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Cuyama California Map

Explore Cuyama, 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 Cuyama, California

How to Use This Cuyama, California Map

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

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	Cuyama
State	California (CA)
County	Santa Barbara County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	34.935254
Longitude	-119.615128
Population	37
Density	31.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93254
Area Code	661
County Seat	Santa Barbara
School District	Cuyama Joint Unified School District

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About Cuyama, California

Cuyama is a locality in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 37. The population density is 31.5 people per km². Cuyama is located at 34.9353°N, 119.6151°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93254.

Cuyama stretches across a vast, arid basin where the high desert floor meets the base of rugged, sun-bleached slopes. It lies 35.3 miles north-northeast of Eastern Goleta Valley, CA (from Eastern Goleta Valley, CA: bearing 16°T), and is situated 16.9 miles south-southwest of Taft. Gravity pulls the seasonal flow of the Cuyama River through the parched earth just a mile from the center, carving a narrow, verdant vein through an otherwise tawny landscape of brush and scrub. To the south, the terrain breaks into the fractured, steep topography of Castro Canyon, while the distant, snow-dusted peaks of the Sierra Nevada occasionally haunt the horizon like a dream of a cooler climate. The light here possesses a piercing, unfiltered clarity, turning the golden grasses into a shimmering expanse that shifts from pale straw to deep amber as the sun dips low.

Agriculture defines the pulse of Cuyama, where expansive fields draw sustenance from the groundwater to produce carrots and other row crops in a stark, industrial rhythm. The Upper Cuyama Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern stands as a vigilant guardian over the surrounding wild lands, preserving the fragile habitat against the encroachment of modern development. Life in Cuyama moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, far removed from the frantic energy of metropolitan centers, though the presence of ancient fault lines beneath the soil serves as a quiet reminder of the land’s restless, tectonic history. Residents find a singular beauty in the stillness of the high plains, where the silence is broken only by the wind whistling through the dry stalks and the occasional hawk circling the wide, unclouded sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Upper Cuyama Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 1.7 mi, 108° E
Carrizo Plain National Monument (National Monument) — 2.1 mi, 359° N · 247k acres
Unknown Site - Carrizo Plain Conservancy (Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 360° N
Richardson County Park (Local Park) — 3.7 mi, 277° W
Los Padres Other (National Forest) — 4.4 mi, 282° W · 895 acres
Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 4.6 mi, 180° S · 1.8M acres
Caliente Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 7.7 mi, 300° NW · 18k acres
Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 9.1 mi, 085° E · 30k acres
San Rafael Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 10.3 mi, 214° SW · 191k acres
Dick Smith Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 10.6 mi, 166° S · 71k acres
Szent András-törésvonal (San Andreas) (Attraction) — 12.4 mi, 352° N
Carrizo Plains Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 12.8 mi, 356° N
Sisquoc, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 13.6 mi, 199° S · 10k acres
Sisquoc Condor Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 14.9 mi, 207° SW
Lakeview Gusher #1 (Monument) — 16.2 mi, 048° NE
Ethel D. Oil Tool & Supply House (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 035° NE
Oil Patch Fire House (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 035° NE
Jameson #17 (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 035° NE
Santa Ynez Overlook (Viewpoint) — 24.8 mi, 237° SW
Wallace Creek (Monument) — 26.2 mi, 333° NW
San Emigdio Plantation (Nature Reserve) — 30.6 mi, 102° E
St Francis (Public Artwork) — 30.9 mi, 229° SW
Root Cellar (Historic Ruins) — 31.8 mi, 185° S
Possible Root Cellar Location (Historic Ruins) — 31.8 mi, 185° S
Markowitz Memorial (Monument) — 33.1 mi, 206° SW
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 34.6 mi, 189° S
The Hitchcock Cinema & Public House (Cinema) — 35.4 mi, 192° S
Caldwell Snyder (Gallery) — 35.5 mi, 182° S
Peregrine Galleries (Gallery) — 35.6 mi, 183° S
Portico Gallery (Gallery) — 35.6 mi, 183° S

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