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Carlotta California Map

Explore Carlotta, 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 Carlotta, California

How to Use This Carlotta, California Map

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

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

Latitude	40.537357
Longitude	-124.060604
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95528
Area Code	530
County Seat	Eureka

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About Carlotta, California

Carlotta is a locality in Humboldt County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Carlotta is located at 40.5374°N, 124.0606°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95528.

Carlotta emerges from the damp, verdant floor of a valley where the persistent pulse of Yager Creek dictates the rhythm of the soil. It lies 6.6 miles southeast of Fortuna, CA (from Fortuna, CA: bearing 130°T), and is situated 3.6 miles northeast of Rio Dell. The landscape here is defined by thick stands of timber and the encroaching shadow of the distant Klamath Mountains, which loom as a jagged, atmospheric silhouette on the horizon. Morning light often struggles to penetrate the heavy canopy of the nearby Rockefeller Redwood Forest, leaving the lowlands in a state of perpetual, cool twilight. Three miles away, the rugged, uneven terrain of Wolverton Gulch breaks the horizon, while the quiet grounds of Firemans Park and Picnic Area offer a rare clearing in the dense, tangled growth of the inland brush.

Carlotta maintains a quiet existence tethered to the slow extraction and processing of timber, an economy that has left its mark on the weathered barns and dormant mills scattered throughout the district. The passage of time here is marked not by grand monuments, but by the seasonal swelling of Yager Creek and the steady, rhythmic shift of agricultural labor that persists despite the shifting tides of commerce. Residents often travel toward Kinman Pond to find a rare, still reflection of the sky, a stark contrast to the industrious, sawdust-heavy air of the local logging routes. Life in Carlotta favors the patient observer, those who find significance in the way the gray, heavy mist clings to the valley floor long after the sun has climbed above the surrounding timberland.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Van Duzen Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 124° SE
Headwaters Forest Reserve (National Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 356° N · 15k acres
Salmon Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 5.6 mi, 002° N · 2,743 acres
Owl Creek Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 5.8 mi, 085° E
Humboldt Redwoods State Park (State Park) — 5.8 mi, 173° S
Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park (State Park) — 6.2 mi, 129° SE
Giant Wooden Cross (Public Artwork) — 6.3 mi, 313° NW
Little South Fork Elk Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 6.3 mi, 355° N · 1,746 acres
Sam Helwer (Viewpoint) — 6.3 mi, 170° S
The Immortal Tree (Attraction) — 9.6 mi, 150° SE
Veteran memorial hall (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 287° W
Eternal tree house (Monument) — 11.1 mi, 148° SE
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.9 mi, 321° NW · 11k acres
Flat Iron Tree (Attraction) — 13.4 mi, 165° S
Founders Tree (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 151° SE
Dyerville Giant (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 151° SE
Laura Perrott Mahan, James P. Mahan (Monument) — 14.9 mi, 152° SE
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 15.6 mi, 314° NW · 8,946 acres
Six Rivers National Forest (National Forest) — 17.7 mi, 057° NE · 978k acres
Discovery Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 343° N
North Coast Repertory Theater (Theatre) — 19.1 mi, 343° N
North Coast Dance (Arts Centre) — 19.1 mi, 343° N
The Studio of Dance Arts (Arts Centre) — 19.1 mi, 342° N
Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 345° N
King Range Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 20.3 mi, 214° SW · 43k acres
Humboldt Coastal Nature Center (Museum) — 22.8 mi, 346° N
Arcata Playhouse (Theatre) — 23.0 mi, 356° N
Trinity National Forest (National Forest) — 26.1 mi, 072° E · 1.1M acres
Ironsides Museum (Museum) — 36.4 mi, 051° NE
Hoopa Valley Museum (Museum) — 41.2 mi, 028° NE

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