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Brownsville California Map

Explore Brownsville, 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 Brownsville, California

How to Use This Brownsville, California Map

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

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	Brownsville
State	California (CA)
County	Yuba County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	39.473222
Longitude	-121.269128
Population	1,200
Density	22.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95919
Area Code	530
County Seat	Marysville

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About Brownsville, California

Brownsville is a locality in Yuba County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,200. The population density is 22.0 people per km². Brownsville is located at 39.4732°N, 121.2691°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95919.

Brownsville occupies a rugged expanse of timberland where the terrain rises in quiet, broken shelves toward the interior. It lies 15.6 miles east of Oroville, CA (from Oroville, CA: bearing 100°T), and is situated 11.0 miles east-southeast of Oroville East. Dry Creek cuts a persistent, winding path through the landscape, its seasonal flow carving shallow depressions into the earth that mirror the shifting temperaments of the weather. To the north, the sprawling acreage of the Challenge Experimental Forest provides a dense, managed canopy of conifers, while the nearby basin of Daken Flat offers a rare, level reprieve from the surrounding incline. The air here holds a distinct, resinous clarity, especially during the long afternoons when the shadows lengthen across the dust and the heat of the day recedes into the cooling brush. Five miles distant, the surface of Ponderosa Reservoir catches the fading light, reflecting the sky in a steady, metallic gray that anchors the horizon.

Brownsville maintains a character forged in the legacy of early extraction and the slow, deliberate work of forestry that persists in the surrounding woods. While the Sierra Nevada looms far to the east as a jagged silhouette against the morning sky, the local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the immediate landscape and the modest commerce of a rural settlement. Life in Brownsville moves with the patient gravity of a place that values endurance over haste, where the architecture of the past—simple, utilitarian structures—remains in conversation with the modern needs of its inhabitants. Residents observe the change of seasons through the drying of the grasses and the subtle shift in the quality of the light, marking time not by the clock, but by the slow, inevitable growth of the timber and the seasonal pulse of the creek.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Plumas National Forest (National Forest) — 1.5 mi, 089° E · 1.2M acres
Challenge Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 1.5 mi, 089° E
New Bullards Bar Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 085° E
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 5.4 mi, 333° NW
Tahoe National Forest (National Forest) — 5.5 mi, 087° E · 895k acres
Daugherty Hill Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 218° SW
Yuba Rim Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.0 mi, 138° SE
Feather Falls Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 10.3 mi, 359° N
Feather, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.6 mi, 357° N · 24k acres
World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 154° SE
Bath House Museum (Museum) — 15.2 mi, 282° W
Purdon Crossing (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 130° SE
China Dam (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 128° SE
Emerald Pool (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 128° SE
Beatson Corral (Historic Ruins) — 18.0 mi, 297° NW
Edwards Crossing (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 123° SE
Providence Mine (Historic Ruins) — 19.3 mi, 140° SE
Mystic Theater (Theatre) — 19.8 mi, 137° SE
Firehouse Number 1 Museum (Museum) — 19.8 mi, 137° SE
Stewart Mansion (Monument) — 19.8 mi, 138° SE

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