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Ronald Washington Map

Explore Ronald, 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 Ronald, Washington

How to Use This Ronald, Washington Map

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

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

Latitude	47.233754
Longitude	-121.033478
Population	439
Density	183.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	98133, 98940
Area Code	206, 253, 509
County Seat	Ellensburg
School District	Cle Elum-Roslyn School District

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About Ronald, Washington

Ronald is a locality in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 439. The population density is 183.0 people per km². Ronald is located at 47.2338°N, 121.0335°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 98133, 98940.

Ronald exists as a high-altitude settlement defined by the rugged geometry of Number 3 Canyon, where the air thins and sharpens against the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range. It lies 27.8 miles northwest of Ellensburg, WA (from Ellensburg, WA: bearing 307°T), and is situated 32.6 miles southwest of Cashmere. The landscape is a study in coniferous shadow and the quiet reclamation of earth, marked by the proximity of Cle Elum Lake and the cold, rapid transit of the Cle Elum River. To the west, the Naches Ranger District offers a vast expanse of timber, while the seasonal light filters through the canopy in long, pale shafts that illuminate the dust of the transition between the damp, green corridors of the west and the dry, open plateaus of the interior. The terrain is defined by the steep, pine-studded slopes that press inward, giving the environment a sense of enclosure and stillness, as if the land itself were holding its breath against the coming winter.

Ronald emerged from the hard labor of the coal industry, its character forged by the grit and persistence of those who first broke the soil to reach the seams beneath the surface. Today, the economy has shifted from the extraction of ore to the quieter rhythms of a mountain retreat, where the legacy of the miners lingers in the modest, historic architecture that dots the streets. Residents and visitors alike find their way toward the Roslyn Urban Forest for a brief communion with the wilderness, or look toward the Domerie Peak Trail for a more demanding ascent into the high country. In the quiet evenings, when the shadow of the peaks lengthens across the valley, one can sense the endurance of a place that has outlived its original industry, turning its focus toward the preservation of its austere, highland beauty.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Wenatchee National Forest (National Forest) — 1.1 mi, 270° W · 1.8M acres
Roslyn Urban Forest (Local Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 090° E
Roslyn Pioneer Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 115° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 106° E
Number 8 Mine (Historic Ruins) — 2.0 mi, 070° E
KBHR Set (Attraction) — 2.0 mi, 111° E
Coal Miners Memorial (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 111° E
Cle Elum Lake (Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 319° NW
Iron Horse (State Park) — 3.0 mi, 196° S
L.T. Murray Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 180° S
Yakima River (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 180° S
Liberty Landing (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 247° SW
Lake Easton (State Park) — 3.4 mi, 188° S
Old Bus (Historic Ruins) — 3.6 mi, 045° NE
Douglas A. Munro (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 126° SE
Carpenter Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 120° SE
Hex Mountain Trailhead (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 323° NW
South Cle Elum Rail Yard Interpretive Center (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 134° SE
Telephone Museum (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 120° SE
I 90 Lookout (Viewpoint) — 6.8 mi, 178° S
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 7.8 mi, 280° W
Snoqualmie National Forest (National Forest) — 11.0 mi, 194° S · 1.3M acres
Alpine Lakes Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 13.2 mi, 346° N · 415k acres
Norse Peak Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.5 mi, 214° SW · 52k acres
Tubing Park (Attraction) — 21.4 mi, 305° NW
Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 306° NW
Watershed Bell (Public Artwork) — 27.4 mi, 037° NE
Snoquera Falls (Attraction) — 27.8 mi, 241° SW
Museum of Culture and Environment (Museum) — 28.1 mi, 124° SE
The Ink (Gallery) — 28.1 mi, 126° SE

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