Explore Whidbey Island Station, 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 Whidbey Island Station, 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 Whidbey Island Station.
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 | Whidbey Island Station |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Island County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 48.349186 |
| Longitude | -122.653869 |
| Population | 1,671 |
| Density | 98.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 98278, 98277 |
| Area Code | 206, 253 |
| County Seat | Coupeville |
| School District | Oak Harbor School District |
Whidbey Island Station commands a stark, salt-sprayed frontier where the land yields abruptly to the churning gray currents of Puget Sound. It lies 3.5 miles north-northwest of Oak Harbor, WA (from Oak Harbor, WA: bearing 335°T), and is situated 10.8 miles north-northwest of Island. The air here holds a persistent, cool dampness, carrying the scent of brine and turning the afternoon light into a muted, silvered haze that clings to the shoreline. Beyond the immediate reach of the coast, the landscape transitions into the quiet depressions of Clover Valley, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Olympic Mountains provides a constant, immovable anchor to the western horizon. A short distance away, the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail winds through the terrain, inviting those who move slowly enough to notice the way the tides pulse against the earth with the regularity of a heartbeat.
Whidbey Island Station exists as a point of transition, shaped by an economy that has long looked outward toward the water for its vitality and purpose. While the nearby presence of Whidbey Island colors the regional identity, the locality itself maintains a focused, utilitarian character, far removed from the busier, more frantic corridors of the mainland. Life here follows the subtle shifts of the season, from the gathering of winter rains to the brief, golden clarity of the harvest months, occasionally punctuated by the distant, echoing flow of the North Fork Skagit River. Even the memory of the landscape remains fluid, as if the thirteen-mile expanse toward Crockett Lake serves as a reminder of the vast, interconnected water systems that define the quiet, enduring rhythm of this corner of the world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Whidbey Island Station, Washington. Coordinates: 48.349186, -122.653869. 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 Whidbey Island Station includes the ZIP code (98278, 98277), telephone area code (206, 253), county seat of Island County (Coupeville), and school district assignment (Oak Harbor 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. |