Shadow Lake Washington Map

About Shadow Lake, Washington

Shadow Lake is a locality in King County, Washington, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,396. The population density is 178.1 people per km². Shadow Lake is located at 47.4114°N, 122.0847°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 98058.

Shadow Lake occupies a low-lying basin where the air holds a permanent, heavy dampness, grounding the landscape in a quiet, muted palette of moss-green and charcoal. It lies 2.2 miles northwest of Maple Valley, WA (from Maple Valley, WA: bearing 306°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east-northeast of Kent. The terrain here relies on the slow, rhythmic percolation of groundwater, feeding the dense understory that creeps toward the edges of the water. To the east, the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range marks the boundary of the horizon, while the immediate surroundings remain dominated by thick, coniferous growth. Only a mile away, the quiet movement of Honey Creek provides a steady, subtle pulse to the land, carving a path through the soil toward the broader, protected expanse of the Seattle Public Utilities Watersheds.

Shadow Lake serves as a quiet transition point between the suburban encroaches of the north and the rugged, unyielding timberland that defines the region’s economic pulse. The history of this land is tied to the labor of the woods, with the remnants of old-growth extraction still evident in the second-growth stands that blanket the area toward the Tiger Mountain State Forest. Residents often look toward the Tiger Mountain Trail for recreation, finding a steep, unforgiving solitude that contrasts with the stillness of the lake. Daily life moves with a measured, deliberate pace, shaped by the persistent gray light that filters through the canopy, leaving the local economy to function as a modest, functional outlier to the industrial centers that lie further toward the metropolitan core.

About This Shadow Lake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Shadow Lake, Washington. Coordinates: 47.411387, -122.084707. 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 Shadow Lake includes the ZIP code (98058), telephone area code (206, 253), county seat of King County (Seattle), and school district assignment (Tahoma School District).

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.