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Sunnyside Washington Map

Explore Sunnyside, 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 Sunnyside, Washington

How to Use This Sunnyside, Washington Map

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

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

Latitude	46.315758
Longitude	-120.005834
Population	16,375
Density	840.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	98226, 98944
Area Code	206, 253, 509
County Seat	Bellingham
School District	Sunnyside School District

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About Sunnyside, Washington

Sunnyside is a locality in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. It has a population of 16,375. The population density is 840.2 people per km². Sunnyside is located at 46.3158°N, 120.0058°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Sunnyside is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 98226, 98944.

Sunnyside emerges from the damp, low-lying coastal plains where the light often filters through a persistent, pearlescent gray mist. It lies 8.1 miles east-southeast of Bellingham, WA (from Bellingham, WA: bearing 104°T), and is situated 1.5 miles east-northeast of Sudden Valley. Smith Creek cuts a quiet, persistent path through the landscape, its waters feeding the nearby margins of Lake Whatcom, where the surface remains as still as a polished lens. To the west, the air carries the faint, salt-tinged breath of Puget Sound, barely eight miles distant, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range looms on the far horizon like a silent, snow-mantled guardian. The terrain surrounding Sunnyside is defined by the proximity of the rugged Hard Scrabble Falls Gulch and the cascading descent of Hard Scrabble Falls, which hums with a low, rhythmic vibration that seems to settle into the very marrow of the earth.

Sunnyside bears the quiet marks of a place shaped by the slow, deliberate work of land stewardship and the communal stewardship of Whatcom County Parks & Recreation. The local economy draws its character from the proximity of this protected land, where the transition from wild, tangled thickets to managed spaces dictates the rhythm of the day. Residents often look toward the nearby Reveille Island as a point of orientation, a small, dark anchor in the local geography that punctuates the view. Life in Sunnyside moves with a steady, unadorned pace, characterized by the sound of Smith Creek moving over stones and the cool, damp scent of evergreen needles that clings to the evening air, grounding the residents in a landscape that feels both ancient and entirely present.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Don Hughes Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 073° E
South Hill Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 254° W
Glover (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 242° SW
Sunnyside-Snake River Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 242° SW
Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 5.8 mi, 251° W · 3,996 acres
R E Powell Museum (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 131° SE
Sunnyside Waterfowl Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 152° SE · 644 acres
Cougar Oil (Public Artwork) — 13.5 mi, 109° E
Hanford Reach National Monument (National Monument) — 13.8 mi, 049° NE · 391k acres
Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 13.8 mi, 049° NE
Gravity Hill (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 077° E
Prosser Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 124° SE
Veterans Memorial of Zillah (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 296° NW
Orchardville Monument (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 296° NW
Heritage Theater (Cinema) — 16.7 mi, 286° W
Old Car (Sumwhat abandoned) (Historic Ruins) — 21.7 mi, 274° W
Rattlesnake Point (Viewpoint) — 22.6 mi, 082° E
McBee Grade B (Monument) — 23.9 mi, 102° E
Old Methodist Cemetery (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 212° SW
Bickleton Carousel Museum (Museum) — 26.2 mi, 213° SW
Central Washington Agricultural Museum (Museum) — 27.4 mi, 304° NW
Farm Equipment Yard (Attraction) — 27.5 mi, 304° NW
Yakima Cinema (Cinema) — 32.6 mi, 311° NW
Zaepfel Stadium (Stadium) — 32.7 mi, 306° NW
Marquette Stadium (Stadium) — 33.5 mi, 305° NW
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.5 mi, 007° N · 54k acres
Uptown Theater (Theatre) — 34.9 mi, 093° E
Rock Creek Complex (Klickitat County) (Wild & Scenic River) — 35.0 mi, 222° SW · 4,323 acres
Snoqualmie National Forest (National Forest) — 47.9 mi, 299° NW · 1.3M acres
Gifford Pinchot National Forest (National Forest) — 61.7 mi, 223° SW · 1.3M acres

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