Explore Orient, 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 Orient, 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 Orient.
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 | Orient |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Ferry County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 48.866014 |
| Longitude | -118.202781 |
| Population | 75 |
| Density | 67.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 99160 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| County Seat | Republic |
| School District | Orient School District |
Orient rises from the earth as a rugged intersection of shadow and stone, defined by the persistent, cold pulse of the Kettle River that carves its path through the valley floor. It lies 50.2 miles northwest of Pend Oreille, WA (from Pend Oreille, WA: bearing 307°T), and is situated 30.4 miles north-northeast of Ferry. The landscape is dominated by the steep, pine-cloaked shoulders of the Rocky Mountains, which press inward to enclose the basin in a silence that feels ancient and absolute. Only a mile away, the dense, untamed timber of the Colville National Forest begins, its canopy a vast, dark expanse that breathes cool air into Liberty Canyon. When the light shifts in the late afternoon, the ridges take on a bruised, violet hue, and the valley floor holds the heat of the day in the dry, needle-strewn soil, creating a stillness that seems to suspend the very passage of time.
Orient carries the quiet weight of a frontier history, where the labor of extraction—timber and mineral—once dictated the rhythm of the days and the shape of the roads. Though the clamor of early industry has softened into a slower, more deliberate cadence, the legacy of those who sought a life in these high, isolated reaches remains etched in the weathered barns and the persistent resilience of the local character. Beyond the immediate timbered slopes, the geography remains stark and demanding, offering few concessions to those who dwell here; even the waters of Renner Lake, lying six miles out, reflect a sky that feels wider and more exposed than in the lowlands. Those who venture further toward the distant, rushing descent of Boundary Falls find a landscape that is less a place of commerce and more a testament to the sheer, unyielding endurance of the northern wild.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Orient, Washington. Coordinates: 48.866014, -118.202781. 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 Orient includes the ZIP code (99160), telephone area code (509), county seat of Ferry County (Republic), and school district assignment (Orient 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 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. |