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Buck Meadows California Map

Explore Buck Meadows, 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 Buck Meadows, California

How to Use This Buck Meadows, California Map

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

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	Buck Meadows
State	California (CA)
County	Mariposa County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	37.807046
Longitude	-120.075237
Population	21
Density	15.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95321
Area Code	408, 669
County Seat	Mariposa
School District	Mariposa County Unified School District

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About Buck Meadows, California

Buck Meadows is a locality in Mariposa County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 21. The population density is 15.2 people per km². Buck Meadows is located at 37.8070°N, 120.0752°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95321.

Buck Meadows reveals itself as a high-altitude threshold where the dense, resinous breath of the Stanislaus National Forest meets the expansive, sun-drenched quietude of the Sierra Nevada foothills. It lies 41.9 miles northeast of Winton, CA (from Winton, CA: bearing 46°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east-southeast of Pine Mountain Lake. The land rises in earnest here, a rugged terrain defined by the proximity of China Flat and the winding, shadowed descent of Moore Creek, which carves a persistent path through the earth only a mile away. Golden light settles heavily over the dry grasses during the long afternoons, casting long, sharp silhouettes of ponderosa pines against the pale, bruised-blue sky. This is a landscape of profound verticality, where the air grows thin and crisp, carrying the scent of parched pine needles and the distant, cooling promise of Lake McClure, which glimmers like a lost coin in the lower basin thirteen miles to the west.

Buck Meadows functions as a quiet gateway, a place where the frenetic pace of the lowlands dissolves into the slow, deliberate work of seasonal maintenance and timber stewardship. Historically defined by the rugged requirements of mountain living, the local economy remains tethered to the forest, supporting those who navigate the interface between wild, untamed slopes and the necessities of modern transit. The Pilot Ridge Trail stands as a testament to the enduring human impulse to traverse these heights, offering a route for those seeking to measure themselves against the sheer, imposing scale of the terrain. Life in Buck Meadows moves in accordance with the shifting shadows of the peaks, where the silence is less an absence of sound than a heavy, watchful presence that demands a certain humility from those who dwell within its reach.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Stanislaus National Forest (National Forest) — 0.1 mi, 270° W · 901k acres
Tuolumne, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 1.8 mi, 006° N · 8,379 acres
Rim of the World (Viewpoint) — 2.2 mi, 062° NE
Indian Grinding Rock (Historic Ruins) — 3.7 mi, 315° NW
Bean Creek Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 225° SW
Groveland Museum (Museum) — 8.5 mi, 286° W
The Northern Mariposa Country History Center (Museum) — 9.4 mi, 225° SW
Bagby Serpentine Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.9 mi, 209° SW
Limestone Salamander Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 10.2 mi, 177° S
Grizzly Mountain Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 10.3 mi, 126° SE
Merced River Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 10.4 mi, 173° S · 13k acres
Yosemite National Park (National Park) — 11.1 mi, 091° E · 743k acres
Yosemite Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 11.9 mi, 060° NE · 704k acres
Merced, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 12.4 mi, 139° SE · 10k acres
Sierra National Forest (National Forest) — 12.7 mi, 139° SE · 1.3M acres
Merced Grove (Attraction) — 13.5 mi, 107° E
Tuolumne City Memorial Museum (Museum) — 13.8 mi, 321° NW
Heisler #2 Steam Engine (Attraction) — 13.8 mi, 320° NW
Willow Creek Lounge (Theatre) — 14.6 mi, 322° NW
Tunnel Tree (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 100° E
Covers Apple Ranch (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 15.1 mi, 318° NW
Fremont’s Fort (Monument) — 15.4 mi, 190° S
Emigrant Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.5 mi, 030° NE · 113k acres
Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 120° SE
Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail - Chinese Camp (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 283° W
Veterans Memorial Military Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 306° NW
Red Hills (Nature Reserve) — 20.9 mi, 280° W
Dunlavy Field (Stadium) — 21.2 mi, 307° NW
Jamestown Branch Jail (Attraction) — 21.5 mi, 298° NW
Old Crimea House (Monument) — 22.1 mi, 275° W

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