Crest California Map

About Crest, California

Crest is a locality in Lassen County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,828. The population density is 167.2 people per km². Crest is located at 32.8000°N, 116.8671°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 96123, 92021.

Crest occupies a rugged spine of high ground where the earth seems to exhale the heat of the interior. It lies 26.0 miles northeast of Susanville, CA (from Susanville, CA: bearing 35°T), and is situated 30.7 miles north-northeast of Janesville. The landscape around Crest is defined by a brittle, ochre-tinted scrub that clings to slopes sharpened by deep erosion, with Rye Patch Canyon carved into the earth six miles away to provide a natural drainage for the seasonal runoff. The air here holds a thin, crystalline quality, devoid of the damp weight found closer to the distant Cascade Range, which remains a faint, serrated shadow on the northern horizon. During the height of the summer, the grasses turn a pale, tinder-dry gold, and the only reprieve from the relentless sun comes from the shadow of scrub oaks or the faint, cooling draft that occasionally rises from the nearby Snowstorm Creek.

History in Crest lingers in the quiet persistence of those who chose to build upon these steep, unforgiving inclines rather than the valley floors. Economic life here is sparse and self-contained, shaped by the practical demands of maintaining infrastructure against the constant pressure of fire and wind. The proximity to the Tunnison Mountain Wilderness Study Area offers a stark reminder of the wilder, unmapped territory that dictates the boundaries of local development. Life in Crest moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its own isolation, where the evening light turns the surrounding ridges into silhouettes of bruised violet and the silence of the high interior settles over the rooftops like a heavy, cooling blanket.

About This Crest Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Crest, California. Coordinates: 32.80002, -116.867078. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Crest includes the ZIP code (96123, 92021), telephone area code (530, 714), county seat of Lassen County (Susanville), and school district assignment (Grossmont Union High School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.