Explore Dos Rios, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Dos Rios, 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 Dos Rios.
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 | Dos Rios |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Mendocino County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 39.716822 |
| Longitude | -123.353348 |
| Population | 280 |
| Density | 2.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 95429 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| County Seat | Ukiah |
Dos Rios occupies a rugged confluence where the Eel River carves a deep, serpentine path through the landscape. It lies 39.9 miles north of Ukiah, CA (from Ukiah, CA: bearing 349°T), and is situated 18.9 miles north of Brooktrails. The surrounding terrain is defined by steep, oak-studded ridges that hold the heat of the afternoon, casting long, sharp shadows as the sun dips toward the horizon. Only a mile away, the quiet surface of Poonkinny Lake reflects the sky, providing a stark, still contrast to the persistent, rhythmic churning of the riverbed nearby. In the distance, the faint, hazy silhouettes of the Coast Ranges anchor the horizon, grounding the wide, inland expanse in a sense of geological permanence. The air here carries the scent of dry grass and sun-warmed earth, a heavy, fragrant stillness that settles over the valley floor long before the stars emerge.
History in Dos Rios is measured in the slow accumulation of river silt and the resilience of those who labor in the timber and agricultural corridors that define the regional economy. Beyond the immediate banks of the Eel River, the land remains largely untamed, with the California State Lands Commission managing tracts of wild, overgrown scrub that speak to the region’s isolation from the busier corridors to the south. Life moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, dictated by the cycles of the water and the shifting needs of a rural, land-dependent population. Far from the frantic hum of modern development, the people of Dos Rios maintain a quiet autonomy, their daily routines dictated by the geography of the nearby Little Water Canyon and the ever-present, watchful silence of the hills.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dos Rios, California. Coordinates: 39.716822, -123.353348. 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 Dos Rios includes the ZIP code (95429), telephone area code (408, 669), county seat of Mendocino County (Ukiah), and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |