Big Bend California Map

About Big Bend, California

Big Bend is a locality in Sonoma County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 79. The population density is 5.3 people per km². Big Bend is located at 41.0116°N, 121.9304°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95728, 95476, 96011.

Big Bend occupies a low, salt-brined expanse where the Pacific light bleeds into the horizon, casting long, bruised shadows across the marshy flats. It lies 3.8 miles south of Sonoma, CA (from Sonoma, CA: bearing 183°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east of Petaluma. The landscape remains defined by the persistent drift of fog that rolls inward, dampening the golden grasses and cooling the air as it pushes toward the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Coast Ranges. Water dominates the physical character of Big Bend, with the narrow, winding course of Fowler Creek carving through the silt just a mile away, feeding the quiet, brackish stillness of Goose Lake. This proximity to the brine gives the atmosphere a sharp, metallic edge, a constant reminder that the restless tides of McNear Channel exert a silent, gravitational pull upon the soil and the life that clings to it.

History here is written in the slow reclamation of the land by the Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area, a sprawling sanctuary that absorbs the quietude of the surrounding Sonoma Valley. Economic vitality in Big Bend has long been tethered to the rhythms of these wetlands, shifting from the early, rugged efforts of reclamation to a modern existence that favors conservation and the seasonal migrations of waterfowl. The nearby presence of Skaggs Island serves as a lonely sentinel in the marshes, a testament to the isolation that defines the local character. Life here moves with a heavy, deliberate pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of the urban centers, leaving residents to walk the quiet paths and observe the way the light catches the reeds at dusk, turning the gray water into a sheet of hammered silver.

About This Big Bend Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Big Bend, California. Coordinates: 41.011624, -121.930434. 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 Big Bend includes the ZIP code (95728, 95476, 96011), telephone area code (408, 669, 530), county seat of Sonoma County (Santa Rosa), and school district assignment (Mountain Union Elementary 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.