Explore Pe Ell, 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 Pe Ell, 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 Pe Ell.
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 | Pe Ell |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Lewis County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 46.57038 |
| Longitude | -123.297366 |
| Population | 642 |
| Density | 419.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 98572 |
| Area Code | 425 |
| County Seat | Chehalis |
| School District | Pe Ell School District |
Pe Ell emerges from the damp, verdant floor of a valley where the timbered landscape asserts a quiet, enduring presence. It lies 19.1 miles west-southwest of Centralia, WA (from Centralia, WA: bearing 238°T), and is situated 17.0 miles west-southwest of Chehalis. Stowe Creek winds through the low-lying terrain, its persistent current carving a path through the earth that dictates the orientation of the streets and the rhythm of the surrounding woodlands. Beyond the immediate canopy, the land rises into the gentle, shadowed contours of Mullers Canyon, while the stillness of Helmicks Pond provides a reflective pause against the backdrop of dense, temperate flora. While the distant, snow-dusted peaks of the Cascade Range might occasionally haunt the horizon on a clear day, the atmosphere here is defined by the intimate scale of the immediate woods, where the light filters through the boughs in shades of moss and muted emerald.
Pe Ell bears the marks of a logging heritage that once commanded the economy, leaving behind a legacy of sturdy, utilitarian architecture that defines the town’s character. The Willapa Hills Trail now occupies the old rail corridors, repurposing the infrastructure of a bygone industrial era into a quiet artery for movement through the landscape. Life in Pe Ell maintains a deliberate pace, colored by the seasonal cycle of the forests and the occasional excursion to the rushing water of Fisk Falls. The resilience of the people is tied to this land, a place where the economy has shifted from the roar of the mills to a more understated, self-reliant existence, punctuated by the persistent, subtle hum of a rural life that values the heavy silence of the woods.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pe Ell, Washington. Coordinates: 46.57038, -123.297366. 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 Pe Ell includes the ZIP code (98572), telephone area code (425), county seat of Lewis County (Chehalis), and school district assignment (Pe Ell 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. |