Explore Marlin, 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 Marlin, 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 Marlin.
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 | Marlin |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Grant County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 47.407368 |
| Longitude | -118.985009 |
| Population | 80 |
| Density | 3.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 98832 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| County Seat | Ephrata |
Marlin occupies a quiet, sun-bleached expanse where the low-slung horizon of the high plains stretches toward the faint, serrated silhouette of the Cascade Range nearly a hundred miles to the west. It lies 23.6 miles northeast of Moses Lake, WA (from Moses Lake, WA: bearing 36°T), and is situated 27.3 miles east-northeast of Ephrata. Crab Creek carves a shallow, erratic path through the dry earth near the town, its presence marked by a thin ribbon of hardy vegetation that contrasts sharply with the pale, dusty grasses of the surrounding basin. Two miles away, the terrain dips into the quiet shadows of Marlin Hollow, a depression in the landscape that catches the slanted, amber light of late afternoon. A few miles further, the stillness of Brook Lake offers a rare, reflective surface in a region dominated by the vast, open sky and the shifting textures of the arid ground.
Marlin remains a testament to the endurance of those who settled the inland plateau to coax a living from the stubborn, wheat-heavy soil. The local economy is tied to the rhythm of harvest and the seasonal demands of agriculture, an industry that has dictated the pace of life here since the early rail days. Beyond the immediate fields, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) State Resource Management Area serves as a reminder of the raw, unmanaged character of the land that defines this part of the state. Life in Marlin moves with a deliberate, singular gravity, shaped by the dry heat of summer and the expansive, quiet winters that settle over the plains like a heavy, grey wool blanket.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Marlin, Washington. Coordinates: 47.407368, -118.985009. 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 Marlin includes the ZIP code (98832), telephone area code (509), county seat of Grant County (Ephrata), 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. |