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Shaw Island Washington Map

Explore Shaw 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 Shaw Island, Washington

How to Use This Shaw Island, Washington Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Shaw 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 Shaw 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	Shaw Island
State	Washington (WA)
County	San Juan County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	48.584268
Longitude	-122.92907
Population	230
Density	15.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	98286
Area Code	206, 253
County Seat	Friday Harbor

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About Shaw Island, Washington

Shaw Island is a locality in San Juan County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 230. The population density is 15.0 people per km². Shaw Island is located at 48.5843°N, 122.9291°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 98286.

Shaw Island rises from the salt-heavy currents of Puget Sound as a sequestered mosaic of emerald forest and weathered pasture, defined by the quiet reach of its shoreline. It lies 7.2 miles east-northeast of San Juan, WA (from San Juan, WA: bearing 71°T), and is situated 3.4 miles south of Orcas Island. The land here holds a stillness that lingers long after the ferry has pulled away, leaving the island to the rhythmic pulse of the tide and the salt-spray that coats the cedar boughs. On clear days, the distant serrated edge of the Cascade Range haunts the eastern horizon, a jagged reminder of the mainland’s vastness. Tucked into the quiet interior, Killebrew Lake offers a freshwater mirror to the surrounding firs, while the shoreline itself remains a sanctuary for sea-life within the San Juan County/Cypress Island Marine Biological Preserve. Even the smallest neighboring rocks, such as Blind Island, seem to bow toward the main harbor, where the water turns a deep, bruised indigo as the sun retreats.

History on Shaw Island is etched into the quiet labor of the land, where the local economy has long favored small-scale agriculture and a cautious, intentional stewardship of the natural order. Unlike the busier ports of the archipelago, life here moves with the deliberate pace of a season, shaped by the legacy of those who worked the soil and the sea in relative isolation. The island maintains a character of profound privacy, where the concerns of the wider world are filtered through the gray, mist-laden air of the Pacific Northwest. While Cascade Creek flows five miles away and the distant roar of Cascade Falls echoes only in the imagination, the true resonance of the place is found in the silence of its fields and the enduring, protected status of its coastal margins. It is a place where one might hear the turn of a tide against the pier, a sound as constant and grounding as the turning of the year itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

San Juan Islands National Monument (National Monument) — locality lies within · 432k acres
San Juan County/Cypress Island Marine Biological Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — locality lies within
Blind Island (State Park) — 0.3 mi, 275° W
Shaw County Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 199° S
Killebrew Lake (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 039° NE
San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.3 mi, 289° W · 1,368 acres
San Juan Islands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 2.3 mi, 289° W · 379 acres
Lopez Island Tidelands (State Resource Management Area) — 2.4 mi, 149° SE
Odlin County Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 148° SE
Shaw Island San Juan Islands Marine Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 2.6 mi, 227° SW
Skagit-Snoqualmie Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 121° SE
Greg's Point (Viewpoint) — 4.2 mi, 245° SW
Moran Mansion Museum (Museum) — 4.9 mi, 031° NE
Orcas Island Artworks (Gallery) — 5.0 mi, 058° NE
Western Prince Whale Watching (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 229° SW
Interaction (Public Artwork) — 5.2 mi, 230° SW
World War I Memorial (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 229° SW
Schooners North (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 230° SW
Harbor Song Art Gallery (Gallery) — 5.2 mi, 229° SW
Friday Harbor Gallery (Gallery) — 5.2 mi, 230° SW
Orca Survey Outreach & Education Center (Attraction) — 5.3 mi, 229° SW
Ayer Pond Site (Historic Ruins) — 5.3 mi, 070° E
Palace Theatre (Cinema) — 5.3 mi, 229° SW
Moran (State Park) — 5.4 mi, 033° NE
The Grove (Theatre) — 6.9 mi, 004° N
Orcas WILD (Museum) — 7.9 mi, 008° N
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival (Theatre) — 8.3 mi, 008° N
Cattle Point Natural Resources Conservation Area (Nature Reserve) — 9.1 mi, 193° S
American Camp (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 207° SW
False Bay Marine Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 9.4 mi, 224° SW

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