Aqueduct Tunnel (Historic Ruins) — 42.9 mi, 287° W
  • Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 43.1 mi, 123° SE · 147k acres
  • Veterans Memorial Garden (Monument) — 49.5 mi, 237° SW
  • Omak Theater (Cinema) — 49.9 mi, 238° SW
  • Pasayten Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 57.8 mi, 278° W · 531k acres
  • Carl Harvey Gravesite (Monument) — 59.7 mi, 077° E
  • 3rd Powerhouse (Attraction) — 61.1 mi, 197° S
  • The Chillowist Trail Historic Marker (Monument) — 63.6 mi, 235° SW
  • The Mind Buffet (Arts Centre) — 75.5 mi, 253° W
  • Methow Valley Interpretive Center (Museum) — 75.6 mi, 247° SW
  • Indian Rock (Attraction) — 79.4 mi, 100° E

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About This Malo Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Malo, Washington. Coordinates: 48.801558, -118.606969. 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 Malo includes the ZIP code (99150), telephone area code (509), county seat of Ferry County (Republic), and school district assignment (Curlew 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.