Explore Casmalia, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Casmalia, 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 Casmalia.
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 | Casmalia |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Santa Barbara County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 34.838036 |
| Longitude | -120.531278 |
| Population | 147 |
| Density | 337.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 93429 |
| Area Code | 805 |
| County Seat | Santa Barbara |
| School District | Orcutt Union Elementary School District |
Casmalia occupies a quiet fold in the earth where the terrestrial landscape seems to hold its breath against the damp, oncoming influence of the Pacific Ocean. It lies 5.7 miles west-southwest of Orcutt, CA (from Orcutt, CA: bearing 251°T), and is situated 9.6 miles southwest of Santa Maria. The terrain is defined by the deep, shadowed creases of Casmalia Canyon, which cuts through the soil like a dry vein, while the surrounding hills rise in tawny, tinder-dry swells that catch the late afternoon light until they glow like old parchment. A few miles away, the salt-heavy air drifts inland from the coast, tempering the heat and carrying the faint, metallic scent of the sea over the oak savanna. Even when the sun beats down on the open ground, there is a stillness here that feels ancient, as if the land itself is waiting for the cooling fog that often rolls in from the horizon to blanket the ridges in a soft, gray silence.
Casmalia carries the weight of a working history, having long served as a rugged outpost for those who labored in the cattle trade and the extraction of the earth’s resources. The local economy has shifted over the decades, moving from the steady rhythm of ranching to the complexities of modern industry, leaving behind a landscape that feels both productive and weathered. Travelers passing through might notice the proximity to Guadalupe Lake or the distant reach of the California Coastal National Monument, yet the life of the place remains centered on the quiet, dusty intersections of its own streets. Far to the east, the massive, jagged silhouette of the Coast Ranges marks the limit of the world, a reminder of the vast, varied geography that keeps Casmalia distinct from the busier corridors of the state.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Casmalia, California. Coordinates: 34.838036, -120.531278. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Casmalia includes the ZIP code (93429), telephone area code (805), county seat of Santa Barbara County (Santa Barbara), and school district assignment (Orcutt Union Elementary School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |