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Argus California Map

Explore Argus, 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 Argus, California

How to Use This Argus, California Map

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

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	Argus
State	California (CA)
County	San Bernardino County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	35.747177
Longitude	-117.395335
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93562
Area Code	760
County Seat	San Bernardino

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About Argus, California

Argus is a locality in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Argus is located at 35.7472°N, 117.3953°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93562.

Argus emerges from the high, arid expanse as a stark study in mineral tones and monochromatic light. It lies 17.7 miles east-northeast of Ridgecrest, CA (from Ridgecrest, CA: bearing 61°T), and is situated 22.0 miles east-northeast of China Lake Acres. The horizon remains wide and unforgiving, offering a clear view of the Sierra Nevada far to the west, though the immediate terrain belongs to the harsh, sun-bleached basin where the Mohave Ground Squirrel Area of Critical Environmental Concern dictates the quiet pace of the land. Only three miles distant, the basin floor holds the white, crystalline expanse of Searles Lake, a remnant of ancient waters that now reflects the relentless intensity of the desert sun. Five miles away, the jagged shadows of Indian Joe Canyon slice into the landscape, providing a vertical relief to the flat, dusty plains that stretch toward the distant banks of Sweetwater Wash. In the late afternoon, the air takes on a brittle, golden quality, cooling rapidly as the shadows stretch long and thin across the gravel and scrub.

Argus functions as a silent sentinel of the industrial history that once defined this rugged corridor, its existence tied inextricably to the extraction of natural resources from the earth. The local economy persists in a dialogue with the geology beneath the soil, echoing the labor of those who recognized the value in the mineral-rich dust long before the modern era. Life in Argus moves with a deliberate, measured gravity, indifferent to the frantic speed of more populated regions. The silence here is not empty but heavy, a weight of history and heat that settles over the small clusters of structures like a fine, pervasive powder. Residents possess a quiet resilience, moving through a day defined by the stark demands of the climate and the enduring presence of the surrounding desert, which claims and reclaims the edges of the settlement with every shifting wind.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mohave Ground Squirrel Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 0.3 mi, 346° N
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 3.3 mi, 360° N
Great Falls Basin Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 4.5 mi, 008° N
Great Falls Basin Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 4.5 mi, 008° N · 7,977 acres
Indian Joe Spring Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 004° N
Trona Pinnacles (Attraction) — 9.1 mi, 172° S
Argus Range Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 10.1 mi, 355° N · 67k acres
Turnout (Viewpoint) — 15.2 mi, 012° N
Naval Museum of Armament & Technology (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 245° SW
China Lake Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 245° SW
Death Valley National Park (National Park) — 16.0 mi, 078° E · 3.4M acres
Plane (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 247° SW
F-4 Phantom II - NWC China Lake 1374 (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 247° SW
Ridgecrest Cinema (Cinema) — 16.9 mi, 247° SW
Maturango Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 242° SW
Petroglyphs on Flagstone (Public Artwork) — 17.4 mi, 242° SW
Barker Ranch (Historic Ruins) — 18.9 mi, 066° NE
Myers Ranch (Historic Ruins) — 19.2 mi, 066° NE
Baker Ranch (Attraction) — 20.8 mi, 096° E
Panamint City (Monument) — 20.8 mi, 018° N
X-15 Memorial (Monument) — 25.4 mi, 207° SW
The Rand Desert Museum (Museum) — 30.0 mi, 209° SW
Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 35.6 mi, 256° W · 1.1M acres
Walker's Pass (Monument) — 35.9 mi, 261° W
Inyo National Forest (National Forest) — 39.9 mi, 303° NW · 2.0M acres
Goldstone Museum (Museum) — 45.3 mi, 133° SE
Screen 2 (Cinema) — 62.0 mi, 158° S

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