Explore Silverlake, 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 Silverlake, 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 Silverlake.
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 | Silverlake |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Cowlitz County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 46.312481 |
| Longitude | -122.794999 |
| Population | 3,800 |
| Density | 280.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 98645 |
| Area Code | 360 |
| County Seat | Kelso |
Silverlake occupies a quiet expanse of land where the earth rises in soft, muted swells toward the distant, hazy spine of the Cascade Range. It lies 10.4 miles south-southeast of Cowlitz, WA (from Cowlitz, WA: bearing 167°T), and is situated 6.0 miles east-northeast of Castle Rock. The atmosphere here carries the damp weight of inland forests, settling over the surface of Silver Lake and the narrow, winding banks of Stankey Creek in a cool, grey stillness. Beyond the immediate tree lines, the terrain folds into the deep, shaded slopes of Hollywood Gorge, while the light at dusk bleeds a pale, bruised violet across the fields, turning the long grasses into silvered wire. Visitors often find their way to Seaquest State Park to observe the quiet transition of the seasons, where the air feels thin and sharp, untainted by the clamor of wider, busier worlds.
Silverlake maintains a deliberate, measured pace of life that reflects its long-standing connection to the surrounding timber and agricultural lands. The local economy persists in a slow, steady pulse, defined by those who work the soil and manage the timber stands that have sustained the region for generations. Residents might spend their weekends traversing the distant Castle Rock Truck Trail or seeking the muffled roar of Cedar Creek Falls, finding in these solitary pursuits a continuity that survives the modern rush. Even with the occasional traveler passing through, Silverlake preserves a sense of inward-looking focus, where the rhythm of the day is dictated more by the creeping shadows of the trees than by the ticking of a clock.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Silverlake, Washington. Coordinates: 46.312481, -122.794999. 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 Silverlake includes the ZIP code (98645), telephone area code (360), county seat of Cowlitz County (Kelso), and school district assignment.
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. |