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Clipper Mills California Map

Explore Clipper Mills, 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 Clipper Mills, California

How to Use This Clipper Mills, California Map

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

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

Latitude	39.532667
Longitude	-121.157459
Population	160
Density	35.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95930
Area Code	530
County Seat	Oroville
School District	Marysville Joint Unified School District

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About Clipper Mills, California

Clipper Mills is a locality in Butte County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 160. The population density is 35.5 people per km². Clipper Mills is located at 39.5327°N, 121.1575°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95930.

Clipper Mills occupies a rugged expanse where the terrain shifts from dense woodland into the quiet, fractured geology of the foothills. It lies 21.3 miles east of Oroville, CA (from Oroville, CA: bearing 86°T), and is situated 16.6 miles east of Oroville East. Grizzly Creek carves a persistent path through the landscape, its waters feeding the local drainage long before the land drops toward the deeper indentations of Scott Ravine. The air here holds the scent of pine and dry earth, particularly during the months when the sun burns the undergrowth into a brittle, golden hue. Beyond the immediate canopy, the vast, protected acreage of Plumas National Forest creates a seamless boundary of timber and shadow. While the distant Sierra Nevada remains a jagged, pale suggestion on the eastern horizon, the immediate vicinity feels defined by the sudden, plunging descent of Feather Falls, which marks the dramatic transition of the local hydrology.

Clipper Mills retains the quiet gravity of a place that once served the relentless demands of the gold-era timber and mining industries. The local economy shifted away from the frantic pace of extraction long ago, leaving behind a stillness that permeates the remaining clearings and scattered homesteads. Residents now navigate a life dictated by the seasonal cycle of the forest rather than the pulse of the market, often looking toward the nearby New Bullards Bar Reservoir as a primary focal point for the region’s water management and recreation. The character of Clipper Mills is found in this slow, deliberate maintenance of a quiet life, where the history of the diggings has been largely reclaimed by the encroaching brush and the steady, unyielding growth of the surrounding trees.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Plumas National Forest (National Forest) — 0.5 mi, 154° SE · 1.2M acres
New Bullards Bar Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 118° SE
Tahoe National Forest (National Forest) — 1.8 mi, 128° SE · 895k acres
Challenge Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 3.1 mi, 233° SW
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 6.3 mi, 078° E
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.9 mi, 279° W
Feather Falls Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 8.2 mi, 319° NW
Feather, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 10.0 mi, 319° NW · 24k acres
Yuba Rim Overlook (Viewpoint) — 11.6 mi, 177° S
Daugherty Hill Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 13.1 mi, 227° SW
Frank C. Reilly Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 042° NE
South Yuba River State Park (State Park) — 15.3 mi, 185° S
Purdon Crossing (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 157° SE
China Dam (Attraction) — 15.4 mi, 154° SE
Emerald Pool (Attraction) — 15.5 mi, 154° SE
World's First Long-Distance Telephone Line (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 181° S
Edwards Crossing (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 146° SE
North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, California Registered Historical Landmark No. 852 (Monument) — 17.3 mi, 131° SE
Downie Chapter 1249 (Monument) — 17.7 mi, 084° E
Downieville Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 084° E
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 19.1 mi, 013° N · 1,886 acres
Providence Mine (Historic Ruins) — 20.0 mi, 161° S
Stamp Mill (Historic Ruins) — 20.0 mi, 158° S
Mystic Theater (Theatre) — 20.0 mi, 158° S
Firehouse Number 1 Museum (Museum) — 20.1 mi, 158° S
Bath House Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 267° W
North Star Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 168° S
Bucks Lake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.4 mi, 360° N · 24k acres
Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 27.3 mi, 287° W
Downtown Kaleidoscope (Public Artwork) — 38.9 mi, 291° W

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