Almanor California Map

About Almanor, California

Almanor is a locality in Plumas County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 3. The population density is 1.3 people per km². Almanor is located at 40.2174°N, 121.1741°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95923.

Almanor occupies a high-altitude basin where the air holds a crisp, resinous weight, reflecting the quiet solitude of the Lassen National Forest that surrounds its borders. It lies 30.7 miles west-southwest of Susanville, CA (from Susanville, CA: bearing 244°T), and is situated 2.7 miles south-southwest of Lake Almanor. The landscape is defined by the expansive, glassy surface of Lake Almanor, which acts as a vast mirror for the changing sky, while the North Fork Feather River winds its way through the dense timberland just a mile from the center. To the west, the distant peaks of the Cascade Range silhouette against the horizon, their jagged edges softened by the twilight haze that settles over the region. The earth here is firm and dark, marked by the deep green of conifers and the occasional open expanse of Skinner Flat, where the ground levels into a quiet, grassy relief from the surrounding slopes.

Almanor carries a quiet history tied to the timber industry and the early twentieth-century engineering that transformed the valley floor into a reservoir, permanently altering the local topography to serve the needs of a growing state. Today, the economy of Almanor turns on the seasonal rhythms of forestry management and the steady influx of visitors drawn to the crystalline waters and the rugged trails of the Lassen National Forest. Life in Almanor follows the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons, where the primary concerns remain the health of the watershed and the preservation of the dense, aromatic woods. Even as the modern world encroaches, the stillness of the landscape persists, a testament to the enduring character of a place defined by its proximity to wild, untamed timber and the deep, silent reaches of the inland geography.

About This Almanor Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Almanor, California. Coordinates: 40.217386, -121.17413. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Almanor includes the ZIP code (95923), telephone area code (530), county seat of Plumas County (Quincy), and school district assignment (Plumas Unified School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.