Explore Winlock, 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 Winlock, 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 Winlock.
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 | Winlock |
| State | Washington (WA) |
| County | Lewis County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 46.491218 |
| Longitude | -122.937898 |
| Population | 1,472 |
| Density | 439.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 98596 |
| Area Code | 425 |
| County Seat | Chehalis |
| School District | Winlock School District |
Winlock occupies a quiet expanse of land where the moisture of the lowlands meets the transition toward higher ground. It lies 5.1 miles west-northwest of Cowlitz, WA (from Cowlitz, WA: bearing 296°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south-southwest of Napavine. Olequa Creek winds through the terrain, its course marking the steady, persistent movement of water through an environment defined by heavy, gray skies and deep-rooted timber. To the east, the distant, snow-dusted peaks of the Cascade Range provide a permanent, jagged horizon that anchors the entire landscape. The immediate vicinity is defined by the open, expansive fields of Grand Prairie, which stretch out to offer a sense of scale against the dense, encroaching woodlands. A short distance away, the quiet waters of Ryderwood Pond offer a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic, seasonal cycles of the surrounding vegetation, while the local greenery is maintained in spaces like Winolequa Memorial Park.
Winlock carries the weight of a history built on the industry of the timber mills and the labor of those who cleared the cedar and fir. The economy has shifted over time, moving from the intensity of the logging camps to a slower, more deliberate pace centered on small-scale agriculture and the quiet endurance of a rural hub. On days when the mist settles low over the fields, the air takes on a crisp, damp quality that seems to preserve the stillness of the early morning. Residents move with a familiarity that suggests a connection to the soil, maintaining a life that is largely unbothered by the rapid pace of the larger world. Even those who venture out to traverse the Stillwater Truck Trail find themselves returning to a place where the primary measure of time is the changing light across the valley floor.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Winlock, Washington. Coordinates: 46.491218, -122.937898. 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 Winlock includes the ZIP code (98596), telephone area code (425), county seat of Lewis County (Chehalis), and school district assignment (Winlock 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. |