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Brents Junction California Map

Explore Brents Junction, 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 Brents Junction, California

How to Use This Brents Junction, California Map

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

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	Brents Junction
State	California (CA)
County	Los Angeles County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	34.148339
Longitude	-118.697866
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	91301, 91321
Area Code	626
County Seat	Los Angeles

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About Brents Junction, California

Brents Junction is a locality in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Brents Junction is located at 34.1483°N, 118.6979°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 91301, 91321.

Brents Junction occupies a rugged intersection of earth where the persistent flow of Las Virgenes Creek carves a path through the steep, arid descent of Gates Canyon. It lies 3.5 miles west of Calabasas, CA (from Calabasas, CA: bearing 259°T), and is situated 8.1 miles east of Thousand Oaks. The landscape is defined by the sharp, tawny slopes of the Santa Monica Mountains, which loom over the horizon like petrified waves frozen in the act of cresting. Even at this remove from the Pacific Ocean, the air remains heavy with a saline-tinged moisture that clings to the oak savanna as the afternoon wanes. Within the confines of Zev Yaroslavsky Las Virgenes Highlands Park, the vegetation turns a brittle, sun-bleached gold, and the light at dusk settles with a heavy, bruised violet hue that seems to seep into the very grain of the dry, fractured soil.

Economic life in Brents Junction follows the slow, rhythmic cadence of the seasons, echoing a history rooted in the hard, unyielding labor of the frontier. While the distant shimmer of the Pacific Ocean reminds residents of the proximity to the coast, the local economy remains tethered to the land, drawing sustenance from the quietude of the basin and the maintenance of the surrounding natural preserves. Water from the nearby Century Reservoir dictates the limits of growth, ensuring that the pace of daily existence remains deliberate and sparse. There is a singular, enduring stillness here, an atmosphere where the modern world feels like a distant hum, leaving the residents to navigate a geography defined by the slow erosion of the canyon walls and the relentless, dry heat of the summer months.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Las Virgenes View Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 135° SE
Cold Creek Valley Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 151° SE
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 009° N
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 0.4 mi, 345° N · 24k acres
Upper Las Virgenes Open Space Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 076° E
Peacock Ridge Open Space (Local Recreation) — 1.2 mi, 225° SW
Canyon Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.4 mi, 300° NW
Upper Las Virgenes Open Space Preserve / Ahmanson (State Conservation Area) — 1.4 mi, 000° N
Liberty Canyon Open Space (Local Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 275° W
Malibu Creek State Park (State Park) — 1.7 mi, 197° S
Auditorium (Theatre) — 2.9 mi, 085° E
Edwards (Cinema) — 3.0 mi, 084° E
Calabasas Peak Open Space (State Recreation Area) — 3.4 mi, 133° SE
Malibu Creek Open-Air Stage (Theatre) — 3.7 mi, 195° S
Mott Adobe Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 4.1 mi, 200° S
M*A*S*H Filming Location (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 217° SW
Flying Pig (Public Artwork) — 4.5 mi, 116° SE
Encino Man -- Family House (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 032° NE
AMC Fallbrook 7 (Cinema) — 5.2 mi, 053° NE
Valley Girl -- Party House (Attraction) — 5.2 mi, 035° NE
Topanga Lookout Tower (Historic Ruins) — 5.2 mi, 138° SE
Topanga State Park (State Park) — 5.4 mi, 150° SE
The Notorious Byrd Brothers Album Cover Location (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 128° SE
Veridian Art - Art school (Arts Centre) — 6.4 mi, 079° E
Sun Dial (Monument) — 7.3 mi, 069° E
Smallwood Fountain (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 070° E
Charles R. Kessler, Ph.D. (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 070° E
Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art (Museum) — 7.6 mi, 184° S
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 8.2 mi, 188° S · 8,946 acres
Aquatic Zoo Tropical Fish (Aquarium) — 8.3 mi, 282° W

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