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Ruston Washington Map

Explore Ruston, 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 Ruston, Washington

How to Use This Ruston, Washington Map

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

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

Latitude	47.299265
Longitude	-122.508182
Population	1,055
Density	1591.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	98407
Area Code	425
County Seat	Tacoma
School District	Tacoma Public Schools

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About Ruston, Washington

Ruston is a locality in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,055. The population density is 1591.2 people per km². Ruston is located at 47.2993°N, 122.5082°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Ruston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 98407.

Ruston occupies a narrow shelf of land where the damp, timbered earth drops abruptly into the salt-heavy air of Commencement Bay. It lies 4.0 miles east-southeast of Gig Harbor, WA (from Gig Harbor, WA: bearing 122°T), and is situated 4.4 miles northwest of Tacoma. The shoreline here is defined by a rigorous, industrial edge, softened only by the persistent, rhythmic wash of tides against the bulkhead and the quiet congregation of seabirds that haunt the water’s surface. Looking eastward, one might discern the jagged, atmospheric profile of the Cascade Range, a distant serrated line that holds the morning light in a pale, bruised violet. Within the immediate perimeter, the modest greenery of Ruston Town Park offers a reprieve of lawn and leaf, a small pocket of stillness held against the vast, shifting gray of the marine horizon.

Ruston maintains a legacy anchored in the heavy labor of the former smelting works, a history that once dictated the pulse of the local economy and left an indelible mark on the soil itself. While the great furnaces have long since cooled, the character of the place remains forged in that period of intense, soot-stained productivity, now transitioned into a quiet residential life that feels both secluded and exposed to the elements. Life here moves with the tide, influenced by the proximity of the water and the distant, unseen currents of Tahlequah Creek and the North End Reservoir, which sit miles away in the quiet hinterlands. Even as the modern pace of the region accelerates, Ruston retains a stubborn, distinct gravity, anchored by its long-standing connection to the bay and the persistent, salt-scrubbed wind that defines its daily climate.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unification (Public Artwork) — 0.2 mi, 083° E
Century Theatres (Cinema) — 0.2 mi, 099° E
Point Defiance Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 343° N
Raptor Overlook (Viewpoint) — 0.4 mi, 327° NW
Francis W. Cushman (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 313° NW
Blue Star Memorial By-Way (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 311° NW
Pdza Grounds (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 296° NW
Ten Inch Shell from USS Maine (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 316° NW
Kids' Zone (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 306° NW
Goats (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 308° NW
In Touch with the Wild (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 311° NW
Maury Island Aquatic Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 1.6 mi, 007° N
Blue Mouse Theater (Cinema) — 2.1 mi, 154° SE
Maury Island (King County) - Parcel 6 / Neill Point (Local Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 012° N
Puget Sound Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 2.7 mi, 154° SE
Madrona Links Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 2.8 mi, 262° W
Cr8Tyffs (Gallery) — 3.1 mi, 178° S
Stadium Bowl (Stadium) — 3.6 mi, 129° SE
Tacoma Narrows Collapsed Bridge (Historic Ruins) — 3.7 mi, 213° SW
Titlow Beach Marine Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.8 mi, 213° SW
Temple Theatre (Theatre) — 3.9 mi, 131° SE
Former Karpeles Manuscript Museum (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 134° SE
Woodstock Gift Gallery (Gallery) — 4.0 mi, 301° NW
Birdnest Gallery & Framing (Gallery) — 4.0 mi, 301° NW
Dash Point (State Park) — 4.5 mi, 070° E
Olympic-Willapa Hills-South Puget Sound Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 188° S
Cutts Island (State Park) — 8.1 mi, 282° W
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.1 mi, 211° SW · 16k acres
Mount Rainier National Park (National Park) — 25.6 mi, 122° SE · 236k acres

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