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Caribou California Map

Explore Caribou, 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 Caribou, California

How to Use This Caribou, California Map

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

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

Latitude	40.073244
Longitude	-121.16567
Population	1
Density	2.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95984
Area Code	530
County Seat	Quincy
School District	Plumas Unified School District

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About Caribou, California

Caribou is a locality in Plumas County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 1. The population density is 2.4 people per km². Caribou is located at 40.0732°N, 121.1657°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95984.

Caribou holds its quiet place within the deep, shadowed folds of the Plumas National Forest, where the landscape is defined by the steep, pine-clad walls of Oak Flat. It lies 35.3 miles southwest of Susanville, CA (from Susanville, CA: bearing 229°T), and is situated 17.1 miles northwest of East Quincy. The North Fork Feather River carves a restless path through this narrow canyon, its cold, clear current pulsing past the quiet concrete of the Belden Forebay. Here, the air carries the resinous scent of cedar and the thin, sharp chill of high-altitude shade. Even in the height of summer, the sun struggles to reach the floor of the gorge before the afternoon, leaving the damp moss and dark stone to hold onto the night’s coolness long after the heat has settled over the distant, golden plains.

Caribou remains a place shaped by the persistent mechanics of power and the endurance of the timbered wilderness. The rhythm of Caribou is dictated by the industrial history of the river, where the infrastructure of hydroelectric generation stands as a stark, functional silhouette against the towering timber of the Plumas National Forest. While the Three Lakes Trail beckons the ambitious traveler to higher, more open ridges, the immediate vicinity is one of rugged utility, where the mountain slopes rise sharply to meet the sky. Life here moves with the slow, steady hum of the river, an existence defined by the isolation of the canyon and the immense, silent weight of the surrounding forest that keeps the wider world at a distance.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Plumas National Forest (National Forest) — locality lies within · 1.2M acres
Lassen National Forest (National Forest) — 4.1 mi, 334° NW · 1.1M acres
Bucks Lake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 4.5 mi, 189° S · 24k acres
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 6.4 mi, 224° SW · 1,886 acres
Vehicle (Historic Ruins) — 6.9 mi, 033° NE
Mount Pleasant Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 7.6 mi, 181° S
Butterfly Valley Botanical Area (National Scenic Byway) — 9.7 mi, 116° SE
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 11.6 mi, 295° NW
Plumas County Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 129° SE
Cub Creek Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 16.1 mi, 298° NW
Chester-Lake Almanor Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 349° N
Lookout Rock (Viewpoint) — 16.8 mi, 171° S
Feather, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 19.3 mi, 173° S · 24k acres
Lassen Volcanic National Park (National Park) — 24.6 mi, 349° N · 107k acres
Lassen Volcanic Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 24.6 mi, 349° N · 79k acres
Big Chico Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 26.4 mi, 258° W · 2,690 acres
Terminal Geyser (Attraction) — 26.5 mi, 335° NW
Frank C. Reilly Museum (Museum) — 28.7 mi, 160° S
Devils Kitchen (Attraction) — 29.2 mi, 331° NW
Bumpass Hell (Attraction) — 32.0 mi, 326° NW
Sulphur Works (Attraction) — 32.5 mi, 323° NW
Mammoth Mill (Historic Ruins) — 32.6 mi, 132° SE
Pioneer Ski Area of America (Monument) — 33.1 mi, 131° SE
Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum (Museum) — 33.1 mi, 131° SE
Lassen County Arts Council (Gallery) — 35.7 mi, 048° NE
Lassen Historical Museum (Museum) — 35.9 mi, 048° NE
Merrill Amphitheater (Theatre) — 37.8 mi, 030° NE
Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 38.9 mi, 221° SW
World Trade Center artifact (Monument) — 39.1 mi, 221° SW
Downie Chapter 1249 (Monument) — 39.7 mi, 153° SE

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