Explore Sunland Estates, 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 Sunland Estates, 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 Sunland Estates.
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 | Sunland Estates |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Grant County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 47.075712 |
| Longitude | -120.03016 |
| Population | 179 |
| Density | 171.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 98848 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| County Seat | Ephrata |
| School District | Quincy School District |
Sunland Estates occupies a stark, sun-bleached expanse where the high desert meets the cooling influence of the Columbia River. It lies 25.0 miles east-northeast of Ellensburg, WA (from Ellensburg, WA: bearing 77°T), and is situated 13.8 miles southwest of Quincy. The land here is defined by deep, dry coulees and a relentless, golden light that flattens the shadows of the sagebrush until midday, only to stretch them into long, indigo fingers as the sun slips toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Cascade Range. To the east, the landscape gives way to a rugged aridness, while the Columbia Basin Wildlife Area Complex provides a quiet, protected buffer of native grasses and scrub. Five miles to the north, the quiet stillness of Cabin Lake sits removed from the river’s path, offering a rare, stagnant contrast to the relentless movement of the currents carving through the nearby Box Canyon.
Sunland Estates grew from the ambition to carve a residential sanctuary out of the basalt-strewn plains, transforming a patch of dry scrub into a collection of homes that look out over the river’s wide, muscular flow. The local economy and daily rhythm are tethered to the seasonal pulse of the water, with residents navigating a lifestyle that favors the irrigation-fed greenery of domestic lawns against the backdrop of an unforgiving, parched horizon. History here is marked not by grand monuments, but by the slow, persistent labor of taming a thirsty climate, where the heat of the afternoon often forces a deliberate, quiet pace upon the inhabitants. Evenings in Sunland Estates bring a sudden, cooling shift in the air, a reminder of the vast, open space that separates this dry plateau from the temperate forests waiting far beyond the western skyline.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sunland Estates, Washington. Coordinates: 47.075712, -120.03016. 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 Sunland Estates includes the ZIP code (98848), telephone area code (509), county seat of Grant County (Ephrata), and school district assignment (Quincy 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 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. |