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Butte Meadows California Map

Explore Butte 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 Butte Meadows, California

How to Use This Butte Meadows, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Butte 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 Butte 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	Butte Meadows
State	California (CA)
County	Butte County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	40.081271
Longitude	-121.551086
Population	74
Density	13.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95942
Area Code	530
County Seat	Oroville
School District	Paradise Unified School District

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About Butte Meadows, California

Butte Meadows is a locality in Butte County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 74. The population density is 13.3 people per km². Butte Meadows is located at 40.0813°N, 121.5511°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95942.

Butte Creek traces a winding, silver-threaded path through the high-altitude basin of Butte Meadows, carving a cool corridor through the dense conifers that define the landscape. It lies 28.7 miles north-northeast of Chico, CA (from Chico, CA: bearing 32°T), and is situated 18.7 miles north of Magalia. The air here holds a distinct, pine-sharp clarity, shifting in temperature as the shadows lengthen across the meadow grasses. High above the forest canopy, the distant, rugged peaks of the Cascade Range anchor the horizon, standing as silent sentinels over the vast, protected expanse of Lassen National Forest. The terrain itself remains a mosaic of volcanic soil and verdant clearings, where the quiet interplay of light and shadow creates a sense of profound, undisturbed stillness.

Butte Meadows owes its character to a history of timber harvesting and the seasonal rhythms of mountain life, a legacy that persists in the modest architecture and unhurried pace of those who remain. While the economy once relied heavily on the extraction of resources, the modern identity of Butte Meadows centers on a quiet stewardship of the wilderness, drawing those who seek the solitude found near the rushing waters of Butte Creek or the nearby, secluded Deer Creek Falls. Even the proximity to Chico Meadows serves to emphasize the isolation of this mountain enclave, far removed from the frantic pulse of the lowland plains. Life here moves in accordance with the turning seasons, marked by the arrival of snow in the high elevations and the slow, golden transformation of the forest as autumn descends upon the timberlands.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lassen National Forest (National Forest) — 0.4 mi, 251° W · 1.1M acres
Coon Hollow Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 115° SE
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 4.6 mi, 288° W
Lower Deer Creek Falls (Conservation Area) — 5.5 mi, 346° N
Lassen Other (National Forest) — 5.6 mi, 346° N · 154 acres
Butte Creek House Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.0 mi, 087° E
Cub Creek Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 7.5 mi, 020° N
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 7.6 mi, 047° NE · 1,886 acres
Ishi Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.6 mi, 276° W · 42k acres
Big Chico Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 8.1 mi, 222° SW · 2,690 acres
Bucks Lake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 15.7 mi, 114° SE · 24k acres
Lassen Volcanic National Park (National Park) — 18.4 mi, 351° N · 107k acres
Chester-Lake Almanor Museum (Museum) — 23.3 mi, 047° NE
Vehicle (Historic Ruins) — 24.7 mi, 078° E
Mill Creek Falls Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 24.9 mi, 005° N
Terminal Geyser (Attraction) — 25.2 mi, 021° N
Sulphur Works (Attraction) — 25.4 mi, 002° N
Devils Kitchen (Attraction) — 25.7 mi, 014° N
Bumpass Hell (Attraction) — 26.2 mi, 006° N
In Honor of All Chico Area Veterans (Monument) — 27.2 mi, 220° SW
IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013 (Monument) — 28.0 mi, 209° SW
Museum of Northern California Art (Museum) — 28.4 mi, 213° SW
Chico Community Labyrinth (Monument) — 28.7 mi, 213° SW
Downtown Kaleidoscope (Public Artwork) — 28.7 mi, 213° SW
National Yo-Yo Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 212° SW
Vertebrate Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 213° SW
Janet Turner Print Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 213° SW
Chico Art Center (Arts Centre) — 29.3 mi, 212° SW
Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 30.3 mi, 190° S
Beatson Corral (Historic Ruins) — 34.0 mi, 182° S

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