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Cedar Ridge California Map

Explore Cedar Ridge, 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 Cedar Ridge, California

How to Use This Cedar Ridge, California Map

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

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	Cedar Ridge
State	California (CA)
County	Nevada County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	38.065736
Longitude	-120.273869
Population	1,235
Density	61.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	95945, 95924, 95370
Area Code	530, 408, 669
County Seat	Nevada City
School District	Sonora Union High School District

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About Cedar Ridge, California

Cedar Ridge is a locality in Nevada County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,235. The population density is 61.1 people per km². Cedar Ridge is located at 38.0657°N, 120.2739°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95945, 95924, 95370.

Cedar Ridge occupies a rugged expanse of high-elevation woodland where the air thins and sharpens against the skin. It lies 2.6 miles east-southeast of Grass Valley, CA (from Grass Valley, CA: bearing 123°T), and is situated 9.9 miles east-southeast of Lake Wildwood. Pine needles carpet the uneven floor of the Tahoe National Forest, which presses against the edge of the settlement, while the nearby South Fork Wolf Creek carves a persistent, quiet path through the rocky soil. To the west, the terrain drops away toward the deep, shadowed creases of Slide Ravine, leaving the landscape to feel defined by its isolation from the flatter, sun-baked basins further out. As the afternoon light wanes, the shadows stretch long and bruised across the dry brush, lending the trees a stillness that suggests a land waiting for the next season to turn.

Cedar Ridge carries the weight of a frontier history, echoing the slow movement of pioneers who once traversed the routes marked by the Probable Donner Trail. The local economy relies on a quiet resilience, far from the frantic pace of the state’s urban centers, with residents often looking toward the nearby Rollins Reservoir to gauge the changing cycles of water and drought. Life in Cedar Ridge moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, informed by the necessity of managing the dense forest and the unpredictable climate of the inland hills. Far off on the eastern horizon, the jagged, snow-dusted summits of the Sierra Nevada offer a permanent, silent boundary, reminding those who dwell here that they are merely guests in a vast and ancient geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Stanislaus National Forest (National Forest) — 0.1 mi, 000° N · 901k acres
Lyons Reservoir (Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 100° E
Eproson Park (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 130° SE
Twain Harte Tennis Courts (Local Recreation) — 3.1 mi, 140° SE
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 5.7 mi, 273° W
New Melones (Resource Management Area) — 6.3 mi, 272° W
Me-Wuk Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 6.6 mi, 247° SW
Willow Creek Lounge (Theatre) — 6.6 mi, 164° S
Covers Apple Ranch (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 6.8 mi, 174° S
Historic Fallon House Theater (Theatre) — 7.3 mi, 252° W
Tuolumne City Memorial Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 164° S
Heisler #2 Steam Engine (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 165° S
Dunlavy Field (Stadium) — 8.1 mi, 230° SW
Veterans Memorial Military Museum (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 227° SW
Springfield Armory/School/Store (Historic Ruins) — 8.1 mi, 248° W
Tuolumne County Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 227° SW
Moaning Caverns Adventure Park (Attraction) — 10.5 mi, 271° W
Jamestown Branch Jail (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 226° SW
Tuolumne, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.3 mi, 170° S · 8,379 acres
Murphys (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 296° NW
Calaveras Big Trees State Park (State Park) — 11.6 mi, 003° N
Vallecito Western Mine (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 279° W
Mercer Caverns (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 298° NW
National Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 13.3 mi, 246° SW
Top of the World (Viewpoint) — 13.5 mi, 333° NW
Sierra Nevada Logging Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 345° N
Emigrant Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 19.3 mi, 090° E · 113k acres
Yosemite Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.5 mi, 097° E · 704k acres
Yosemite National Park (National Park) — 21.5 mi, 097° E · 743k acres
Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 27.8 mi, 354° N · 703k acres

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