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Prairie Heights Washington Map

Explore Prairie Heights, 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 Prairie Heights, Washington

How to Use This Prairie Heights, Washington Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Prairie Heights, 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 Prairie Heights.

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	Prairie Heights
State	Washington (WA)
County	Pierce County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	47.1529
Longitude	-122.1048
Population	4,561
Density	470.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	98321
Area Code	425
County Seat	Tacoma
School District	White River School District

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About Prairie Heights, Washington

Prairie Heights is a locality in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,561. The population density is 470.9 people per km². Prairie Heights is located at 47.1529°N, 122.1048°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 98321.

Prairie Heights emerges from the gentle rise of the earth as a plateau defined by the quiet accumulation of silt and time. It lies 2.3 miles east-northeast of Prairie Ridge, WA (from Prairie Ridge, WA: bearing 63°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east of South Hill. The landscape here favors a steady, terrestrial stillness, where the low-slung horizon gives way to the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range. Moisture clings to the heavy, dark loam of the fields, and the air carries the cool, earthen scent of the vegetation that thrives in the shadow of the damp inland climate. Only a mile away, the persistent, cold rush of South Prairie Creek carves its path through the mossy banks, while the expansive, calm surface of Lake Tapps reflects the shifting, grey-white light of a typical afternoon.

Prairie Heights maintains a rhythm dictated by the land’s history of timber and small-scale cultivation, a legacy that lingers in the weathered wood of older barns and the expansive, open tracts of the surrounding Dingle Basin. The daily passage of life is marked by the quiet movement of residents along the Foothills Trail- Orting To South Prairie Section, a paved corridor that traces the old railway lines and connects the modern pace of the residents to the deeper, slower geology of the region. Industry here has softened into a quiet commerce, favoring the modest trade of local goods and the maintenance of a rural, inland character that resists the encroaching intensity of urban growth. In the late hours of the day, the fading sunlight casts long, amber shadows across the fields, emphasizing the isolation of a place that finds its true purpose in the simple, unbroken expanse of the Washington soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Foothills Trail- Orting To South Prairie Section (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 172° S
South Prairie Creek Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 197° S
South Prairie Veteran's Memorial (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 149° SE
Foothills Trail- Buckley To South Prairie Section (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 145° SE
Michal Property (Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 218° SW
Vforce (Attraction) — 1.6 mi, 134° SE
Soler Properties (Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 218° SW
Connell's Priaire Battle Historical Marker (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 337° NW
Connell's Prairie Battle (Registered Battlefield) — 2.7 mi, 337° NW
BLHS Rock (Public Artwork) — 3.1 mi, 279° W
Stilley-Kirtley Historic Log Structure (Historic Ruins) — 3.7 mi, 077° E
Rainier View Point in Tehaleh (Viewpoint) — 3.7 mi, 244° SW
Kapowsin Timberlands (Local Conservation Area) — 3.8 mi, 180° S
Buckley Log Show Logger's Memorial (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 075° E
Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 140° SE
Mount Rainier National Park (National Park) — 4.4 mi, 141° SE · 236k acres
Coal Hopper (Historic Ruins) — 4.8 mi, 122° SE
Jumping Juniors (Attraction) — 6.4 mi, 302° NW
Sumner Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 7.0 mi, 300° NW
Flaming Geyser (State Park) — 9.0 mi, 020° N
Metzler Park (Nature Reserve) — 9.2 mi, 005° N
Draft Horses (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 281° W
Artists in Action (Arts Centre) — 9.3 mi, 284° W
The Farm at SillyVille (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 9.3 mi, 282° W
Barovic's Liberty Theatre (Theatre) — 9.3 mi, 287° W
Auburn Riverside Theatre ART (Theatre) — 9.7 mi, 326° NW
Snoqualmie National Forest (National Forest) — 10.9 mi, 122° SE · 1.3M acres
Lower Green River (State Park) — 11.0 mi, 339° N
Clearwater Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 12.9 mi, 134° SE · 15k acres
Mount Rainier Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 14.1 mi, 141° SE · 227k acres

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