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Starbuck Washington Map

Explore Starbuck, 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 Starbuck, Washington

How to Use This Starbuck, Washington Map

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

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	Starbuck
State	Washington (WA)
County	Columbia County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	46.519588
Longitude	-118.128845
Population	119
Density	233.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	99359
Area Code	509
County Seat	Dayton
School District	Starbuck School District

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About Starbuck, Washington

Starbuck is a locality in Columbia County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 119. The population density is 233.2 people per km². Starbuck is located at 46.5196°N, 118.1288°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Starbuck is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 99359.

Starbuck occupies a quiet stretch of land defined by the persistent, rhythmic passage of the Tucannon River as it carves through the arid earth. It lies 33.1 miles north-northeast of Walla Walla, WA (from Walla Walla, WA: bearing 18°T), and is situated 15.4 miles north-northwest of Dayton. The landscape here favors the stark geometry of high desert, where the light at dusk flattens the horizon into a muted gold, pulling long, thin shadows across the dry grasses and basalt outcrops. Only thirty-six miles to the southeast, the Blue Mountains rise as a jagged, indigo silhouette against the sky, anchoring the vast expanse of the plains. Within a mile of the town, the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) State Resource Management Area serves as a rugged buffer, while the deeper shadows of Choke Cherry Canyon lie just three miles away, offering a sharp, vertical contrast to the open plateaus that define the local geography.

Starbuck persists as a testament to the endurance of those who learned to harvest life from the wheat-heavy dust of the inland plains. The local economy remains tethered to the slow, deliberate cycles of agriculture, a rhythm set by the turning of the soil and the seasonal shifts of the earth. Six miles away, the waters of Lake Herbert G West offer a stillness that mirrors the quiet character of the residents, who move through their days with a steady, unadorned resolve. There is a particular clarity to the air here, a dry, sharp quality that seems to preserve the memory of the early settlers who first laid out the grid of Starbuck. Life here is measured not by the velocity of the modern world, but by the subtle, persistent changes in the color of the wheat fields and the long, pale winters that settle over the valley floor.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Herbert G West (Recreation Area) — 2.5 mi, 004° N
Lake Bryan (Recreation Area) — 6.5 mi, 048° NE
Marmes Rockshelter (Historic Ruins) — 7.4 mi, 332° NW
Palouse Falls (State Park) — 10.8 mi, 336° NW
Fryxell Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.9 mi, 335° NW
Columbia Plateau Trail (State Recreation Area) — 16.2 mi, 347° N
Bruce Memorial Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 184° S
#thatnwbus (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 333° NW
Blue Mountains Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 21.5 mi, 114° SE
W.T. Wooten (State Conservation Area) — 21.5 mi, 114° SE
Umatilla National Forest (National Forest) — 25.0 mi, 141° SE · 1.4M acres
Kendall Monument (Monument) — 25.7 mi, 137° SE
Brushes N' Brix (Attraction) — 30.6 mi, 193° S
Wine Country Amphitheater (Theatre) — 32.1 mi, 198° S
Styx sculpture by Deborah Butterfield (Public Artwork) — 32.4 mi, 197° S
Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.5 mi, 159° S · 177k acres
Combine Art Collective (Gallery) — 32.7 mi, 198° S
Gesa Power House Theater (Theatre) — 33.0 mi, 198° S
Juniper Dunes Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 33.3 mi, 258° W · 7,374 acres
J. M. Wainwright Memorial Statue (Monument) — 34.1 mi, 199° S
World War II Memorial (Monument) — 34.4 mi, 199° S
Whitman Memorial (Attraction) — 36.6 mi, 206° SW
Frazier Farmstead and Museum (Museum) — 42.9 mi, 196° S
Railroad Depot Museum (Museum) — 43.6 mi, 344° N
Codger Pole (Attraction) — 43.8 mi, 055° NE
Local Native American and geological information (Museum) — 44.8 mi, 099° E
Mcnary National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 45.0 mi, 227° SW · 32k acres
Hover High School (Historic Ruins) — 49.5 mi, 235° SW
Wallowa National Forest (National Forest) — 50.0 mi, 158° S · 1.0M acres
Hanford Reach National Monument (National Monument) — 53.5 mi, 267° W · 391k acres

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