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Butte Creek Canyon California Map

Explore Butte Creek Canyon, 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 Butte Creek Canyon, California

How to Use This Butte Creek Canyon, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Butte Creek Canyon, 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 Butte Creek Canyon.

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	Butte Creek Canyon
State	California (CA)
County	Butte County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	39.744502
Longitude	-121.707131
Population	780
Density	14.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95928
Area Code	530
County Seat	Oroville
School District	Chico Unified School District

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About Butte Creek Canyon, California

Butte Creek Canyon is a locality in Butte County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 780. The population density is 14.7 people per km². Butte Creek Canyon is located at 39.7445°N, 121.7071°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95928.

Butte Creek Canyon reveals itself through the persistent, rhythmic pulse of Butte Creek, which carves a deep, basalt-lined path through the landscape. It lies 7.9 miles east of Chico, CA (from Chico, CA: bearing 82°T), and is situated 3.7 miles west-southwest of Paradise. The sheer walls of the gorge rise in jagged tiers, their dark volcanic rock softened by the persistent growth of blue oaks and gray pines that cling to the steep slopes. As the sun descends, the light catches the mineral dust in the air, turning the dry grasses of the canyon floor into a shimmering expanse of pale gold. At higher elevations, the horizon is dominated by the distant, snow-dusted peaks of the Cascade Range, standing as silent sentinels over the rugged terrain that separates this inland expanse from the distant, flatter stretches of the valley.

Historical remnants of gold mining still linger in the sediments of Butte Creek Canyon, where the earth bears the quiet scars of sluices and abandoned flumes. The local economy has long since shifted from the frantic search for ore to a quieter existence defined by small-scale agriculture and a deep stewardship of the land, particularly near the protected reaches of the Butte Creek Canyon Ecological Reserve. Nearby, the vast expanse of Lake Oroville exerts a subtle influence on the local climate, moderating the intense heat of the summer afternoons. Life here moves in accordance with the seasonal changes of the water level and the migration of the salmon, maintaining a solitude that persists even as the proximity to the larger basin of Hamlin Canyon reminds residents of the wider, interconnected world beyond the ridge.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Butte Creek Canyon Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 202° S
Bidwell Park (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 329° NW
Trail Head/Peregrine Point Disc Golf (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 329° NW
Butte Creek (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 3.5 mi, 040° NE
Plant Introduction Station Other (National Forest) — 4.4 mi, 240° SW · 204 acres
Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve (Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 343° N
Forks Of Butte Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 4.8 mi, 024° NE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013 (Monument) — 5.5 mi, 257° W
Phagna Norapamok Memorial (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 261° W
National Yo-Yo Museum (Museum) — 7.2 mi, 261° W
Downtown Kaleidoscope (Public Artwork) — 7.2 mi, 263° W
Chico Community Labyrinth (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 263° W
Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 7.3 mi, 154° SE
Museum of Northern California Art (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 266° W
Janet Turner Print Museum (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 262° W
Vertebrate Museum (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 263° W
Chico Art Center (Arts Centre) — 7.5 mi, 259° W
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.9 mi, 114° SE
Lassen National Forest (National Forest) — 8.3 mi, 055° NE · 1.1M acres
Butte County Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 9.7 mi, 106° E
Big Chico Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 9.8 mi, 004° N · 2,690 acres
Phantom Falls (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 140° SE
Beatson Falls (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 148° SE
Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.9 mi, 259° W · 21k acres
Beatson Corral (Historic Ruins) — 12.9 mi, 146° SE
Bath House Museum (Museum) — 17.8 mi, 152° SE
Ishi Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 19.1 mi, 347° N · 42k acres
Prime Cinemas (Cinema) — 40.1 mi, 317° NW
Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 41.9 mi, 172° S
Vehicle (Historic Ruins) — 43.2 mi, 049° NE

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