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Cherokee California Map

Explore Cherokee, 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 Cherokee, California

How to Use This Cherokee, California Map

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

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

Latitude	39.650877
Longitude	-121.533646
Population	88
Density	19.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	95959, 95379, 95965
Area Code	408, 669, 530
County Seat	Oroville
School District	Golden Feather Union Elementary School District

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About Cherokee, California

Cherokee is a locality in Butte County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 88. The population density is 19.4 people per km². Cherokee is located at 39.6509°N, 121.5336°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95959, 95379, 95965.

Cherokee sits amidst a fractured topography where the earth displays the scars of hydraulic mining, leaving behind a landscape of exposed red clay and weathered stone. It lies 9.2 miles north of Oroville, CA (from Oroville, CA: bearing 6°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north-northwest of Oroville East. The air here holds the dry, resinous scent of pine and manzanita, thinning as it climbs toward the distant horizon where the Cascade Range haunts the skyline like a jagged, spectral promise. Below the town’s uneven streets, Vinton Gulch cuts a deep, shadowed path through the earth, while the nearby West Branch Feather River draws a winding line of kinetic energy through the quiet brush. The stillness of Grub Flat Reservoir mirrors the vast, cloud-swept sky, acting as a singular, reflective center in a terrain defined by its rugged, unyielding geometry.

Cherokee remains a testament to the boom-and-bust rhythms of the gold-seeking era, its history written in the abandoned sluice boxes and the deep, man-made chasms that define the local terrain. Where once the ground was violently upturned for profit, the pace of life has settled into a slow, deliberate quiet, far removed from the frantic pace of the agricultural Central Valley. Residents move with a casual autonomy, their daily routines punctuated by the proximity of the Lake Oroville State Recreation Area, a sprawling expanse that offers a reprieve of water and wild space. In the long afternoons, the light turns a deep, bruised gold, illuminating the quartz-flecked soil and reminding any observer that Cherokee is a place where the earth itself dictates the terms of human endurance.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 0.3 mi, 000° N
Phantom Falls (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 207° SW
North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 186° S
Phantoms View (Viewpoint) — 3.3 mi, 207° SW
Plumas National Forest (National Forest) — 3.5 mi, 090° E · 1.2M acres
Lassen National Forest (National Forest) — 3.8 mi, 065° NE · 1.1M acres
Beatson Corral (Historic Ruins) — 4.7 mi, 205° SW
Beatson Falls (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 211° SW
Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 6.1 mi, 269° W
World Trade Center artifact (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 268° W
Oroville Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 182° S
Bath House Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 185° S
Butte Creek (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 11.3 mi, 325° NW
Feather Falls Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 11.4 mi, 088° E
Feather, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.9 mi, 088° E · 24k acres
IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013 (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 290° W
Phagna Norapamok Memorial (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 288° W
National Yo-Yo Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 288° W
Downtown Kaleidoscope (Public Artwork) — 17.3 mi, 289° W
Janet Turner Print Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 288° W
Chico Art Center (Arts Centre) — 17.4 mi, 287° W
Vertebrate Museum (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 289° W
Museum of Northern California Art (Museum) — 17.5 mi, 290° W
Big Chico Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 18.3 mi, 333° NW · 2,690 acres
Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.9 mi, 277° W · 21k acres
Bucks Lake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 25.3 mi, 033° NE · 24k acres
Ishi Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.7 mi, 340° N · 42k acres
Purdon Crossing (Attraction) — 34.3 mi, 131° SE
China Dam (Attraction) — 34.7 mi, 129° SE
Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 35.1 mi, 185° S

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