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Camp Nelson California Map

Explore Camp Nelson, 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 Camp Nelson, California

How to Use This Camp Nelson, California Map

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

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	Camp Nelson
State	California (CA)
County	Tulare County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	36.142724
Longitude	-118.609256
Population	106
Density	33.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93208
Area Code	661
County Seat	Visalia
School District	Porterville Unified School District (9-12)

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About Camp Nelson, California

Camp Nelson is a locality in Tulare County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 106. The population density is 33.1 people per km². Camp Nelson is located at 36.1427°N, 118.6093°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93208.

Camp Nelson occupies a rugged, high-altitude embrace where the sharp, clear music of Nelson Creek carves through the earth. It lies 23.4 miles east-northeast of Porterville, CA (from Porterville, CA: bearing 77°T), and is situated 27.0 miles east of Lindsay. The air here holds a crisp, thinning quality, flavored by the resinous breath of the Giant Sequoia National Monument, which wraps the landscape in a vast, protected solitude. Sunlight strikes the steep slopes in slanted, amber shafts, illuminating the transition from dense woodland to the open, granite-strewn reaches of the surrounding terrain. Seven miles distant, the waters of Hedrick Mill Pond mirror the shifting clouds, while the presence of the distant Sierra Nevada looms as a jagged, atmospheric boundary on the horizon. The ground itself feels ancient and unhurried, defined by the quiet persistence of gravity pulling water down toward the lower basins like Coy Flat.

Camp Nelson carries the weight of a frontier history, its identity rooted in the endurance of those who moved through these timbered heights long before the modern era. The local economy persists as a quiet reflection of the wilderness, favoring the rhythms of the seasons and the slow maintenance of mountain life over the frantic pace of the lowlands. Those who wander toward the high country often find their way along the Black Mountain Trail, a path that demands a steady, rhythmic patience from any traveler seeking the solitude of the pines. Further into the wild, the plummeting white veil of Cholollo Falls serves as a constant, rhythmic reminder of the landscape’s verticality and force. Here, life is measured not by clocks, but by the lengthening of shadows and the seasonal cooling that settles over the Sequoia National Forest as the sun dips below the western ridges.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Giant Sequoia National Monument (National Monument) — locality lies within · 353k acres
Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 0.2 mi, 359° N · 1.1M acres
Alder Creek (Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 350° N
Golden Trout Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 4.0 mi, 008° N · 305k acres
Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 5.9 mi, 328° NW
The Needles Peak Fire Lookout (Historic Ruins) — 7.3 mi, 108° E
Moses Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 8.6 mi, 280° W · 452 acres
Kern, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 8.7 mi, 118° SE · 25k acres
Peppermint Creek Falls (Viewpoint) — 8.9 mi, 129° SE
Walkers Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 10.5 mi, 020° N
Sequoia National Park (National Park) — 10.9 mi, 006° N · 407k acres
Trail of 100 Giants (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 176° S
McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 11.7 mi, 294° NW
Cabin 236 (Attraction) — 12.2 mi, 162° S
Cabin 242 (Attraction) — 12.2 mi, 162° S
Cabin 234 (Attraction) — 12.3 mi, 162° S
Inyo National Forest (National Forest) — 13.6 mi, 058° NE · 2.0M acres
Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 14.5 mi, 030° NE · 768k acres
Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.5 mi, 303° NW · 1,825 acres
Treaty of 1851 (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 257° W
Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 23.9 mi, 257° W
World's Largest Olive (Public Artwork) — 28.0 mi, 279° W
Kern Valley Museum (Museum) — 28.7 mi, 159° S
Stephen Mather memorial plaque (Monument) — 29.6 mi, 343° N
Dry Creek Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 30.6 mi, 310° NW
Kings Canyon National Park (National Park) — 31.4 mi, 004° N · 459k acres
Walt's Point (Monument) — 35.7 mi, 050° NE
Ice House Theatre (Theatre) — 40.1 mi, 290° W
Galaxy Theatres (Cinema) — 40.9 mi, 278° W
Heritage Park Museum (Museum) — 44.1 mi, 233° SW

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