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Cottonwood California Map

Explore Cottonwood, 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 Cottonwood, California

How to Use This Cottonwood, California Map

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

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

Latitude	40.390291
Longitude	-122.315631
Population	6,268
Density	183.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	93307, 95694, 96022
Area Code	530
County Seat	Redding
School District	Anderson Union High School District

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About Cottonwood, California

Cottonwood is a locality in Shasta County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 6,268. The population density is 183.0 people per km². Cottonwood is located at 40.3903°N, 122.3156°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 93307, 95694, 96022.

Cottonwood occupies a sun-bleached expanse of the northern Sacramento Valley, where the dry heat of midsummer turns the tall grasses into brittle, amber stalks. It lies 4.4 miles south-southeast of Anderson, CA (from Anderson, CA: bearing 168°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east-southeast of Olinda. The horizon is anchored by the distant, serrated silhouettes of the Cascade Range, which remain hazy and violet against the relentless brilliance of the afternoon sky. Only a mile away, Cottonwood Creek carves a low, shaded corridor through the landscape, offering a brief respite of cool, riparian green before the terrain rises into the rugged, uneven topography of Schmeider Gulch. Within the immediate reach of the settlement, Cottonwood Community Park provides a modest patch of manicured lawn and shade, a necessary contrast to the vast, open plains that stretch toward the shimmering, distant surface of Table Mountain Lake.

History here is written in the quiet remnants of transit and trade, as the settlement grew from the necessity of a stopping point on the routes that pushed further into the rugged interior. The local economy maintains a steady, unadorned pulse, driven by the rhythms of agricultural labor and the movement of goods along the primary arteries that bypass the quiet residential grid. Dust motes dance in the heavy, static air of late afternoon, settling on the weathered siding of older structures that have watched the seasons cycle through decades of drought and bloom. Life in Cottonwood moves with a deliberate, sparse gravity, defined by the stark clarity of the light and the persistent, dry whisper of the wind moving over the scorched earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cottonwood Community Park (Local Park) — 1.4 mi, 100° E
Anderson Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 012° N
Mouth of Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.4 mi, 085° E
California-Oregon Highway Historical Marker (Monument) — 5.2 mi, 355° N
Sacramento River/bend Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 5.6 mi, 096° E
Sacramento River (Wild & Scenic River) — 5.9 mi, 097° E · 8,248 acres
Battle Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 6.4 mi, 092° E · 12k acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 6.6 mi, 122° SE
Battle Creek Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 092° E
Clear Creek/sacramento River Island Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.0 mi, 354° N
Lassen National Forest (National Forest) — 8.7 mi, 006° N · 1.1M acres
Clear Creek Gold Discovery Historical Marker (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 337° NW
Clear Creek Gorge Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.7 mi, 312° NW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 11.9 mi, 307° NW
Palo Cedro Video (Cinema) — 12.6 mi, 019° N
Nur Pon Salmon Run (Public Artwork) — 12.8 mi, 346° N
Turtle Bay Bird Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 14.1 mi, 348° N
Art Gallery (Gallery) — 14.2 mi, 347° N
Mendocino National Forest (National Forest) — 15.2 mi, 161° S · 929k acres
Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 15.4 mi, 320° NW · 42k acres
Prime Cinemas (Cinema) — 16.2 mi, 163° S
Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.8 mi, 154° SE · 21k acres
Shasta Lake Ranger Station (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 357° N
Kennett (Historic Ruins) — 24.7 mi, 349° N
Afterthought Mine (Historic Ruins) — 27.0 mi, 028° NE
Tehama County Museum (Museum) — 27.1 mi, 158° S
Lake Shasta Caverns (Attraction) — 28.6 mi, 001° N
Jake Jackson Memorial Museum (Museum) — 40.3 mi, 306° NW
Highland Art Center (Arts Centre) — 40.3 mi, 306° NW
Seismograph (Attraction) — 40.8 mi, 075° E

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