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Adin California Map

Explore Adin, 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 Adin, California

How to Use This Adin, California Map

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

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	Adin
State	California (CA)
County	Modoc County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	41.199312
Longitude	-120.956779
Population	205
Density	27.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	96006
Area Code	530
County Seat	Alturas
School District	Big Valley Joint Unified School District

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About Adin, California

Adin is a locality in Modoc County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 205. The population density is 27.0 people per km². Adin is located at 41.1993°N, 120.9568°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96006.

Adin emerges from the high, arid expanse of the plateau, where the silver ribbon of Butte Creek carves a quiet path through the valley floor. It lies 55.9 miles north-northwest of Susanville, CA (from Susanville, CA: bearing 344°T), and is situated 29.1 miles southwest of Alturas. The landscape surrounding Adin is defined by wide-reaching plains and the proximity of Barber Canyon, which funnels the dry, scented air of the high desert across the sagebrush. To the west, the jagged, distant silhouettes of the Cascade Range anchor the horizon, their peaks often catching the fleeting, bruised purples of a dying sun. Five miles away, the waters of Myers Reservoir hold a stillness that mirrors the vast, cloud-streaked sky, while the edges of Modoc Other provide a sprawling transition into dense, timbered highlands that watch over the valley in perpetual, stoic shade.

Agriculture has long dictated the pulse of Adin, where the rhythm of the seasons is measured by the harvest and the persistent, slow work of the range. The local economy remains tethered to the land, drawing sustenance from the tough, resilient soil and the legacy of early settlers who recognized the promise in these broad, sun-bleached pastures. Life in Adin follows the unhurried arc of the day, moving with a deliberate quality that ignores the haste of the modern world in favor of the steady, predictable cycles of livestock and seasonal weather. Whether in the quiet dust of a summer afternoon or the biting chill of the winter frost, the character of the place remains anchored in the honest, rugged labor that first brought people to this isolated reach of the interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ash Creek Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.2 mi, 165° S
Modoc Other (National Forest) — 0.7 mi, 122° SE · 96 acres
Modoc National Forest (National Forest) — 2.0 mi, 345° N · 1.7M acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 4.7 mi, 171° S
Dutch Flat Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 338° N
Pit River Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 16.3 mi, 219° SW · 12k acres
Upper Pit River Canyon (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.4 mi, 215° SW · 3,279 acres
Timbered Crater Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 21.5 mi, 266° W · 18k acres
Site of the First School in Fall River Valley (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 246° SW
Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park (State Park) — 22.9 mi, 260° W
Modoc National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.1 mi, 046° NE · 14k acres
Lockhart Ferry (Monument) — 28.8 mi, 242° SW
South Warner Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 34.8 mi, 084° E · 70k acres
"stand By Me" Bridge (Attraction) — 36.7 mi, 250° W
Hat Creek Radio Observatory (Attraction) — 37.6 mi, 226° SW
Battle of Dry Lake (Registered Battlefield) — 38.9 mi, 333° NW
Freudian System Cave (Attraction) — 41.2 mi, 298° NW
Overlook to collapse (Viewpoint) — 43.2 mi, 321° NW
Garden Bridges (Attraction) — 45.5 mi, 321° NW
Merrill Amphitheater (Theatre) — 45.7 mi, 170° S
Lassen Volcanic National Park (National Park) — 45.8 mi, 202° S · 107k acres
Canby's Cross (Monument) — 51.4 mi, 336° NW
Lassen Historical Museum (Museum) — 56.2 mi, 164° S
Lassen County Arts Council (Gallery) — 56.2 mi, 164° S
Smithy (Historic Ruins) — 59.7 mi, 264° W
Ladies cabin (Historic Ruins) — 59.7 mi, 264° W
Chester-Lake Almanor Museum (Museum) — 63.1 mi, 193° S
Metal Horse (Public Artwork) — 67.0 mi, 239° SW
Sisson Museum (Museum) — 71.7 mi, 277° W
Alger Theatre (Cinema) — 75.3 mi, 025° NE

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