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Anchor Bay California Map

Explore Anchor Bay, 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 Anchor Bay, California

How to Use This Anchor Bay, California Map

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

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	Anchor Bay
State	California (CA)
County	Mendocino County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	38.812653
Longitude	-123.570267
Population	473
Density	52.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95445
Area Code	408, 669
County Seat	Ukiah
School District	Arena Union Elementary School District

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About Anchor Bay, California

Anchor Bay is a locality in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 473. The population density is 52.0 people per km². Anchor Bay is located at 38.8127°N, 123.5703°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95445.

Anchor Bay occupies a rugged intersection where the terrestrial weight of the continent yields to the vast, salt-heavy expanse of the Pacific Ocean. It lies 31.2 miles southwest of Ukiah, CA (from Ukiah, CA: bearing 220°T), and is situated 30.2 miles west of Cloverdale. The landscape is defined by the sharp descent of Quinliven Gulch, where the earth collapses toward the shoreline in a series of dramatic, shadowed creases. A mile to the north, the waters of Saint Orres Creek cut a quiet, persistent path through the terrain, eventually meeting the tide, while the jagged silhouette of Fish Rocks breaks the surface of the swells just offshore. The air here holds a permanent dampness, a cold clarity that clings to the skin and carries the scent of brine and sun-bleached driftwood, grounding the senses in a geography that feels both ancient and perpetually eroding.

The rhythm of life in Anchor Bay remains tethered to the wild, protected horizon of the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, which dictates the pace of local preservation and maritime observation. While the Garcia River Forest stands seven miles inland as a dark, dense anchor of timber and shadow, the economy of Anchor Bay has long looked outward, shaped by the unpredictable bounty of the currents and a tradition of self-reliance. Travelers passing through on the coastal artery often find the scale of the environment overwhelming, as the distant Coast Ranges loom like a faint, hazy promise on the eastern horizon, far removed from the immediate, salt-crusted reality of the cliffs. The solitude here is not an emptiness, but a density of atmosphere, an enduring quiet that persists even as the tide marks the shifting edges of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 0.9 mi, 210° SW · 8,946 acres
Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 0.9 mi, 195° S
Bower Park (Local Park) — 2.2 mi, 115° SE
Redwood Coast Recreation Center (Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 119° SE
Saunders Reef State Marine Conservation Area (Marine Protected Area) — 3.4 mi, 295° NW
Gualala River Forest (Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 064° NE
Schooner Gulch State Beach (State Park) — 5.7 mi, 312° NW
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 6.6 mi, 101° E
The Bane Bill (Monument) — 6.6 mi, 142° SE
Harbor seal pupping area (Viewpoint) — 7.6 mi, 141° SE
B Bryan Preserve (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 317° NW
Green Cove Seal Rookery (Nature Reserve) — 9.8 mi, 139° SE
Fifteen Japanese from Yawatahama (Monument) — 10.3 mi, 313° NW
Stornetta Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 10.5 mi, 320° NW
Garcia River (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.8 mi, 318° NW · 466 acres
AIA 25 Year Award (Monument) — 11.9 mi, 140° SE
Manchester State Park (State Park) — 12.1 mi, 325° NW
Anderson Valley History Museum (Museum) — 18.0 mi, 033° NE
Hermit Hut (Historic Ruins) — 18.7 mi, 016° N
Rebecca Johnson Art (Gallery) — 22.9 mi, 004° N
Pepperwood Pottery (Gallery) — 23.0 mi, 004° N
Peace Totem (Public Artwork) — 25.0 mi, 141° SE
Ukiah U sign (Attraction) — 29.4 mi, 037° NE
Corner Gallery (Gallery) — 30.4 mi, 040° NE
Ukiah Players Theatre (Theatre) — 30.5 mi, 038° NE
J. Rickards Winery (Attraction) — 33.8 mi, 099° E
Historic Garzini Winery (Historic Ruins) — 35.2 mi, 037° NE
Redwood Forest Theater (Theatre) — 35.8 mi, 122° SE
Ford House Visitors Center (Museum) — 36.2 mi, 340° N
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument (National Monument) — 44.7 mi, 059° NE · 598k acres

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