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Point Roberts Washington Map

Explore Point Roberts, 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 Point Roberts, Washington

How to Use This Point Roberts, Washington Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Point Roberts, 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 Point Roberts.

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	Point Roberts
State	Washington (WA)
County	Whatcom County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	48.984669
Longitude	-123.059496
Population	1,191
Density	94.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	98281
Area Code	206, 253
County Seat	Bellingham
School District	Blaine School District

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About Point Roberts, Washington

Point Roberts is a locality in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,191. The population density is 94.1 people per km². Point Roberts is located at 48.9847°N, 123.0595°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 98281.

Point Roberts occupies a singular, detached thumb of land that juts south from the forty-ninth parallel, isolated from the mainland by a border that dictates its quiet, insular geography. It lies 15.8 miles west-northwest of Birch Bay, WA (from Birch Bay, WA: bearing 287°T), and is situated 15.0 miles west of Blaine. The landscape is defined by its intimate relationship with Puget Sound, where the tide pulls rhythmically against rocky shorelines and driftwood-strewn beaches. High bluffs overlook the expanse of water, and the air carries a persistent, saline dampness that softens the edges of the evergreen canopy. While the horizon to the east remains unbroken, one might imagine the distant, shadowed silhouette of the Cascade Range standing as a sentinel far beyond the reach of the local horizon. Residents here often walk the trails within Point Roberts, finding a landscape that feels less like a conventional suburb and more like an edge of the world, where the quality of light at dusk turns the water into a sheet of hammered pewter.

History clings to Point Roberts in the remnants of its maritime heritage, where the economy once leaned heavily into the harvest of the sea, leaving behind a legacy of small-craft harbors and a pace of life that ignores the frantic ticking of the clock. Life in Point Roberts remains dictated by the necessity of crossing an international boundary, a reality that renders the local economy modest and self-contained, favoring independent enterprise over the sprawl of modern commerce. Though the Nicomekl River sits eleven miles away and Finlay Lake lies fourteen miles distant, the proximity to the water remains the primary influence on the local character. The daily rhythm is marked by the shifting tides and the slow, deliberate movement of neighbors who value the stillness of a place that exists in a geographic paradox, caught between two nations yet belonging entirely to the salt-washed silence of its own isolated peninsula.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Point Roberts (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 333° NW
Whatcom Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 333° NW
Bebe Home (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 009° N
Lily Point Marine Reserve (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 103° E
North Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 1.5 mi, 100° E
Whatcom County Parks & Recreation (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 312° NW
Treaty of Washington June 15th 1846 (Monument) — 1.8 mi, 312° NW
Eagle and Salmon Carving (Public Artwork) — 3.6 mi, 297° NW
San Juan Islands National Monument (National Monument) — 10.9 mi, 168° S · 432k acres
San Juan County/Cypress Island Marine Biological Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 11.0 mi, 168° S
Iron Chink (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 092° E
Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 12.7 mi, 118° SE
Birch Bay (State Park) — 13.8 mi, 114° SE
Oregon Treaty Centennial Monument (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 085° E
Sucia Island (State Park) — 16.3 mi, 156° SE
San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.4 mi, 176° S · 1,368 acres
San Juan Islands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 17.4 mi, 176° S · 379 acres
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival (Theatre) — 20.7 mi, 160° S
Orcas WILD (Museum) — 21.0 mi, 161° S
The Grove (Theatre) — 21.8 mi, 163° S
Stuart Island Teacherage Museum (Museum) — 22.3 mi, 199° S
Valley View Pottery Gallery (Gallery) — 23.2 mi, 114° SE
The Gallery at 3rd & Main (Gallery) — 23.2 mi, 114° SE
It's About Time Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 23.3 mi, 114° SE
Blue Earth (Gallery) — 23.9 mi, 138° SE
Moran Mansion Museum (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 160° S
John S. McMillan Memorial Mausoleum (Attraction) — 25.8 mi, 189° S
Historic Blockhouse (Attraction) — 27.8 mi, 189° S
Ayer Pond Site (Historic Ruins) — 28.0 mi, 157° SE
Olympic National Park (National Park) — 63.3 mi, 195° S · 1.8M acres

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