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Buena Vista California Map

Explore Buena Vista, 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 Buena Vista, California

How to Use This Buena Vista, California Map

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

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	Buena Vista
State	California (CA)
County	Amador County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	38.297487
Longitude	-120.917402
Population	542
Density	124.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	95384, 95640
Area Code	530
County Seat	Jackson
School District	Amador County Unified School District

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About Buena Vista, California

Buena Vista is a locality in Amador County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 542. The population density is 124.0 people per km². Buena Vista is located at 38.2975°N, 120.9174°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95384, 95640.

Buena Vista occupies a quiet expanse of land where the golden grasses of the inland plains meet the subtle, persistent erosion of the earth. It lies 21.2 miles east of Galt, CA (from Galt, CA: bearing 82°T), and is situated 4.2 miles south-southeast of Ione. Jackson Creek carves a narrow, rhythmic path through the terrain, its waters drawing a thin, verdant line across a landscape that otherwise burns to a pale straw color under the relentless summer sun. Only a mile away, the quiet stillness of Lake Amador offers a reflective contrast to the dry, sun-baked soil, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sierra Nevada hangs like a pale violet bruise against the horizon. The air here holds a distinct, dry weight, carrying the scent of parched earth and scrub oak, a sensory reminder that the vast, productive agricultural lands of the region rely on the deep, enduring patience of the ground itself.

Buena Vista retains the character of an outpost defined by the unique, mineral-rich composition of the Ione Tertiary Oxisol Soil Area of Critical Environmental Concern, a nearby landscape that speaks to the complex geological heritage of the region. This particular soil, with its ancient, weathered profile, dictates the local economy and the slow, deliberate pace of the industry that has persisted here since the early days of settlement. Beyond the immediate boundaries of the settlement, the terrain shifts into the rugged, shadowed depressions of Woodpile Gulch, while the distant, darker timber of Mount Zion State Forest provides a dense, green anchor for the surrounding wilderness. Life in Buena Vista moves in harmony with these geographic markers, where the cycles of the sun dictate the rhythm of the day and the long, quiet shadows of late afternoon reveal the true, unadorned geometry of the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ione Tertiary Oxisol Soil Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 1.2 mi, 126° SE
Pardee Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 2.7 mi, 106° E
Howard Park (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 348° N
Ione Manzanita Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 3.7 mi, 156° SE
Camanche Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 3.8 mi, 193° S
Train Park (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 348° N
Iron Ivan (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 347° N
Amador County Museum (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 065° NE
Kennedy Gold Mine (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 057° NE
Change House Museum and Gift Shop (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 057° NE
Flume Tressel Piers (Historic Ruins) — 8.9 mi, 059° NE
Tailing Wheel No. 1 (Historic Ruins) — 8.9 mi, 059° NE
Impound Dam Overlook (Viewpoint) — 9.0 mi, 060° NE
Sutter Creek Theatre (Theatre) — 9.1 mi, 043° NE
Sutter Gold Mine (Attraction) — 9.6 mi, 036° NE
3 Fish Studios (Gallery) — 9.8 mi, 031° NE
Historic Joseph H. Thomas House (Attraction) — 9.8 mi, 031° NE
New Hogan Lake (Resource Management Area) — 10.1 mi, 146° SE
The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 020° N
Claypipers Theatre (Theatre) — 10.5 mi, 019° N
Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 10.6 mi, 083° E · 2,737 acres
Local (Gallery) — 13.2 mi, 016° N
Metropolitan Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 14.6 mi, 118° SE
Calaveras County Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 118° SE
Michigan Bar Historical Marker (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 331° NW
Chew Kee Store (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 031° NE
North Fork Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 16.9 mi, 071° E · 2,970 acres
Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 24.9 mi, 052° NE · 703k acres
Stanislaus National Forest (National Forest) — 25.4 mi, 067° NE · 901k acres
Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.8 mi, 276° W · 7,119 acres

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