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Ravensdale Washington Map

Explore Ravensdale, 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 Ravensdale, Washington

How to Use This Ravensdale, Washington Map

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

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	Ravensdale
State	Washington (WA)
County	King County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	47.361865
Longitude	-121.980407
Population	555
Density	173.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	98051
Area Code	206, 253
County Seat	Seattle
School District	Tahoma School District

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About Ravensdale, Washington

Ravensdale is a locality in King County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 555. The population density is 173.0 people per km². Ravensdale is located at 47.3619°N, 121.9804°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 98051.

Ravensdale holds a quiet, damp stillness where the air carries the heavy, resinous scent of evergreen boughs. It lies 3.8 miles north-northwest of Franklin, WA (from Franklin, WA: bearing 338°T), and is situated 4.0 miles southeast of Maple Valley. Ravensdale Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the landscape, its waters dark and steady as they move past the silent edges of Ravensdale Lake. Beyond the immediate tree line, the geography shifts into a series of shadowed ridges and depressions that define the local terrain, while the formidable peaks of the Cascade Range anchor the distant horizon. The Cemetery Reach Natural Area provides a buffer of stillness, preserving a patch of wild growth that feels indifferent to the slow, gray passage of the hours. Light here often arrives filtered through a permanent, low-hanging mist, lending the damp earth a deep, saturated color that marks the transition between the dense timberlands and the open, rugged basins of the interior.

Coal once defined the pulse of Ravensdale, drawing men into the earth to extract the black fuel that powered the rapid expansion of the surrounding region. The industry has long since retreated, leaving behind a landscape that has slowly reclaimed the scars of the mines, softening the sharp edges of old industrial sites into quiet, overgrown clearings. The Green River Gorge looms five miles away as a geological reminder of the forces that shaped this rugged interior, far removed from the pressures of the urban centers to the west. Residents today live among the remnants of that extractive past, where the pace of life is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the encroaching shadow of the Tiger Mountain State Forest. It is a place where the remnants of a working history are buried beneath layers of moss and new growth, leaving a community that exists in the quiet spaces between the towering trees.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Landsburg 1955 Mine Collapse Memorial (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 300° NW
Danville-Georgetown Open Space (Local Conservation Area) — 0.7 mi, 311° NW
Seattle Public Utilities Watersheds (Local Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 023° NE
Petroglyph (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 033° NE
Cedar River Trail Site (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 008° N
Landsburg Trailhead (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 018° N
Papa Bear (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 262° W
Hobart Yellow Submarine (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 007° N
GRG - Jellum (State Park) — 2.9 mi, 154° SE
Untitled (Public Artwork) — 3.0 mi, 293° NW
Kanaskat-Palmer (State Park) — 3.5 mi, 141° SE
Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra (Theatre) — 3.7 mi, 306° NW
Maple Valley Creative Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 3.7 mi, 306° NW
Concrete Pillar from Mine #11 (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 199° S
Royal Reward Mine Processing Plant (Historic Ruins) — 4.1 mi, 143° SE
Franklin Ghost Town (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 167° S
Kline No. 2 Mineshaft (Historic Ruins) — 4.6 mi, 170° S
Remote Control Airfield (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 205° SW
Salmon Ponds (Viewpoint) — 6.5 mi, 197° S
Larry Phillips Natural Area (Nature Reserve) — 6.7 mi, 324° NW
Metzler Park (Nature Reserve) — 7.3 mi, 224° SW
Lanback Auditorium (Theatre) — 10.3 mi, 322° NW
Cedar River Watershed Watershed Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 092° E · 17k acres
Snoqualmie National Forest (National Forest) — 10.5 mi, 025° NE · 1.3M acres
Gilman Town Hall (Museum) — 11.8 mi, 348° N
Aquarium Room (Aquarium) — 11.9 mi, 347° N
Mount Rainier National Park (National Park) — 18.1 mi, 190° S · 236k acres
Alpine Lakes Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.9 mi, 076° E · 415k acres

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