North Omak Washington Map

About North Omak, Washington

North Omak is a locality in Okanogan County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 651. The population density is 22.4 people per km². North Omak is located at 48.4452°N, 119.4445°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 98841.

North Omak occupies a rugged expanse of high desert where the earth breaks into the jagged, abrupt geometry of Pothole Canyon. It lies 49.9 miles northwest of Clark, WA (from Clark, WA: bearing 316°T), and is situated 4.5 miles east-northeast of Omak. The landscape here is defined by a sparse, resilient beauty, where the air holds a dry clarity that sharpens the silhouettes of the distant Cascade Range against the evening sky. Wanacut Creek carves a thin, life-giving line through the basin, its presence marked by the silver-green flicker of willows that contrast against the parched, tawny grasses of the surrounding plains. To the east, the terrain tilts toward the deeper, more singular silence of Omak Lake, while the nearby lands managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) State Resource Management Area offer a buffer of uncultivated scrub and basalt outcroppings that define the local horizon.

North Omak functions as a quiet intersection of agricultural industry and the enduring traditions of the land, shaped by a history that predates the formal lines drawn on modern maps. The local economy persists in the rhythm of the seasons, driven by the labor of those who work the orchards and the fields that have long sustained the region’s sparse, hardy population. Days in North Omak move with a deliberate, unadorned pace, dictated by the shifting intensity of the sun and the cooling shadows that pull across the canyon floor as the afternoon wanes. There is a specific, quiet gravity to the life here, a sense of place forged by the intersection of high-desert climate and the persistent, quiet work of maintaining a livelihood in a landscape that demands both respect and endurance.

About This North Omak Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of North Omak, Washington. Coordinates: 48.445153, -119.444492. 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 North Omak includes the ZIP code (98841), telephone area code (509), county seat of Okanogan County (Okanogan), and school district assignment (Omak School District).

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.