Clear Creek California Map
Clear Creek, Siskiyou County
Clear Creek, California — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Clear Creek, Siskiyou County.
Interactive Map of Clear Creek, California
| City | Clear Creek |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Siskiyou |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 41.70929 |
| Longitude | -123.450335 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Clear Creek, California
Clear Creek is a locality in Siskiyou County, California, United States. Clear Creek is located at 41.7093°N, 123.4503°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96137.0.
Clear Creek spills from the emerald embrace of the Siskiyou Mountains, its waters a cool, restless ribbon winding through a landscape painted in shades of deep forest green and sun-bleached granite. It lies 50.8 miles south of Grants Pass, OR (from Grants Pass, OR: bearing 187°T), and is situated 6.9 miles south-south-west of Happy Camp. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and the sharp, resinous perfume of pine, a constant reminder of the wildness that presses in from all sides. Steep canyons, cloaked in ancient Douglas fir and madrone, rise abruptly from the creek’s banks, their shadowed depths holding a quiet, watchful stillness. Sunlight, when it pierces the dense canopy, falls in fractured shafts, illuminating patches of mossy rock and the occasional flash of a Steller’s jay’s iridescent blue. The terrain is rugged, a testament to the powerful forces that shaped it, with scree slopes and tumbled boulders speaking of millennia of erosion and geological upheaval. The history of Clear Creek is etched into the very bones of the land, a story whispered by the wind through the tall trees and carried on the ceaseless flow of its namesake waterway. This was a place that drew prospectors in search of its mineral wealth, their hopes and hardships now faded echoes in the quiet gulches. The economy, once fueled by the arduous extraction of gold, has found a gentler rhythm, now largely sustained by the bounty of the surrounding forests and the quiet allure of its natural beauty. While much of its past remains a hushed memory, the spirit of resilience and self-reliance persists in Clear Creek, a characteristic woven into the very fabric of its small, enduring community. The passage of time here feels less like a relentless march and more like the slow, deliberate unfolding of seasons, each bringing its own subtle shifts in light and shadow to the timeless landscape.
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About This Clear Creek Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Clear Creek, California with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Clear Creek and Siskiyou County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Clear Creek is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Clear Creek is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
