Explore Royal City, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Royal City, 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 Royal City.
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 | Royal City |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Grant County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 46.90097 |
| Longitude | -119.630591 |
| Population | 1,776 |
| Density | 589.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 99357 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| County Seat | Ephrata |
| School District | Royal School District |
Royal City emerges from the high, arid plains of central Washington as a disciplined arrangement of squares and streets carved into the sagebrush-dusted expanse. It lies 20.2 miles north-northwest of Pierce, WA (from Pierce, WA: bearing 335°T), and is situated 17.1 miles northeast of Mattawa. The horizon remains dominated by the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range, providing a cool, blue-tinted boundary to the vast eastern sky that hangs heavy and clear over the basin. A short distance away, the geological depression of Natural Corral marks the rugged transition of the earth, while the quiet, steady flow of Lower Crab Creek carves a path through the thirsty soil. The gentle light of late afternoon catches the dust in the air, softening the rigid lines of the landscape and lending the surrounding scrubland a muted, copper glow that persists until the sun dips behind the western peaks.
Royal City functions as a deliberate hub of agricultural industry, where the rhythmic cycles of planting and harvest dictate the pace of daily affairs. Rows of meticulously maintained orchards and fields define the local economy, transforming the once-dry earth into a productive grid that feeds the region. Residents gather at Royal City Lion's Park to mark the passage of time, a central space that offers a reprieve from the expansive, sun-bleached horizon. Nearby, the waters of Red Rock Lake provide a stark, reflective contrast to the dusty terrain, holding the stillness of the desert in its edges. The life here is defined by the endurance of the land and the quiet persistence of those who work it, finding a subtle, understated beauty in the seasonal transformation of the orchards and the immense, uncrowded space of the plateau.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Royal City, Washington. Coordinates: 46.90097, -119.630591. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Royal City includes the ZIP code (99357), telephone area code (509), county seat of Grant County (Ephrata), and school district assignment (Royal School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |