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Vantage Washington Map

Explore Vantage, 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 Vantage, Washington

How to Use This Vantage, Washington Map

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

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

Latitude	46.94541
Longitude	-119.987275
Population	54
Density	63.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	98950
Area Code	509
County Seat	Ellensburg
School District	Kittitas School District

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About Vantage, Washington

Vantage is a locality in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 54. The population density is 63.6 people per km². Vantage is located at 46.9454°N, 119.9873°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 98950.

Vantage sits as a stark, sun-bleached sentinel where the basalt cliffs open to swallow the horizon. It lies 26.7 miles east of Ellensburg, WA (from Ellensburg, WA: bearing 97°T), and is situated 14.9 miles north-northwest of Mattawa. The landscape is defined by the deep, jagged incision of Schnebly Coulee, which carves a path through the arid earth toward the broad, muscular current of the Columbia River. High above the riverbank, the land is a study in volcanic history, where layers of darkened rock reveal the ancient, violent cooling of lava flows. To the west, the jagged, snow-dusted spine of the Cascade Range looms as a distant, hazy silhouette, marking the boundary between the high, dry plains and the verdant world beyond. In the quiet hours of late afternoon, the light turns a bruised gold, casting long, sharp shadows across the sagebrush and the exposed mineral faces of the cliffs.

Vantage holds a quiet authority as a point of transit, its character shaped by the steady, relentless movement of travelers crossing the high desert. The local economy and daily rhythm are tied to the infrastructure that bridges the vast, open spaces, while the grounds maintained by Grant Co PUD#2 provide a necessary reprieve for those seeking the rugged, exposed beauty of the basin. History here is written in the silence of the petrified forests and the sheer, vertical ambition of the geology that has long dictated the flow of human movement. A few miles away, the stillness of Caliche Lakes offers a stark contrast to the persistent, rhythmic push of the river below. Life in Vantage exists in the intersection of this elemental geology and the modern necessity of the road, where the wind carries the scent of dry earth and the constant, low hum of the distance.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Grant Co PUD#2 (Local Conservation Area) — 0.3 mi, 007° N
Ginkgo Petrified Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 0.3 mi, 328° NW
Wanapum Recreation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 172° S
Wanapum Vista Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 1.6 mi, 040° NE
Grandfather Cuts Loose the Ponies (Public Artwork) — 1.9 mi, 040° NE
Sand Hollow Recreation Area (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 130° SE
Whiskey Dick (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 292° W
L.T. Murray Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 292° W
Iron Horse (State Park) — 5.1 mi, 182° S
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.1 mi, 156° SE · 54k acres
Cavern Theatre (Theatre) — 10.7 mi, 357° N
The Gorge Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 10.8 mi, 358° N
Colockum Game Range (National Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 349° N · 9,854 acres
West Bar - Ice Age Ripples (Historic Ruins) — 18.2 mi, 354° N
Hanford Reach National Monument (National Monument) — 22.4 mi, 155° SE · 391k acres
Yakima River Segment 1 (Wild & Scenic River) — 23.2 mi, 246° SW · 5,785 acres
Angus McPherson Memorial (Monument) — 23.4 mi, 251° W
Beck Monument (Monument) — 23.7 mi, 248° W
Museum of Culture and Environment (Museum) — 26.4 mi, 279° W
Gallery One (Gallery) — 26.6 mi, 278° W
Clymer Museum of Art (Museum) — 26.6 mi, 278° W
Nuwave Gallery (Gallery) — 26.7 mi, 278° W
Blue Bear Puppet Lab (Gallery) — 26.7 mi, 278° W
Wenatchee National Forest (National Forest) — 27.6 mi, 332° NW · 1.8M acres
War Memorial (Monument) — 29.3 mi, 230° SW
Grant County Historical Museum (Museum) — 33.6 mi, 038° NE
Yakima Cinema (Cinema) — 34.0 mi, 229° SW
Annie's Fun Farm (Attraction) — 34.1 mi, 339° N
Yakima Valley Trolleys (Museum) — 34.6 mi, 226° SW
Great Northern Steam Locomotive (Attraction) — 35.3 mi, 335° NW

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