Terrace Heights Washington Map
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Interactive Map of Terrace Heights, Washington
| City | Terrace Heights |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Yakima |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 46.606238 |
| Longitude | -120.439785 |
| Population | 10,041 |
| Density | 348.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Terrace Heights, Washington
Terrace Heights is a locality in Yakima County, Washington, United States. It has a population of 10,041. The population density is 348.1 people per km². Terrace Heights is located at 46.6062°N, 120.4398°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 98901.
Terrace Heights unfolds across a landscape sculpted by the patient hand of water and wind, where the sun, when it deigns to break through the high desert haze, casts a pale, almost ethereal glow. It lies 3.2 miles east of Yakima, WA (from Yakima, WA: bearing 85°T), and is situated 5.4 miles south-east of Selah. The terrain rises gently, a series of broad, sun-baked shoulders that roll towards the distant, blue-hazed wall of the Cascades. Fields of winter wheat, a muted gold even in the early spring, stretch out like rumpled blankets, punctuated by the darker green of newly planted orchards. The air carries the dry, clean scent of dust and distant sagebrush, a scent that settles deep in the lungs. Even the shadows seem to have a certain weight here, lengthening like slow sighs as the day wears on, painting the land in broad strokes of ochre and umber. The history of Terrace Heights is inextricably tied to the thirsty earth and the relentless drive to coax life from it. This is land that was once the domain of sagebrush and sun, until irrigation canals, those veins of life, brought the promise of abundance. The local economy still hums with the steady beat of agriculture, the sweet scent of apples and cherries a constant reminder of the bounty that flows from the soil. You can see it in the quiet hum of tractors in the fields and the steady flow of produce trucks heading towards market. There’s a palpable sense of resilience here, a quiet strength born from generations who understood the land’s demands and answered them with hard work and ingenuity. The distinctive character of Terrace Heights is not in grand monuments, but in the subtle persistence of life, in the way the light catches the dust motes dancing in the afternoon sun, and in the enduring scent of the earth after a rare summer rain.
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About This Terrace Heights Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Terrace Heights, Washington with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Terrace Heights and Yakima County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Terrace Heights is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Terrace Heights is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
