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Canby California Map

Explore Canby, 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 Canby, California

How to Use This Canby, California Map

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

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	Canby
State	California (CA)
County	Modoc County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	41.452293
Longitude	-120.888319
Population	183
Density	30.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	96015
Area Code	530
County Seat	Alturas
School District	Modoc Joint Unified School District

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About Canby, California

Canby is a locality in Modoc County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 183. The population density is 30.8 people per km². Canby is located at 41.4523°N, 120.8883°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96015.

Canby occupies a high-desert expanse where the Pit River carves a deliberate path through the sagebrush and volcanic basalt. It lies 71.9 miles north of Susanville, CA (from Susanville, CA: bearing 351°T), and is situated 17.2 miles west of Alturas. The landscape surrounding Canby remains defined by the rugged encroachment of the Modoc National Forest, which borders the outskirts, and the deep, shadowed fissures of Blacks Canyon nearby. During the heat of the afternoon, the light here takes on a thin, brittle quality, illuminating the tawny grasses that cling to the earth until the cool air of evening settles over the valley floor. To the far horizon, the serrated silhouette of the Cascade Range anchors the sky, a distant reminder of the geologic volatility that forged this terrain long before human hands arrived to till the soil.

Agriculture and the rhythms of the seasons dictate the pace of life in Canby, where the proximity to the Wilson Reservoir provides a vital tether for the local economy. History here is written in the fences and the weathered timber of old barns, remnants of a quiet, industrious past centered on ranching and the stewardship of the land. Residents maintain a deep-seated connection to the Modoc Other, utilizing the expansive wildlands for their livelihood and their solitude. In the quiet hours before dawn, the air carries a crisp, metallic scent of pine and dry earth, marking a place where the modern world feels distant, replaced by the steady, unadorned work of sustaining a life on the high plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Modoc Other (National Forest) — 1.1 mi, 115° SE · 96 acres
Modoc National Forest (National Forest) — 1.6 mi, 266° W · 1.7M acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 6.6 mi, 181° S
Modoc National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.9 mi, 085° E · 14k acres
Ash Creek Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.6 mi, 197° S
Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.1 mi, 341° N · 35k acres
Battle of Dry Lake (Registered Battlefield) — 27.3 mi, 309° NW
Tule Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 28.5 mi, 134° SE · 18k acres
Timbered Crater Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 31.1 mi, 234° SW · 18k acres
South Warner Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 31.8 mi, 096° E · 70k acres
Lava Beds National Monument (National Monument) — 33.4 mi, 300° NW · 47k acres
Lava Beds Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 33.6 mi, 300° NW · 28k acres
Overlook to collapse (Viewpoint) — 34.7 mi, 297° NW
Site of the First School in Fall River Valley (Monument) — 35.2 mi, 222° SW
Garden Bridges (Attraction) — 36.9 mi, 299° NW
Petroglyph Point (Attraction) — 37.5 mi, 316° NW
Hidden Valley (Attraction) — 37.7 mi, 296° NW
Mammoth Crater (Attraction) — 37.9 mi, 296° NW
Canby's Cross (Monument) — 38.3 mi, 320° NW
Captain Jack's Stronghold (Monument) — 38.3 mi, 320° NW
Wwii Valor In The Pacific National Monument Tule Lake Unit (National Monument) — 38.3 mi, 318° NW · 2,688 acres
Fortynine Camp (Historic Ruins) — 50.9 mi, 078° E
Alger Theatre (Cinema) — 58.0 mi, 029° NE
Merrill Amphitheater (Theatre) — 62.6 mi, 176° S
Smithy (Historic Ruins) — 67.1 mi, 250° W
Peaceful Warrior (Public Artwork) — 69.7 mi, 276° W
The Favell Museum (Museum) — 70.5 mi, 319° NW
Lassen Historical Museum (Museum) — 72.4 mi, 170° S
Lassen County Arts Council (Gallery) — 72.5 mi, 170° S
Sisson Museum (Museum) — 75.3 mi, 263° W

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