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Big Pine California Map

Explore Big Pine, 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 Big Pine, California

How to Use This Big Pine, California Map

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

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	Big Pine
State	California (CA)
County	Inyo County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	37.164931
Longitude	-118.289546
Population	1,875
Density	245.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93513
Area Code	760
County Seat	Independence
School District	Big Pine Unified School District

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About Big Pine, California

Big Pine is a locality in Inyo County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,875. The population density is 245.5 people per km². Big Pine is located at 37.1649°N, 118.2895°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93513.

Big Pine occupies a stark, high-altitude stretch of land where the air carries a crisp, thin clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the world. It lies 67.8 miles east-northeast of Heights, CA (from Heights, CA: bearing 66°T), and is situated 14.9 miles south-southeast of Bishop. Big Pine Creek cuts through the terrain with a persistent, cold urgency, carving a path toward the valley floor where the soil turns to alkaline dust and sagebrush. In the distance, the Sierra Nevada looms as a jagged, granite barricade, its peaks holding the permanent, pale blue ice of the Middle Palisade Glacier even as the valley heat shimmers above the ground. The landscape is defined by this vertical tension, a place where the earth rises abruptly from the flat, dry basin into the shadow of stone giants, creating a horizon that feels both immense and indifferent to the small human structures clinging to the plain.

History here is written in the movement of water and the hard labor of those who recognized the value of the irrigation systems fed by the runoff from the high country. The economy of Big Pine remains tied to the rhythms of the seasons and the rugged demands of Inyo Other, which serves as a vast, untamed backyard for the local population. Travelers passing through on their way to Crooked Road Canyon or the shimmering, still surface of Tinemaha Reservoir find a pace of life dictated by the sun and the wind rather than the clock. The silence of the desert floor is broken only by the occasional truck or the rustle of dry grass, sustaining a culture of self-reliance that has persisted since the early days of settlement. It is a place where the light at dusk turns the mountains a bruised, deep purple, reminding anyone watching that the land remains the primary occupant of the valley.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Inyo Other (National Forest) — 0.5 mi, 274° W · 9 acres
Crater Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 1.3 mi, 191° S · 7,681 acres
Crater Mountain Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 1.4 mi, 184° S
Zurich (Historic Ruins) — 2.0 mi, 053° NE
Inyo National Forest (National Forest) — 2.0 mi, 258° W · 2.0M acres
Monola (Historic Ruins) — 2.9 mi, 120° SE
John Muir Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 3.1 mi, 226° SW · 654k acres
Wildlife Viewing Area Southbound Vista Point (1) (Viewpoint) — 5.9 mi, 157° SE
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 7.6 mi, 291° W
Kings Canyon National Park (National Park) — 10.8 mi, 228° SW · 459k acres
Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 10.8 mi, 228° SW · 768k acres
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 13.0 mi, 224° SW · 1,886 acres
Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 098° E
Inyo Council for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 14.7 mi, 337° NW
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest Protection Area (National) (National Conservation Area) — 14.8 mi, 023° NE · 32k acres
Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest Botanical Area (National Scenic Byway) — 14.8 mi, 023° NE
C5 Studios Community Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 14.8 mi, 337° NW
American Mule Museum (Museum) — 15.1 mi, 338° N
Death Valley National Park (National Park) — 15.9 mi, 090° E · 3.4M acres
Bishop Creek Battleground (Monument) — 16.1 mi, 319° NW
Methuselah (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 025° NE
Rock Monster (Attraction) — 18.5 mi, 259° W
Mayfield Canyon Battleground (Registered Battlefield) — 27.3 mi, 316° NW
John Muir Rock (Attraction) — 29.7 mi, 277° W
Paiute Mural (Public Artwork) — 31.0 mi, 166° S
Manzanar Cemetery Monument (Monument) — 31.2 mi, 167° S
Donald Downs Plaque (Monument) — 33.0 mi, 188° S
Ponderosa Victory Circle (Theatre) — 43.3 mi, 233° SW
Mammoth Museum (Museum) — 49.2 mi, 312° NW
Minaret Cinemas (Cinema) — 49.4 mi, 312° NW

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