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May Creek Washington Map

Explore May Creek, 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 May Creek, Washington

How to Use This May Creek, Washington Map

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

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	May Creek
State	Washington (WA)
County	King County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	47.85554
Longitude	-121.674311
Population	849
Density	515.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	98056, 98251
Area Code	206, 253
County Seat	Seattle
School District	Sultan School District

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About May Creek, Washington

May Creek is a locality in King County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 849. The population density is 515.4 people per km². May Creek is located at 47.8555°N, 121.6743°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 98056, 98251.

May Creek carves a persistent, silver-veined path through the landscape, feeding the quiet saturation of the soil before spilling its gathered momentum into the expansive reach of Lake Washington. It lies 2.2 miles west-southwest of Newcastle, WA (from Newcastle, WA: bearing 256°T), and is situated 8.0 miles southeast of Seattle. Beyond the immediate canopy, the land rises in subtle, heavy swells that eventually climb toward the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range, a wall of stone and ice that traps the moisture of the Pacific against the emerald slopes. The air here holds a permanent, damp weight, smelling of crushed cedar needles and the brine that drifts inland from Elliott Bay. On quiet mornings, the light filters through the dense, low-hanging clouds in a diffused, pearlescent glow, softening the edges of the thickets and turning the surface of the water into a sheet of hammered pewter.

May Creek functions as a quiet artery within the Eastside Rail Corridor, a protected stretch of earth that preserves the remnants of an industrial past now surrendered to the encroaching ferns and second-growth timber. Where the steam whistles of heavy freight once echoed, the modern economy hums with a different, digitized intensity, drawing workers who commute past the verdant basin of May Valley toward the tech hubs of the region. Nearby, the presence of Mercer Island serves as a terrestrial anchor in the lake, a reminder of the proximity to the bustling salt-water harbors that define the broader maritime identity of the coast. Life in the vicinity of May Creek moves with the deliberate, introspective pace of a place caught between the memory of resource extraction and the steady, insistent expansion of a suburban present.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wallace Falls (State Park) — 0.6 mi, 015° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 251° W
Salmon Run Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 299° NW
Snohomish County Conservation Land (Local Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 229° SW
Sky Valley Vista (Viewpoint) — 1.4 mi, 070° E
Forks of the Sky (State Park) — 1.4 mi, 146° SE
Snoqualmie National Forest (National Forest) — 1.9 mi, 174° S · 1.3M acres
Wild Sky Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 2.4 mi, 063° NE · 107k acres
North Fork Tolt River Watershed Watershed Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 187° S · 4,364 acres
Morning Star Natural Resources Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 042° NE
Flat Iron Gallery (Gallery) — 6.6 mi, 274° W
Sunset Falls (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 121° SE
Eagle Falls (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 119° SE
South Fork Tolt River Watershed Watershed Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 157° SE · 3,742 acres
Mt. Baker National Forest (National Forest) — 11.0 mi, 360° N · 1.3M acres
Old Car (Historic Ruins) — 11.8 mi, 236° SW
Apex Mine Lower Tram Terminal & Mill ruins (Historic Ruins) — 13.2 mi, 143° SE
George Hett Shearer (Monument) — 13.5 mi, 271° W
Monroe Historical Society (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 270° W
Lewis Street River Access (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 268° W
Gala Events (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 263° W
Axelilia (Public Artwork) — 13.9 mi, 216° SW
Alpine Lakes Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.5 mi, 164° S · 415k acres
Housing Hope Memorial (Monument) — 14.9 mi, 269° W
Kiwanis Club (Monument) — 14.9 mi, 269° W
Camlann Medieval Village (Museum) — 15.7 mi, 223° SW
Northwest Art Center (Arts Centre) — 16.5 mi, 242° SW
Skykomish Historical Society (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 125° SE
Great Northern and Cascade Railways (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 125° SE
Amphiteater (Theatre) — 18.7 mi, 219° SW

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