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Day Valley California Map

Explore Day Valley, 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 Day Valley, California

How to Use This Day Valley, California Map

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

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	Day Valley
State	California (CA)
County	Santa Cruz County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	37.025439
Longitude	-121.855931
Population	3,410
Density	71.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	95003, 95076
Area Code	408, 669
County Seat	Santa Cruz
School District	Pajaro Valley Joint Unified School District

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About Day Valley, California

Day Valley is a locality in Santa Cruz County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,410. The population density is 71.2 people per km². Day Valley is located at 37.0254°N, 121.8559°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95003, 95076.

Day Valley occupies a quiet intersection of dense forest and sun-bleached slopes, where the morning fog often lingers like a ghost against the dark, needle-strewn floor of The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. It lies 6.2 miles east-northeast of Soquel, CA (from Soquel, CA: bearing 58°T), and is situated 7.4 miles east-northeast of Live Oak. A mile to the west, the cooling influence of the Pacific Ocean pulls at the air, dampening the heat of the afternoon and coaxing a silver sheen from the leaves of the native oaks. The land is defined by the sharp, downward pull of Aptos Creek, which carves a narrow, verdant path through the terrain, while the hidden rush of Fiver Finger Falls provides a constant, rhythmic pulse to the woods. Beyond the immediate canopy, the distant, hazy blue of the Coast Ranges marks the horizon, standing as a silent sentinel over the proximity of Whites Lagoon and the nearby expanse of Bear Valley.

Day Valley carries the quiet weight of a landscape once shaped by the industry of timber, though the echoes of the logging era have long since faded into the modern stillness of residential life. The economy here has transitioned from the extraction of redwood fiber to a quieter, domestic existence, where the pace is set by the seasonal drying of the grasses and the slow migration of light across the hillsides. Residents often traverse the Big Slide Trail, moving through a geography that remains fundamentally wild despite the encroachment of paved roads and property lines. The atmosphere of Day Valley is one of deliberate seclusion, a place where the proximity to the coast is felt more in the salt-heavy breeze than in the bustle of commerce, allowing the daily rhythm to settle into a steady, unforced cadence.

Nearby Outdoor Places

The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park (State Park) — 0.8 mi, 318° NW
Epicenter Loma Prieta Earthquake (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 283° W
Buzzard Lagoon Overview (Viewpoint) — 1.9 mi, 029° NE
Byrne-Milliron Forest (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 090° E
Bridge Creek Historic Site (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 297° NW
Polo Grounds Park (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 199° S
Soquel Demonstration State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 354° N
Uvas Canyon County Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 030° NE
Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.3 mi, 174° S · 356 acres
Aptos History Museum (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 223° SW
Seacliff State Beach (State Park) — 4.5 mi, 216° SW
Cabrillo Gallery (Public Artwork) — 4.6 mi, 237° SW
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 4.9 mi, 207° SW
Amphitheater Group Area (Theatre) — 5.3 mi, 040° NE
First High Altitude Aeroplane Flights (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 187° S
Watsonville Slough Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.1 mi, 172° S
Capitola Historical Museum (Museum) — 6.4 mi, 237° SW
Ropes Course (Attraction) — 7.1 mi, 258° W
CineLux 41st Avenue Cinemas (Cinema) — 7.2 mi, 239° SW
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 7.2 mi, 234° SW · 8,946 acres
Mon Ami Art Studios (Gallery) — 7.3 mi, 235° SW
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ca (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.6 mi, 158° S · 198 acres
Crystal Bay Farm (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 171° S
Night Fighter (Monument) — 8.0 mi, 233° SW
Santa Cruz Shakespeare (Theatre) — 8.0 mi, 255° W
Harvey West Historic Structure (Historic Ruins) — 8.2 mi, 258° W
White deer pen (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 096° E
Whitewater Cove Riparian Corridor (Nature Reserve) — 8.4 mi, 243° SW
Agricultural History Project Center and Museum (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 127° SE
Soquel Canyon State Marine Conservation Area (Marine Protected Area) — 12.9 mi, 199° S

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