Physical Map of Washington, shaded relief outside

Each map style has its advantages. No map type is the best. The best is that that Maphill enables you to look at the same region from many perspectives.

Sure, this physical map is nice. But there is good chance you will like other map styles even more. Select another style in the above table and see Washington from a different view.

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Physical map illustrates the mountains, lowlands, oceans, lakes and rivers and other physical landscape features of Washington. Differences in land elevations relative to the sea level are represented by color.

Green color represents lower elevations, orange or brown indicate higher elevations, shades of grey are used for the highest mountain ranges in the world. Underwater topography is represented by blues. Darker blues are used for the deepest water, lighter shades of blue represent shallower water such as the continental shelf.

Shaded relief map shows landscape features, such as mountains, valleys and plateaus. Flat areas are smooth on the map, areas with steep slopes and mountains appear more rough. The above map of Washington was created using a digital elevation model.

Zoom in to see major highways, railroads and airports. Railroad network is marked with wide dashed red and white line. Major highways are marked with wide white line. Switch to the detailed view for far more detailed navigation map with live traffic updates, GPS navigation and travel directions.

A map projection is a way how to transform points on a Earth to points on a map. This map of Washington uses Plate Carree projection. The Plate Carree projection is a simple cylindrical projection originated in the ancient times. It has straight and equally spaced meridians and parallels that meet at right angles.

All projections from a sphere to a plane are distorted. The drawback of the Plate Carree projection is that it doesn't make an attempt to compensate for these distortions. For the general view of Washington, this is not a significant problem. The detailed maps use the Mercator projection which preserves the shape of small areas better.