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Washington Physical Map

Mt. Rainier is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous US. The physical map shows why.

Rendered from SRTM 30m elevation data + Natural Earth rivers/lakes + US Census state boundary. Four versions below, all free.

Highest Point

Mt. Rainier

14,411 ft

Lowest Point

Pacific Ocean

0 ft

Washington physical map showing the Cascade Range with Mt. Rainier, the Olympic Mountains, the Columbia Plateau, and the Puget Sound coast, with major peaks and cities labeled. Topographic relief from NASA SRTM elevation data.

Choose your version

Two maps, two versions of each.

The same Washington terrain as a classroom map and as wall art. All four are free PDFs.

Washington physical map, labeled: the Cascade Range with Mt. Rainier, the Olympic Mountains, the Columbia Plateau, and the Puget Sound coast, with the capital, cities and highest point marked
Labeled
Washington blank physical map: the same terrain with no labels, for labeling practice
Blank
Physical map

Washington physical map for the classroom

Elevation in color with shaded relief, plus the surrounding states and water for context. The labeled version marks the capital, major cities and the highest point. The blank version leaves them off so students can label the map themselves.

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Washington relief wall art on a dark background
Dark
Washington relief wall art on a light background
Light
Wall art

Washington relief wall art

Washington on its own, with strong shaded relief and no labels. The dark version has the most contrast. The light version uses far less ink on a home printer.

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The physical geography of Washington

The Cascade Range divides Washington in two. It is a line of volcanoes that includes Mt. Rainier, the highest point, along with Mt. Adams, Mt. Baker, Glacier Peak and Mt. St. Helens. West of the Cascades are the Puget Sound lowland and the Olympic Mountains on the Olympic Peninsula. East of the Cascades is the Columbia Plateau, a dry region built of old lava flows. The northeast has forested highlands, and the Blue Mountains reach into the southeast corner.

Major rivers

  • Columbia
  • Snake
  • Yakima
  • Skagit
  • Spokane
  • Cowlitz

Find it on the map

  • Puget Sound and its many inlets
  • The Olympic Mountains on their own peninsula
  • The big bend of the Columbia River across the east
verified

Built from real data, not stock images.

Every Washington physical map on this page was rendered from NASA SRTM 30-meter elevation data, with hydrography from Natural Earth and the shoreline-clipped state outline from the US Census Bureau. Each map is colored over that state’s own elevation range, and the relief shading is exaggerated so gentle terrain still shows.

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Washington political map

The blank outline version of Washington (state borders, no terrain). Useful for political-geography exercises.

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