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Cold Springs California Map

Explore Cold Springs, 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 Cold Springs, California

How to Use This Cold Springs, California Map

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

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	Cold Springs
State	California (CA)
County	Tuolumne County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	38.74644
Longitude	-120.873807
Population	556
Density	220.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	95335, 95667
Area Code	408, 669, 530
County Seat	Sonora
School District	El Dorado Union High School District

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About Cold Springs, California

Cold Springs is a locality in Tuolumne County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 556. The population density is 220.2 people per km². Cold Springs is located at 38.7464°N, 120.8738°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95335, 95667.

Cold Springs occupies a high, rugged elevation where the air thins and sharpens against the granite bones of the earth. It lies 51.2 miles east-northeast of Oakdale, CA (from Oakdale, CA: bearing 57°T), and is situated 17.5 miles northeast of Phoenix Lake. The landscape surrounding Cold Springs carries the dense, resinous scent of the Stanislaus National Forest, which envelopes the locality in a vast canopy of pine and fir. A mile away, the North Fork Tuolumne River cuts a determined path through the bedrock, its cold currents churning toward the lowlands with a relentless, glacial patience. To the east, the Sierra Nevada rises in a jagged, blue-tinted silhouette against the horizon, anchoring the topography, while the nearby Fraser Flat offers a momentary leveling of the steep, timbered terrain. When the sun retreats behind the peaks, a violet shadow spills into the ravines, and the stillness of the high country settles over the ridges like a heavy, velvet shroud.

Gold-flecked history clings to the soil of Cold Springs, echoing the frantic industry of those who first broke the ground in search of mineral wealth. While the prospectors have long since departed, the local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, moving between the seasonal pulses of timber management and the quiet, steady commerce of a mountain outpost. Visitors often pause here before venturing further toward the stillness of Beardsley Lake, where the water mirrors the shifting moods of the sky with glassy precision. Life in Cold Springs proceeds with a deliberate, measured cadence, defined by the necessity of preparing for the winter snows and the brief, brilliant intensity of the mountain summer. The people here understand the quiet authority of their surroundings, respecting a geography that demands resilience and offers, in return, a profound, unadorned solitude.

Nearby Outdoor Places

South Fork American River (Wild & Scenic River) — 1.8 mi, 037° NE · 5,570 acres
Orchard Hill Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 124° SE
El Dorado Historical Museum (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 125° SE
El Dorado Trail (Local Recreation) — 3.0 mi, 121° SE
Sutter's Mill Site (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 346° N
Placerville Art Gallery (Gallery) — 4.1 mi, 108° E
Art Studio 360 (Gallery) — 4.1 mi, 108° E
Sigwarts Opera House (Theatre) — 4.1 mi, 107° E
Volution Gallery (Gallery) — 4.1 mi, 107° E
Pine Hill Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 4.6 mi, 247° SW
Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 4.8 mi, 053° NE · 703k acres
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.9 mi, 229° SW
Pine Hill Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 253° W
Eldorado Other (National Forest) — 7.3 mi, 088° E · 179 acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 7.4 mi, 061° NE
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 7.5 mi, 280° W
Southwind Labradors (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 239° SW
Folsom Lake (State Recreation Area) — 8.4 mi, 283° W
Zentgraf House (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 252° W
Pleasant Grove House State Historic Landmark (Monument) — 8.6 mi, 247° SW
Traverse Creek Botanical Special Interest Area Botanical Area (National Scenic Byway) — 8.9 mi, 019° N
Cameron Park CSD Pool (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 230° SW
Fairchild Park Indian Grinding Rocks (Historic Ruins) — 11.4 mi, 255° W
Twin Bridges Swimming Hole (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 132° SE
Wild Fig Orchard (Viewpoint) — 14.1 mi, 312° NW
McCann Stadium (Stadium) — 14.6 mi, 313° NW
Placer County Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 313° NW
Bernard House (Museum) — 14.8 mi, 313° NW
Shenandoah Valley Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 159° S
Norcal Aquarium And Wildlife Center (Aquarium) — 14.9 mi, 244° SW

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