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Van Zandt Washington Map

Explore Van Zandt, 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 Van Zandt, Washington

How to Use This Van Zandt, Washington Map

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

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

Latitude	48.789004
Longitude	-122.191824
Population	680
Density	35.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	98244, 98248
Area Code	206, 253
County Seat	Bellingham

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About Van Zandt, Washington

Van Zandt is a locality in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 35.0 people per km². Van Zandt is located at 48.7890°N, 122.1918°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 98244, 98248.

Van Zandt anchors a damp, verdant stretch of lowlands where the Black Slough curls through the silted earth like a vein of dark, slow-moving glass. It lies 11.8 miles west-southwest of Whatcom, WA (from Whatcom, WA: bearing 238°T), and is situated 8.4 miles east-northeast of Sudden Valley. Beyond the immediate canopy of cedar and hemlock, the horizon is dominated by the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range, a cold boundary against the sky that dictates the movement of heavy, moisture-laden air. The landscape holds the quiet, saturated weight of the Pacific Northwest, where the morning light often arrives as a thin, silver film clinging to the mossy trunks and the fields surrounding Josh VanderYacht Park. Seven miles to the west, the deep, still waters of Lake Whatcom mirror the gray ceiling of clouds, while the presence of the nearby Puget Sound keeps the atmosphere perpetually tempered, smelling of salt-tide and crushed pine needles.

Van Zandt retains the quiet, utilitarian character of its origins, defined by the slow rotation of the seasons and a history rooted in the timber and agricultural labor that once carved this path through the wilderness. The economy here moves with the deliberate pace of a place turned inward, where the proximity to the vast expanse of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest shapes the daily rhythm of life for those who navigate the rugged terrain. To the north, the steep, shadowed cut of Hard Scrabble Falls Gulch serves as a reminder of the raw geological forces that shaped this basin, while the distant, frozen mass of Thunder Glacier stands as a silent sentinel over the region. Whether watching the sun fade behind the silhouette of Reveille Island or listening to the seasonal runoff swell the banks of the local slough, residents experience a landscape that is less a backdrop and more an active participant in the quiet, insistent work of the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Josh VanderYacht Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 082° E
Nooksack Totem Pole (Public Artwork) — 2.8 mi, 333° NW
Whatcom County Parks & Recreation (Local Park) — 3.7 mi, 048° NE
Historic Galbraith Barn Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 5.4 mi, 177° S
Chanterelle Overlook (Viewpoint) — 6.5 mi, 226° SW
American Legion Tribute Memorial to Saxon cemetery veterans (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 176° S
Dailey Prairie Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 123° SE
Mt. Baker National Forest (National Forest) — 8.9 mi, 116° SE · 1.3M acres
Bernard Swinehart Safe (Historic Ruins) — 9.1 mi, 344° N
Stimpson Family Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 9.3 mi, 245° SW
Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 9.4 mi, 184° S · 1,009 acres
Lake Whatcom Steam Railway (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 186° S
Mount Baker Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 10.2 mi, 120° SE · 120k acres
Nooksack Ancestors (Monument) — 10.8 mi, 330° NW
Shark Plow Blade (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 323° NW
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (Nature Reserve) — 11.8 mi, 319° NW
Lookout Arts Quarry (Arts Centre) — 12.6 mi, 216° SW
Allied Arts (Arts Centre) — 13.2 mi, 259° W
Dakota Gallery (Gallery) — 13.3 mi, 259° W
Lightcatcher (Gallery) — 13.3 mi, 259° W
Pickford Film Center (Cinema) — 13.4 mi, 259° W
Voxel Gallery (Gallery) — 13.4 mi, 259° W
Spark Museum of Electrical Invention (Museum) — 13.4 mi, 259° W
New Prospect Theatre (Theatre) — 13.4 mi, 259° W
Larrabee (State Park) — 13.6 mi, 234° SW
Mount Baker National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 15.1 mi, 104° E · 8,789 acres
San Juan Islands National Monument (National Monument) — 15.6 mi, 244° SW · 432k acres
Skagit, Washington Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 19.0 mi, 173° S · 48k acres
North Cascades National Park (National Park) — 25.1 mi, 089° E · 501k acres
Stephen Mather Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 25.2 mi, 090° E · 641k acres

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