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Rock Island Washington Map

Explore Rock Island, 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 Rock Island, Washington

How to Use This Rock Island, Washington Map

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

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	Rock Island
State	Washington (WA)
County	Douglas County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	47.377073
Longitude	-120.143952
Population	1,279
Density	438.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	98850
Area Code	509
County Seat	Waterville
School District	Eastmont School District

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About Rock Island, Washington

Rock Island is a locality in Douglas County, Washington, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,279. The population density is 438.2 people per km². Rock Island is located at 47.3771°N, 120.1440°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Rock Island is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 98850.

Rock Island claims its place upon a sun-bleached expanse where the earth turns to stone and scrub brush, defined by the stark, arid character of the high desert. It lies 7.5 miles east-southeast of East Wenatchee, WA (from East Wenatchee, WA: bearing 111°T), and is situated 8.4 miles east-southeast of Wenatchee. The Columbia River carves a deep, steady path just a mile away, its currents providing a cool counterpoint to the heat that radiates from the basalt cliffs. To the west, the jagged, snow-dusted silhouette of the Cascade Range looms on the horizon, a distant boundary between the damp evergreen world and this drier, open territory. Within the immediate landscape, Putters Lake offers a quiet mirror to the sky, while the local terrain remains rugged and exposed, marked by the deep, silent shadow of Dry Gulch five miles to the south.

Schooler Park serves as a modest center for the modest pace of life in Rock Island, providing a patch of green where the soil otherwise prefers the resilience of sage and bunchgrass. The economy here has long been tethered to the power of the water and the productivity of the land, drawing strength from the energy harnessed by the infrastructure that defines the regional industry. History lingers in the quiet persistence of those who work the orchards and the fields, their lives dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of a metropolis. Days pass with an unforced cadence, the air often holding a dry, metallic clarity that makes the late afternoon light turn the surrounding slopes a deep, bruised gold.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Schooler Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 207° SW
Rock Island Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 2.2 mi, 036° NE
Upper Dry Gulch Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 181° S
Rock Island State Park (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 105° E
Colockum Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 5.2 mi, 180° S
Annie's Fun Farm (Attraction) — 5.3 mi, 291° W
Colockum Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 180° S
Colockum Game Range (National Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 168° S · 9,854 acres
Wenatchee National Forest (National Forest) — 7.6 mi, 229° SW · 1.8M acres
Great Northern Steam Locomotive (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 287° W
Pangborn-Herndon Memorial (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 306° NW
Stone Sutta (Public Artwork) — 8.4 mi, 294° NW
Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 292° W
Wenatchee Riverfront Railway (Attraction) — 8.5 mi, 294° NW
Wenatchee Confluence (State Park) — 9.4 mi, 301° NW
Squilchuck (State Park) — 11.3 mi, 248° W
Douglas Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 12.4 mi, 040° NE · 6,338 acres
Horse Lake Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 12.7 mi, 298° NW
Rocky Reach Dam Discovery Center (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 326° NW
West Bar - Ice Age Ripples (Historic Ruins) — 12.9 mi, 155° SE
B-24 Bomber Wing (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 243° SW
Douglas County Historical Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 010° N
Nifty Theatre (Cinema) — 19.0 mi, 010° N
The Gorge Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 20.3 mi, 160° S
Cavern Theatre (Theatre) — 20.4 mi, 160° S
Earthquake Point (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 351° N
Rex (Rogers) Stamp Mill (Historic Ruins) — 24.1 mi, 345° N
Alpine Lakes Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 25.7 mi, 283° W · 415k acres
Grant County Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.2 mi, 097° E
Nutcracker Museum & Store (Museum) — 28.5 mi, 302° NW

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