Summit Washington Map

About Summit, Washington

Summit is a locality in King County, Washington, United States. It has a population of approximately 8,270. The population density is 627.8 people per km². Summit is located at 47.1694°N, 122.3636°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 98038, 98371.

Summit anchors itself upon the rugged, forested terrain where the landscape begins its slow, deliberate climb toward the distant Cascade Range. It lies 2.5 miles south-southeast of Maple Valley, WA (from Maple Valley, WA: bearing 151°T), and is situated 5.2 miles northwest of Franklin. Rock Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the earth nearby, its dark waters moving with a quiet urgency that dictates the moisture of the surrounding soil and the density of the evergreen thickets. A mile away, the surface of Wilderness Lake holds the gray, diffused light of the afternoon, reflecting the hemlocks that crowd its banks in a stillness that feels heavy and absolute. The Green To Cedar Rivers Trail Site provides a quiet corridor for those who walk through the undergrowth, where the air smells of damp cedar needles and the slow, inevitable decay of the forest floor.

Summit carries the weight of a regional history rooted in the timber and rail industries that once defined the movement of resources through these inland basins. The economic life here has shifted from the raw extraction of the past to a quieter, more residential existence, though the shadow of the Green River Gorge still looms six miles away as a reminder of the region’s volatile, geological bones. Residents often look toward the horizon, where the massive, static presence of the Cascade Range serves as a constant, silent marker of the geography. Life moves at a steady pace, shaped by the rhythm of the changing seasons and the long, literate PNW gray that softens the edges of the neighborhood until the distinctions between the woods and the clearing seem to fade altogether.

About This Summit Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Summit, Washington. Coordinates: 47.169445, -122.363627. 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 Summit includes the ZIP code (98038, 98371), telephone area code (206, 253, 425), county seat of King County (Seattle), and school district assignment (Franklin Pierce School District).

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.