PNW ROADS — KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
County alerts, local resources, reporting, maps and trip planning for Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
STATES, ALERTS & RESOURCES
Explore 119 counties. Check road closures, weather/Red Flag warnings, wildfire, burn restrictions, evacuations, air quality, health and wildlife alerts. Open details and sources. Find transportation, weather, fire, police, emergency management, utility, park, forestry, hospital and urgent-care resources.
DRIVING MAP & CAMERAS
Follow GPS, view routes, arrival/travel time, speed and mapped limits where available. Use night mode, zoom, county warnings and camera images/video.
TRIP PLANNING & RECOVERY
Add/reorder stops; plan one-way or round trips with county alerts. Download, print or email trip PDFs. Optional accounts save named trips. Resume your last destination, choose Not now or end a trip. Android saves trips privately, independently of Chrome data, without an account; Previous Destinations keeps 50 entries.
REPORTING & MORE
Place map reports. Find official reporting contacts; submit photos and track reports privately. Access local updates, share links, watch guides and send feedback. Coverage varies.
LOCATION & PRIVACY
Location is optional and used while the app is open for map position, route planning and county matching. You can select a county manually. PNW Roads does not store a history of live GPS positions or use location for advertising.
INDEPENDENT, NON-GOVERNMENT APP
THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT APP. PNW Roads is independently owned and operated. It does not represent or claim endorsement by any federal, state, county, local or tribal government.
PUBLIC INFORMATION SOURCES
PNW Roads gathers and organizes information from numerous publicly available sources. Users can open the source link attached to an alert or resource to verify it. Major source categories include:
• Weather watches, warnings, and alerts — National Weather Service: https://www.weather.gov/
• U.S. wildland-fire incidents and perimeters — National Interagency Fire Center: https://www.nifc.gov/
• Washington road conditions and closures — Washington State Department of Transportation: https://wsdot.wa.gov/
• Washington wildfire information — Washington Department of Natural Resources: https://dnr.wa.gov/
• Washington emergency information — Washington Emergency Management Division: https://mil.wa.gov/emergency-management-division
• Washington public-health notices — Washington State Department of Health: https://doh.wa.gov/
• Oregon road conditions and closures — Oregon Department of Transportation: https://www.oregon.gov/odot/
• Oregon road traveler information — ODOT TripCheck: https://www.tripcheck.com/
• Oregon wildfire information — Oregon Department of Forestry: https://www.oregon.gov/odf/
• Oregon fire and evacuation information — Oregon State Fire Marshal: https://www.oregon.gov/osfm/
• Oregon emergency information — Oregon Department of Emergency Management: https://www.oregon.gov/oem/
• Oregon public-health notices — Oregon Health Authority: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/
• Idaho roads and cameras — Idaho Transportation Department: https://511.idaho.gov/
• Selected federal health notices — CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/ and FDA: https://www.fda.gov/
• Optional county matching — U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder: https://www.census.gov/
County-specific emergency management, sheriff, fire, public-health, utility, and public-works information links directly to the responsible agency website on each county page. The complete source directory and independence disclaimer are available at https://pnwroads.com/sources.php
TRAVEL SAFELY
Information can be delayed, incomplete or inaccurate. Conditions can change quickly. Follow posted signs and current instructions from local authorities. Set up your route before driving and stop safely before interacting. PNW Roads is not emergency dispatch. Call 911 for immediate police, fire or medical help.
PNW Roads is free to download and use.
Recent changes:
Download roads near your route, turn directions and saved travel information for offline use. Resume your saved trip after closing the app. A new next-turn card below arrival time shows the upcoming maneuver and distance. If GPS is lost, distance updates pause until a reliable fix returns. Live conditions and new route calculations need a connection. Download your trip while online before traveling.
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