Explore Tahuya, 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 Tahuya, 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 Tahuya.
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 | Tahuya |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Mason County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 47.371205 |
| Longitude | -123.055708 |
| Population | 1,200 |
| Density | 45.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 98588 |
| Area Code | 425 |
| County Seat | Shelton |
Tahuya emerges from a landscape of deep, coniferous shadow where the damp air carries the scent of cedar and wet earth. It lies 7.5 miles east-southeast of Mason, WA (from Mason, WA: bearing 120°T), and is situated 10.0 miles northwest of Grant. The topography here is defined by a rugged, forested character, where the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (WADNR) State Resource Management Area blankets the terrain in an expansive, tangled verdancy that stretches toward the horizon. Near the Tahuya River, the moisture seems to thicken, clinging to the needles of hemlock and fir, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Olympic Mountains provides a permanent, pale boundary against the slate-colored sky. To the east, the ground dips toward the Skokomish Flats, creating a low, marshy basin that anchors the surrounding hills, while the quiet surface of Larson Lake six miles away offers a still reflection of the overcast heavens.
Tahuya carries the quiet weight of a place built upon the labor of the woods, where the local economy has long been tethered to the rhythmic harvest of timber and the rugged isolation of the Hood Canal Ranger District. The history of the region is written in the silence of the second-growth timber and the gravel roads that wind through the dense understory, far removed from the busier tides of Oakland Bay. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, untouched by the frantic sprawl of more populated corridors, favoring the solitude of the deep woods over the clamor of commerce. Even the sight of Smith Island, hovering like a ghost on the distant water, reminds the traveler that Tahuya remains a place apart, defined by its own geography and the enduring, grey stillness of the Pacific Northwest.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tahuya, Washington. Coordinates: 47.371205, -123.055708. 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 Tahuya includes the ZIP code (98588), telephone area code (425), county seat of Mason County (Shelton), and school district assignment.
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. |