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Amesti California Map

Explore Amesti, 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 Amesti, California

How to Use This Amesti, California Map

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

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	Amesti
State	California (CA)
County	Santa Cruz County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	36.963563
Longitude	-121.779118
Population	2,637
Density	346.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95076
Area Code	408, 669
County Seat	Santa Cruz
School District	Pajaro Valley Joint Unified School District

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About Amesti, California

Amesti is a locality in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,637. The population density is 346.4 people per km². Amesti is located at 36.9636°N, 121.7791°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95076.

Amesti holds a quiet presence within the verdant, protected boundaries of Pinto Lake Park, where the land settles into a humid, low-lying basin. It lies 3.9 miles north-northwest of Watsonville, CA (from Watsonville, CA: bearing 342°T), and is situated 9.9 miles east of Soquel. The atmosphere here is shaped by the proximity of the Pacific, which sends a persistent, cooling marine layer to soften the edges of the landscape each afternoon. Nearby, the waters of Corralitos Creek carve a deliberate path through the earth, feeding the moisture-rich soil of Green Valley. While the distant Coast Ranges loom as a hazy, jagged spine against the horizon, the immediate terrain is defined by the dense, quiet vegetation and the stillness of the park’s interior, where the quality of light at dusk takes on a bruised, violet hue against the encroaching fog.

Amesti emerged from a landscape long defined by the rhythm of the soil, transitioning from early land-grant holdings into a quiet enclave of agriculture and suburban retreat. The local economy remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding basin, where the seasonal cycle of harvest dictates the pace of the days. Residents often look toward the distant, salt-tinged air of Soquel Cove, yet they remain anchored to the inland geography of the park and the slow, steady flow of the creek. Though the modern world hums nearby, life in Amesti retains a deliberate, introspective character, punctuated by the occasional traveler seeking the solitude of the interior or the long, quiet stretches of land that have resisted the frantic pace of the wider coast.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Pinto Lake Park (Local Park) — locality lies within
Mesa Village Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 084° E
Agricultural History Project Center and Museum (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 109° E
Mt. Madonna (Local Recreation) — 3.0 mi, 052° NE
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ca (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.1 mi, 204° SW · 198 acres
Struve Slough (Local Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 181° S
Watsonville Slough Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 188° S
William H Volck Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 157° SE
Pajaro Valley Historical Association (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 155° SE
Yermo Aranda (Gallery) — 3.8 mi, 163° S
Watsonville Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 3.9 mi, 162° S
Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.9 mi, 230° SW · 356 acres
Byrne-Milliron Forest (Nature Reserve) — 4.0 mi, 349° N
Watsonville Auditorium (Theatre) — 4.0 mi, 163° S
AJ's Point of View (Viewpoint) — 4.3 mi, 347° N
Crystal Bay Farm (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 222° SW
Manresa State Beach (State Park) — 4.8 mi, 234° SW
Giant Twins (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 062° NE
First High Altitude Aeroplane Flights (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 257° W
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 5.1 mi, 231° SW
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 5.1 mi, 234° SW
White deer pen (Attraction) — 5.3 mi, 050° NE
Miller House (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 051° NE
Fat Bhuda (Public Artwork) — 5.5 mi, 017° N
The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park (State Park) — 6.2 mi, 334° NW
Aptos History Museum (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 279° W
Cabrillo College Gallery (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 282° W
Elkhorn Slough State Marine Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 8.5 mi, 172° S
Bridge Creek Historic Site (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 310° NW
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 10.0 mi, 270° W · 8,946 acres

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