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Adelaida California Map

Explore Adelaida, California, 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.

Interactive Map of Adelaida, California

How to Use This Adelaida, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Adelaida, California. 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 California 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 Adelaida.

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	Adelaida
State	California (CA)
County	San Luis Obispo County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	35.645526
Longitude	-120.873514
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93446
Area Code	805
County Seat	San Luis Obispo

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About Adelaida, California

Adelaida is a locality in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Adelaida is located at 35.6455°N, 120.8735°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93446.

Adelaida holds a rugged, sun-bleached character defined by the slow transition from open oak savanna to the deeper, shadowed folds of the land. It lies 10.3 miles west of Paso Robles, CA (from Paso Robles, CA: bearing 277°T), and is situated 5.7 miles south of Lake Nacimiento. The terrain here rises and falls in long, parched swells, where the golden grasses of late summer turn brittle against the heat and the soil takes on a pale, calcified hue. Las Tablas Creek traces a thin, seasonal line through the lower reaches, its banks often dry and silent, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Coast Ranges marks the western limit of the horizon. High above the scrub, the Cypress Mountain Area of Critical Environmental Concern preserves a wilder, more jagged integrity, sheltering the ridges from the encroachment of the surrounding plains. At dusk, the light in Adelaida thins to a sharp, amber clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of every stone and branch, casting long, violet shadows across the dry, uneven ground.

Adelaida emerged from a quiet history of homesteading and dry-farming, its rhythm dictated by the persistent demands of a difficult, inland climate. The local economy remains tethered to the pulse of the land, shifting from the early days of grain and cattle to a contemporary focus on viticulture, where rows of vines now trace the contours of the slopes near Dover Canyon. The presence of Lake Nacimiento, lying just a few miles to the north, provides a necessary reservoir for the region, acting as a cool, blue contrast to the parched, dusty expanse of the surrounding acreage. Life here follows the cycle of the harvest and the slow, seasonal recharge of the water table, creating a solitary atmosphere where the heavy silence of the heat is broken only by the wind moving through the oaks. In the quiet intensity of the afternoon, the landscape feels less like a place of human industry and more like a vast, ancient expanse that simply allows for the brief, passing work of those who tend it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cypress Mountain Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 3.9 mi, 229° SW
Nacimiento County Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 6.2 mi, 341° N
New Narrows (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 316° NW
Bee Rock (Attraction) — 8.6 mi, 332° NW
Tierra Redonda Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.5 mi, 328° NW
Oak Shores Marina (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 317° NW
Lake San Antonio Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 10.1 mi, 357° N
Park Cinemas (Cinema) — 10.5 mi, 097° E
Christmas Cove (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 312° NW
Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 11.8 mi, 160° S · 1.8M acres
Mission San Miguel Arcángel (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 055° NE
Cambria Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 244° SW
Harmony Headlands State Park (State Park) — 13.2 mi, 212° SW
Hearst San Simeon State Park (State Park) — 13.3 mi, 257° W
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 13.7 mi, 188° S · 8,946 acres
Caprice (Gallery) — 13.8 mi, 247° SW
The Pewter Plough Playhouse (Arts Centre) — 13.8 mi, 247° SW
Estero Bay (Viewpoint) — 14.1 mi, 198° S
Cambria State Marine Conservation Area (Marine Protected Area) — 14.3 mi, 242° SW
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 14.3 mi, 245° SW
Boyd & Bradley Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 15.7 mi, 133° SE
Atascadero Historical Museum (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 133° SE
Colony Cinemas (Cinema) — 16.0 mi, 133° SE
Sculptures of the Goddess Sekhmet (Public Artwork) — 16.8 mi, 279° W
Nuestra Senora de Esperanza Landing historical marker (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 178° S
Landing of the First Filipinos (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 178° S
Morro Rock California Registered Historical Landmark (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 179° S
Morro Bay Skateboard Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 177° S
Silver Peak Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 20.2 mi, 300° NW · 31k acres
Santa Lucia Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.2 mi, 144° SE · 21k acres

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