Explore Trout Lake, 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 Trout Lake, 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 Trout Lake.
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 | Trout Lake |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Klickitat County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 45.997343 |
| Longitude | -121.528137 |
| Population | 672 |
| Density | 37.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 98650 |
| Area Code | 360 |
| County Seat | Goldendale |
| School District | Trout Lake School District |
Trout Lake occupies a high, quiet basin where the air holds the sharp, metallic clarity of a place held tight against the earth. It lies 36.1 miles northeast of Skamania, WA (from Skamania, WA: bearing 43°T), and is situated 18.7 miles north of White Salmon. Trout Lake Creek carves a persistent path through the valley floor, its waters fed by the slow, white melt of the Gotchen Glacier that lingers in the distance like a ghost on the horizon. Beyond the immediate meadows, the land rises into the dense, dark timber of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, creating a verdant wall that isolates the valley from the chaotic reach of the outside world. To the east, the terrain shifts in character, dropping toward the rugged depths of Wang Canyon, while the Guler Mount Adams County Park offers a small, deliberate pause in the landscape where the grass grows thick and heavy with dew.
Farmers have worked these fields for generations, turning the volcanic soil to sustain a local economy rooted in the patience of agriculture and the seasonal rhythms of the harvest. History here is measured in the persistence of homesteaders who recognized the value of the valley’s fertile, isolated pockets, long before the modern world mapped the nearby Little White Salmon Trail for the curious traveler. Life in Trout Lake follows the slow pace of the seasons, far removed from the bustle of the Cascade Range or the distant, shimmering water of Goose Lake. The architecture of the place remains modest and functional, reflecting a culture that favors the durability of cedar and stone over the fleeting trends of the lowlands, ensuring that the quietude of the valley remains its most defining inheritance.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Trout Lake, Washington. Coordinates: 45.997343, -121.528137. 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 Trout Lake includes the ZIP code (98650), telephone area code (360), county seat of Klickitat County (Goldendale), and school district assignment (Trout Lake 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. |