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South Bend Washington Map

Explore South Bend, 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 South Bend, Washington

How to Use This South Bend, Washington Map

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

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.

CitySouth Bend
StateWashington (WA)
CountyPacific County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezonePacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)
Latitude46.663155
Longitude-123.804606
Population1,746
Density410.8 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code98586
Area Code425
County SeatSouth Bend
School DistrictSouth Bend School District

About South Bend, Washington

South Bend is a locality in Pacific County, Washington, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,746. The population density is 410.8 people per km². South Bend is located at 46.6632°N, 123.8046°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. South Bend is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 98586.

South Bend emerges from the damp, mist-heavy lowlands where the terrestrial reach of the Pacific Northwest yields to the tidal influence of the Pacific Ocean, which lies twelve miles to the west. It lies 21.6 miles south of Aberdeen, WA (from Aberdeen, WA: bearing 179°T), and is situated 3.8 miles west-southwest of Raymond. Broad expanses of temperate forest cling to the slopes, their evergreen needles darkening under a perpetual, silver-gray sky that seems to press the moisture into the very soil. A mile from the center, the quiet movement of Mailboat Slough carves a path through the silt, its waters reflecting the muted, monochromatic light that defines the hours of the afternoon. Inland, the horizon remains stubbornly flat, though on the rarest of clear days, the distant, jagged spine of the Cascade Range might haunt the eastern skyline like a ghost of stone. Water remains the primary architect here, feeding the South Bend City Reservoir and draining the moisture from the Willapa Valley, where the air tastes perpetually of salt and damp cedar.

South Bend retains the quiet, industrious character of a place built upon the bounty of the tide, long distinguished by its deep-rooted history in the oyster trade. The economy persists in a measured cadence, tethered to the harvest of the flats and the rhythm of the tides that dictate the daily labor of the waterfront. Visitors and residents alike gather at First Street Park, a small patch of green that serves as a focal point for the community, offering a view of the harbor where the water turns a deep, bruised violet as dusk descends. Beyond the immediate shoreline, the legacy of timber and marine commerce remains visible in the sturdy, weathered architecture that lines the streets, standing as a quiet record of generations who looked toward the horizon for their livelihood. Life in South Bend moves with the deliberate, unhurried persistence of the water itself, ignoring the frantic pace of the modern world in favor of the steady, reliable cycles of the coast.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Willapa Playhouse (Theatre) — 0.1 mi, 298° NW
  • First Street Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 118° SE
  • South Bend Water Garden & Pond (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 264° W
  • Pacific County Museum (Museum) — 0.3 mi, 300° NW
  • Robert E. Bush Memorial (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 307° NW
  • World's Largest Oyster (Attraction) — 0.4 mi, 306° NW
  • Olympic-Willapa Hills-South Puget Sound Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 318° NW
  • Willapa Hills Trail (State Recreation Area) — 0.8 mi, 065° NE
  • Bone River Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 262° W
  • Lions Park & Riverdale Athletic Field (Local Recreation) — 3.5 mi, 055° NE
  • Seaport Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 067° NE
  • Willie Keils Grave (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 092° E
  • Willie Keil Grave (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 100° E
  • Farm Service Agency Interest Of Wa (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.1 mi, 100° E · 1,044 acres
  • Willapa National Wildlife Refuge Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 11.1 mi, 259° W
  • Leadbetter Point (State Park) — 11.7 mi, 244° SW
  • Willapa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.0 mi, 203° SW · 48k acres
  • Leadbetter Point, Wilapa National Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 12.4 mi, 259° W
  • Elk River Natural Resources Conservation Area (Marine Protected Area) — 13.7 mi, 324° NW
  • Don Bonker Cedar Grove (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 204° SW
  • Willapa Art Trail (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 200° S
  • International Mermaid Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 336° NW
  • Charlie Choker (Public Artwork) — 20.2 mi, 360° N
  • Appelo Archives Center (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 176° S
  • South Beach Arts Association (Arts Centre) — 21.3 mi, 318° NW
  • Grays Harbor Lighthouse Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 21.4 mi, 316° NW
  • D&R Theatre (Theatre) — 21.5 mi, 358° N
  • Cranberry Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 209° SW
  • Old growth spruce (Attraction) — 24.1 mi, 211° SW
  • Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 30.6 mi, 204° SW · 805k acres

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About This South Bend Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of South Bend, Washington. Coordinates: 46.663155, -123.804606. 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 South Bend includes the ZIP code (98586), telephone area code (425), county seat of Pacific County (South Bend), and school district assignment (South Bend 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.