Ocosta Washington Map

About Ocosta, Washington

Ocosta is a locality in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 502. The population density is 64.5 people per km². Ocosta is located at 46.8887°N, 124.0385°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 98520.

Ocosta occupies a low-lying stretch of land where the persistent dampness of the Pacific air defines the very texture of the morning. It lies 12.1 miles west-southwest of Aberdeen, WA (from Aberdeen, WA: bearing 240°T), and is situated 9.5 miles southwest of Hoquiam. Redman Slough snakes through the terrain like a dark, silvered vein, draining the marshy flats toward the broader reaches of Bowerman Basin, which sits only a mile from the salt-heavy edge of the coast. The landscape remains stubbornly flat, a muted expanse of silt and tide-washed grasses that feels far removed from the jagged, distant spine of the Cascade Range. At Bottle Beach, the horizon dissolves into a gray, liquid seam, while the distant, low silhouette of Traitors Islet emerges periodically from the shifting fog, serving as a silent sentinel for the tides that claim the shore.

History lingers in Ocosta not as a grand monument, but as a quiet endurance, rooted in the remnants of a once-ambitious past that sought to carve a port out of the stubborn mud. The local economy has long bowed to the seasonal demands of the water, favoring the harvest of the tide and the careful management of the maritime edge over the clamor of industry. Life here follows the pulse of the changing water levels, an unhurried existence where the wind carries the scent of brine and decaying cedar across the flats. Residents often look toward the interior of the state with a detached perspective, finding their own rhythm in the isolation of the coast and the occasional, mirrored stillness of Cohassett Lake, which holds the sky in its dark, glassy surface three miles away.

About This Ocosta Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ocosta, Washington. Coordinates: 46.888702, -124.038504. 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 Ocosta includes the ZIP code (98520), telephone area code (425), county seat of Grays Harbor County (Montesano), and school district assignment (Ocosta 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.