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South Cle Elum Washington Map

Explore South Cle Elum, 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 Cle Elum, Washington

How to Use This South Cle Elum, Washington Map

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

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	South Cle Elum
State	Washington (WA)
County	Kittitas County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	47.185675
Longitude	-120.948971
Population	559
Density	536.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	98943
Area Code	509
County Seat	Ellensburg
School District	Cle Elum-Roslyn School District

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About South Cle Elum, Washington

South Cle Elum is a locality in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 559. The population density is 536.9 people per km². South Cle Elum is located at 47.1857°N, 120.9490°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. South Cle Elum is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 98943.

South Cle Elum occupies a corridor of high desert transition where the Yakima River carves a deliberate path through the earth, marking the divide between the dense timberlands to the west and the arid expanses of the interior. It lies 23.0 miles northwest of Ellensburg, WA (from Ellensburg, WA: bearing 305°T), and is situated 34.1 miles west-southwest of Wenatchee. The air here holds a crisp, thin quality, cooling rapidly as the shadows of the Cascade Range stretch long and violet across the landscape by late afternoon. To the north, the terrain rises into the rugged, broken topography of Greens Canyon, while the lower reaches toward Bullfrog Pond offer a quieter, marshy stillness that contrasts with the constant, rhythmic pulse of the river currents. The light at dusk possesses a peculiar, amber clarity, illuminating the dust motes and the dry grasses that cling to the banks, grounding South Cle Elum in a geography that feels both ancient and exposed.

Iron Horse remains the defining physical legacy of the locality, preserving the iron-spiked corridor where steam once dictated the labor and commerce of the region. Where rail crews once maintained the heavy machinery of a mountain-crossing economy, the tracks have been reclaimed by the quietude of a state park, inviting a slower movement of hikers and cyclists across the trestles. The economy has shifted from the soot and iron of the early industrial years to a quieter rhythm, yet the architecture of the railyard persists as a reminder of the sheer human will required to bridge the gap between mountain passes. Local life today follows the steady, predictable flow of the Yakima River, and those who walk the path toward the North Fork Trail find themselves traversing a landscape that honors its history of heavy transit by embracing the stillness of the high plateau.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Iron Horse (State Park) — 0.1 mi, 170° S
Lake Easton (State Park) — 0.3 mi, 234° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 264° W
South Cle Elum Rail Yard Interpretive Center (Museum) — 0.4 mi, 243° SW
Stoves Drug Store (Mus Pharmacy) Historic Marker (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 041° NE
Wenatchee National Forest (National Forest) — 0.8 mi, 346° N · 1.8M acres
Pardini's Shoe Repair Historic Marker (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 046° NE
Carpenter Museum (Museum) — 0.9 mi, 023° NE
McGinnis General Merchandise Historic Marker (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 047° NE
Telephone Museum (Museum) — 0.9 mi, 046° NE
Hanson Ponds (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 085° E
Roslyn Urban Forest (Local Conservation Area) — 2.9 mi, 324° NW
KBHR Set (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 321° NW
Yakima River (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 271° W
L.T. Murray Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 271° W
Number 8 Mine (Historic Ruins) — 4.5 mi, 332° NW
I 90 Lookout (Viewpoint) — 5.1 mi, 227° SW
Casland (Historic Ruins) — 5.5 mi, 029° NE
Snoqualmie National Forest (National Forest) — 9.9 mi, 217° SW · 1.3M acres
Hex Mountain Trailhead (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 316° NW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 12.5 mi, 292° W
Alpine Lakes Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 16.3 mi, 013° N · 415k acres
William O. Douglas Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.0 mi, 217° SW · 169k acres
Museum of Culture and Environment (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 123° SE
The Ink (Gallery) — 22.9 mi, 125° SE
Blue Bear Puppet Lab (Gallery) — 22.9 mi, 125° SE
Cascade Cradle (Public Artwork) — 23.0 mi, 123° SE
Clymer Museum of Art (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 125° SE
Gallery One (Gallery) — 23.0 mi, 125° SE
Mount Rainier National Park (National Park) — 30.7 mi, 238° SW · 236k acres

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