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Almanor California Map

Explore Almanor, 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 Almanor, California

How to Use This Almanor, California Map

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

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

Latitude	40.217386
Longitude	-121.17413
Population	3
Density	1.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95923
Area Code	530
County Seat	Quincy
School District	Plumas Unified School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lassen National Forest (National Forest) — locality lies within · 1.1M acres
Plumas National Forest (National Forest) — 2.7 mi, 196° S · 1.2M acres
Hamilton Branch Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 5.8 mi, 051° NE
Vehicle (Historic Ruins) — 5.9 mi, 135° SE
Olsen Barn (Conservation Area) — 6.6 mi, 339° N
Chester-Lake Almanor Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 336° NW
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 8.7 mi, 281° W · 1,886 acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 10.9 mi, 247° SW
Cub Creek Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 14.0 mi, 260° W
Bucks Lake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.3 mi, 188° S · 24k acres
Lassen Volcanic National Park (National Park) — 14.8 mi, 344° N · 107k acres
Lassen Volcanic Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 14.8 mi, 344° N · 79k acres
Butterfly Valley Botanical Area (National Scenic Byway) — 16.9 mi, 147° SE
Terminal Geyser (Attraction) — 17.7 mi, 323° NW
Inspiration Point (Viewpoint) — 18.9 mi, 339° N
Devils Kitchen (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 319° NW
Plumas County Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 148° SE
Bumpass Hell (Attraction) — 24.0 mi, 314° NW
Sulphur Works (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 310° NW
Feather, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 27.7 mi, 160° S · 24k acres
Merrill Amphitheater (Theatre) — 29.9 mi, 040° NE
Lassen County Arts Council (Gallery) — 30.4 mi, 063° NE
Lassen Historical Museum (Museum) — 30.6 mi, 063° NE
Frank C. Reilly Museum (Museum) — 38.3 mi, 165° S
Mammoth Mill (Historic Ruins) — 40.2 mi, 142° SE
Pioneer Ski Area of America (Monument) — 40.6 mi, 141° SE
Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum (Museum) — 40.6 mi, 141° SE
Totem Pole (Public Artwork) — 42.0 mi, 297° NW
Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 46.6 mi, 213° SW
World Trade Center artifact (Monument) — 46.8 mi, 213° SW

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