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Douglas Flat California Map

Explore Douglas Flat, 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 Douglas Flat, California

How to Use This Douglas Flat, California Map

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

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	Douglas Flat
State	California (CA)
County	Calaveras County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	38.114365
Longitude	-120.454921
Population	181
Density	105.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	95251, 95229, 95247
Area Code	408, 669
County Seat	San Andreas
School District	Bret Harte Union High School District

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About Douglas Flat, California

Douglas Flat is a locality in Calaveras County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 181. The population density is 105.5 people per km². Douglas Flat is located at 38.1144°N, 120.4549°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95251, 95229, 95247.

Douglas Flat sits as a quiet witness to the dry, oak-studded landscape where the earth deepens into the rugged depression of Wild Goose Gulch. It lies 32.2 miles northeast of Oakdale, CA (from Oakdale, CA: bearing 42°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north-northwest of Sonora. Coyote Creek carves a seasonal path through the terrain, its bed often brittle and pale under the heavy, unfiltered glare of the afternoon sun. Beyond the immediate brush and scrub, the horizon is anchored by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sierra Nevada, which looms as a jagged reminder of the high country far to the east. Within the local topography, the land holds a parched, enduring stillness, occasionally broken by the rustle of grass as the heat radiates upward from the soil.

Gold-flecked history clings to the dust of Douglas Flat, a settlement born from the frantic industry of early mining ventures that once defined the region’s economy. While the feverish pursuit of precious metals has long since faded, the area retains a weathered character, marked by the proximity of New Melones where the landscape shifts toward public recreation and protected open space. Residents here live in a rhythm dictated by the shifting climate, occasionally venturing toward the quiet waters of Ross Reservoir or tracking the elevation changes near the Darby Knob Firebreak. Life in Douglas Flat maintains a sparse, deliberate pace, where the legacy of the earth—once upturned for profit—now rests in a state of sun-bleached, solitary repose.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Black Bart Playhouse (Theatre) — 1.5 mi, 342° N
Murphys (Monument) — 1.6 mi, 347° N
New Melones (Resource Management Area) — 1.8 mi, 130° SE
Mercer Caverns (Attraction) — 2.8 mi, 334° NW
Vallecito Western Mine (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 239° SW
Moaning Caverns Adventure Park (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 191° S
Stanislaus National Forest (National Forest) — 3.5 mi, 116° SE · 901k acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 3.6 mi, 142° SE
Mark Twain Monument (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 239° SW
Historic Fallon House Theater (Theatre) — 6.3 mi, 153° SE
California Caverns (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 334° NW
Springfield Armory/School/Store (Historic Ruins) — 6.8 mi, 160° S
Me-Wuk Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 7.0 mi, 147° SE
New Melones Lake (Resource Management Area) — 7.4 mi, 196° S
National Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 9.0 mi, 195° S
Dunlavy Field (Stadium) — 9.4 mi, 157° SE
Top of the World (Viewpoint) — 9.4 mi, 023° NE
Veterans Memorial Military Museum (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 156° SE
Tuolumne County Museum (Museum) — 9.8 mi, 157° SE
Nissenan Manzanita Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.9 mi, 164° S
Jamestown Branch Jail (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 171° S
Sierra Nevada Logging Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 030° NE
Calaveras Big Trees State Park (State Park) — 12.7 mi, 035° NE
Calaveras County Historical Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 295° NW
Tuolumne, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.9 mi, 146° SE · 8,379 acres
Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 18.1 mi, 329° NW · 2,737 acres
Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 22.9 mi, 359° N · 703k acres
Emigrant Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 29.2 mi, 092° E · 113k acres
Yosemite Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 31.7 mi, 100° E · 704k acres
Yosemite National Park (National Park) — 31.7 mi, 100° E · 743k acres

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