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Covelo California Map

Explore Covelo, 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 Covelo, California

How to Use This Covelo, California Map

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

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

Latitude	39.792932
Longitude	-123.248069
Population	1,394
Density	75.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95428
Area Code	408, 669
County Seat	Ukiah
School District	Round Valley Unified School District

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About Covelo, California

Covelo is a locality in Mendocino County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,394. The population density is 75.9 people per km². Covelo is located at 39.7929°N, 123.2481°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95428.

Covelo occupies a quiet, expansive basin where the earth seems to hold its breath beneath a wide and heavy sky. It lies 44.5 miles north of Ukiah, CA (from Ukiah, CA: bearing 357°T), and is situated 27.1 miles north-northeast of Willits. Town Creek meanders through the landscape, its waters carving a subtle path through the flat expanse of Round Valley that defines the floor of this inland place. The surrounding terrain rises in muted, tawny folds of oak savanna, where the summer heat turns the grasses to a brittle, bleached gold. While the distant horizon suggests the jagged presence of the Coast Ranges, the immediate world here is one of high-plains silence, where the air stays thin and dry, smelling faintly of sun-baked dust and the resin of dry timber.

Covelo carries the weight of a long history, its identity tethered to the soil and the cycles of an economy built on the slow, deliberate work of the land. The proximity of the California State Lands Commission, just three miles away, provides a quiet border to the agricultural rhythm that governs the days here, where the work of the seasons dictates the movement of the people. Life in Covelo moves with a gravity of its own, far removed from the frantic pace of the outer world, feeling instead like a persistent, enduring pulse in the interior. The distance to Upper Lake marks the threshold of the wider region, yet the gravity of the valley remains, an island of stillness held within the vast, sun-drenched silence of the interior expanse.

Nearby Outdoor Places

California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 3.3 mi, 245° SW
California Historical Landmark #674 Round Valley (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 183° S
Thatcher Ridge Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 6.3 mi, 123° SE · 151 acres
Yuki Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 6.3 mi, 123° SE · 18k acres
Yuki Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.2 mi, 116° SE · 56k acres
Hulls Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 7.5 mi, 005° N · 4,858 acres
White Rock Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 7.6 mi, 260° W · 2,680 acres
Mendocino National Forest (National Forest) — 9.5 mi, 045° NE · 929k acres
Eden Valley Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 11.7 mi, 159° S · 6,477 acres
Six Rivers National Forest (National Forest) — 16.1 mi, 347° N · 978k acres
Indian Dick Forest Service Station (Historic Ruins) — 17.3 mi, 033° NE
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument (National Monument) — 19.2 mi, 130° SE · 598k acres
Elder Creek Natural History Landmark (Monument) — 21.7 mi, 258° W
Ocean View (Viewpoint) — 22.7 mi, 113° SE
Willits "W" Sign (Public Artwork) — 24.2 mi, 187° S
Chandelier Tree (Attraction) — 25.4 mi, 280° W
"ruins" (not That Ruined) (Historic Ruins) — 25.8 mi, 183° S
Wente Campfire (Theatre) — 25.8 mi, 183° S
Lopes Cabin (Attraction) — 26.8 mi, 147° SE
Willts Centennial Monument (Monument) — 26.8 mi, 192° S
Confusion Hill Mountain Train Ride (Attraction) — 28.7 mi, 288° W
Confusion Hill Redwood Shoehouse (Attraction) — 28.7 mi, 288° W
Cotton Auditorium (Theatre) — 37.7 mi, 231° SW
Otis R. Johnson Wilderness Park (Nature Reserve) — 37.8 mi, 231° SW
Noyo Center for Marine Science (Museum) — 38.2 mi, 231° SW
Corner Gallery (Gallery) — 44.5 mi, 177° S
Lansing Street Gallery (Gallery) — 44.6 mi, 221° SW
Mendocino Art Center (Arts Centre) — 44.7 mi, 222° SW

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