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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	Nevada 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	Nevada City
School District	Golden Feather Union Elementary School District

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About Cherokee, California

Cherokee is a locality in Nevada 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 occupies a high, rugged plateau where the earth seems to hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has slipped behind the western ridges. It lies 10.5 miles north of Grass Valley, CA (from Grass Valley, CA: bearing 5°T), and is situated 7.6 miles north of Nevada City. Shady Creek carves a quiet, persistent path through the surrounding brush, its presence marked by the silver flash of water against dark stone as it meanders toward the deeper shadows of Studhorse Canyon. The air here carries the scent of dry pine needles and sun-warmed manzanita, a sharp, clean fragrance that intensifies as one nears the boundary of Tahoe National Forest. While the distant Sierra Nevada looms as a jagged, lilac-colored promise on the far horizon, the immediate landscape is defined by the intimate, weathered texture of rocky outcroppings and sparse, resilient timber that has learned to thrive in the thin, mineral-rich soil.

Cherokee maintains a quiet vigilance over the remnants of an era when the pulse of the local economy beat to the rhythm of hydraulic mining and the restless pursuit of gold. Evidence of this past remains in the scarred earth and the scattered stone foundations that seem to emerge from the grass like bones of a forgotten architecture. Today, the pace of life favors a slower, more deliberate observation of the seasons, far removed from the frantic energy of the lowlands. Residents move through their days with a steady, earned independence, often finding their way toward the South Yuba Trail for a solitary walk or casting a line into the quiet, still waters of Morris Reservoir. There is a distinct, understated grace in the way the light settles over the abandoned diggings at dusk, turning the raw, excavated clay into a soft, glowing copper that feels entirely at home in the quietude of the foothills.

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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