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Dogtown California Map

Explore Dogtown, 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 Dogtown, California

How to Use This Dogtown, California Map

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

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

Latitude	38.208667
Longitude	-121.154809
Population	2,516
Density	74.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	95939, 95311, 95220
Area Code	408, 669
County Seat	Willows
School District	Lodi Unified School District

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About Dogtown, California

Dogtown is a locality in Glenn County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,516. The population density is 74.9 people per km². Dogtown is located at 38.2087°N, 121.1548°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95939, 95311, 95220.

Dogtown occupies a rugged basin where the North Fork Elk Creek carves a path through the dense, timbered shadows of the Mendocino National Forest. It lies 40.2 miles northeast of Ukiah, CA (from Ukiah, CA: bearing 41°T), and is situated 29.6 miles west-southwest of Orland. The land rises in broken, sun-bleached ridges that catch the late afternoon light, turning the dry grasses to the color of pale straw while the air cools rapidly under the canopy of ancient oaks and conifers. Three miles to the east, the basin opens into the broad, quiet expanse of Gravelly Flat, where the earth settles into a stillness rarely broken by the modern world. At dusk, the silence in Dogtown deepens, weighted by the scent of pine needles and the cooling stone of the forest floor, creating an atmosphere that feels both ancient and entirely indifferent to the passage of time.

Dogtown remains a quiet testament to the era of extraction, its origins rooted in the restless ambitions of those who sought fortune in the deep timber and hidden veins of the earth. While the frantic energy of its early mining days has long since faded into the quietude of the forest, the remnants of that history linger in the rusted iron and weathered foundations scattered along the banks of the North Fork Elk Creek. The economy now moves at the pace of the seasons, dominated by forest management and the slow, deliberate work of those who steward the wilder reaches of the Mendocino National Forest. Life in Dogtown is tethered to the rhythms of the interior, far from the bustle of the distant Coast Ranges, finding its purpose in the maintenance of trails and the quiet preservation of a landscape that demands both respect and resilience from its inhabitants.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Stillman Magee Park (Local Park) — 3.2 mi, 098° E
Camanche Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 7.1 mi, 086° E
Omega Cellars (Attraction) — 7.3 mi, 190° S
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 7.6 mi, 231° SW
Rancho Seco Recreational Area (Local Recreation) — 8.4 mi, 010° N
Rae House Museum (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 292° W
Bear Creek (Local Park) — 12.0 mi, 209° SW
Cosumnes River Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 12.2 mi, 310° NW
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 12.6 mi, 298° NW
Cosumnes River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 12.9 mi, 286° W
Woodbridge Ecological Preserve - North Unit (Nature Reserve) — 15.2 mi, 260° W
Iron Ivan (Monument) — 15.6 mi, 050° NE
LH Horton Jr. Art Gallery (Gallery) — 17.2 mi, 211° SW
Janet Leigh Theatre (Cinema) — 17.9 mi, 208° SW
Talking Pillars (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 208° SW
The Bent of The Tau Beta Pi Association - CA Phi Chapter (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 208° SW
Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.0 mi, 298° NW · 7,119 acres
Bob Hope Theatre (Theatre) — 19.1 mi, 202° S
Stockton (Attraction) — 19.1 mi, 203° SW
Stone Lakes National Wildlife Refuge 2 (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.2 mi, 285° W · 561 acres
Steampunk Art (Public Artwork) — 21.9 mi, 320° NW
The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown (Attraction) — 22.9 mi, 046° NE
Amador County Museum (Museum) — 22.9 mi, 065° NE
Keystone Mine (Historic Ruins) — 23.0 mi, 051° NE
Historic Joseph H. Thomas House (Attraction) — 23.1 mi, 051° NE
3 Fish Studios (Gallery) — 23.1 mi, 051° NE
Change House Museum and Gift Shop (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 061° NE
Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 24.6 mi, 072° E · 2,737 acres
Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 38.9 mi, 057° NE · 703k acres
Stanislaus National Forest (National Forest) — 39.6 mi, 066° NE · 901k acres

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