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Waldron Washington Map

Explore Waldron, 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 Waldron, Washington

How to Use This Waldron, Washington Map

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

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	Waldron
State	Washington (WA)
County	San Juan County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	48.687603
Longitude	-123.036853
Population	110
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	98297
Area Code	206, 253
County Seat	Friday Harbor

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About Waldron, Washington

Waldron is a locality in San Juan County, Washington, United States. It is a small community with a population of 110. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Waldron is located at 48.6876°N, 123.0369°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 98297.

Waldron occupies a rugged, quiet expanse where the salt air of Puget Sound clings to the conifers and defines the boundary between land and tide. It lies 9.6 miles north-northeast of San Juan, WA (from San Juan, WA: bearing 11°T), and is situated 6.2 miles northwest of Orcas Island. The terrain is defined by its raw, unmanicured edges, where the forest floor gives way to stony beaches that hold the cold memory of the current. Four miles to the southeast, the quiet surface of Tourtleback Lake gathers the morning mist, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range anchors the eastern horizon in a pale, blue-gray haze. The landscape possesses a stark, singular character, shaped by the relentless influence of the marine environment and the slow, deliberate pulse of the seasons.

Waldron remains a place apart, existing primarily as a private sanctuary protected within the San Juan County/Cypress Island Marine Biological Preserve. Unlike more accessible mainland reaches, the local economy here is not built upon industry or commerce, but rather on the preservation of a solitary, self-reliant way of life that has persisted for generations. Residents navigate the waters toward Waldron Island, just a mile away, or look toward the distant flow of Lyall Creek, maintaining a distance from the rapid pace of the modern world. Life here is measured by the turn of the tide and the shifting light over the water, a quiet testimony to a community that has chosen to remain largely undisturbed by the encroachments of the mainland.

Nearby Outdoor Places

San Juan Islands National Monument (National Monument) — locality lies within · 432k acres
San Juan County/Cypress Island Marine Biological Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — locality lies within
San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.5 mi, 246° SW · 1,368 acres
San Juan Islands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 0.5 mi, 246° SW · 379 acres
Bare Island Voluntary No - Take Bottom Fish Recovery Area (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.7 mi, 017° N
Waldron Overlook (Viewpoint) — 3.1 mi, 113° SE
Gull Rock Voluntary No-take Bottom Fish Recovery Area (Local Resource Management Area) — 3.1 mi, 224° SW
Point Doughty Natural Area Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 067° NE
Jones Island (State Park) — 4.6 mi, 187° S
Stuart Island (State Park) — 5.2 mi, 254° W
The Grove (Theatre) — 5.4 mi, 093° E
Hidden Hollow (Theatre) — 5.5 mi, 254° W
Orcas WILD (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 083° E
John S. McMillan Memorial Mausoleum (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 226° SW
EV Henry Memorial Marker (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 057° NE
San Juan Island National Historical Park (Marine Protected Area) — 8.0 mi, 216° SW
Moran Mansion Museum (Museum) — 8.0 mi, 112° E
Frozen Wind (Public Artwork) — 8.1 mi, 194° S
Historic Blockhouse (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 217° SW
Krystal Acres Alpaca Farm (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 212° SW
Orcas Island Artworks (Gallery) — 10.2 mi, 116° SE
Western Prince Whale Watching (Attraction) — 10.6 mi, 175° S
World War I Memorial (Monument) — 10.6 mi, 175° S
Friday Harbor Gallery (Gallery) — 10.6 mi, 175° S
Harbor Song Art Gallery (Gallery) — 10.6 mi, 175° S
Palace Theatre (Cinema) — 10.7 mi, 175° S
Ayer Pond Site (Historic Ruins) — 11.2 mi, 118° SE
Skagit-Snoqualmie Wildlife Area Complex (State Conservation Area) — 11.4 mi, 139° SE
False Bay Marine Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 14.0 mi, 186° S
Olympic National Park (National Park) — 44.2 mi, 204° SW · 1.8M acres

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