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El Centro Naval Air Facility California Map

Explore El Centro Naval Air Facility, 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 El Centro Naval Air Facility, California

How to Use This El Centro Naval Air Facility, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for El Centro Naval Air Facility, 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 El Centro Naval Air Facility.

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	El Centro Naval Air Facility
State	California (CA)
County	Imperial County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	32.8252
Longitude	-115.6681
Population	280
Density	25.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	92243
Area Code	714
County Seat	El Centro
School District	Imperial Unified School District

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About El Centro Naval Air Facility, California

El Centro Naval Air Facility is a locality in Imperial County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 25.8 people per km². El Centro Naval Air Facility is located at 32.8252°N, 115.6681°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 92243.

El Centro Naval Air Facility commands a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches flat and uncompromising against a sky of relentless, pale clarity. It lies 5.9 miles west-southwest of Imperial, CA (from Imperial, CA: bearing 255°T), and is situated 6.5 miles west-northwest of El Centro. The landscape surrounding El Centro Naval Air Facility consists of arid, low-lying desert plains, punctuated only by the sparse, scrubby flora that clings to the alkaline soil. To the west, the distant, jagged silhouette of the Superstition Hills rises as a hazy violet serration, while the earth itself seems to hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has begun its descent. A few miles away, the quiet waters of Sunbeam Lake provide a rare contrast to the dusty, monochromatic palette, and the winding course of the New River carves a subtle, darkening thread through the parched basin floor.

History remains etched into the functionality of this site, which emerged as a pivotal hub for aviation training and tactical testing in a theater of operations defined by its extreme, dry climate. The local economy and daily rhythm remain tethered to the specialized requirements of the installation, where the roar of engines often breaks the profound silence of the desert floor. Workers and personnel move through a world of utilitarian architecture and expansive flight lines, occasionally finding respite in the modest shade offered near Robert Bates Memorial Park. Beyond the perimeter, the region transitions into agricultural fields that rely on intricate irrigation, drawing life from the land in a stark, industrial dance that persists even when the winds from the West Mesa stir the fine, silt-like dust into shimmering, ephemeral veils.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Site of Fort Romulado Pacheco (Historic Castle / Fort) — 1.9 mi, 314° NW
Robert Bates Memorial Park (Local Park) — 2.6 mi, 213° SW
Sunbeam Lake Park (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 201° S
Yuha Well (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 182° S
West Mesa Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 5.0 mi, 360° N
Milton Leeper (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 116° SE
Historical Watering Trough (Monument) — 6.5 mi, 110° E
He is Risen (Public Artwork) — 6.7 mi, 111° E
Yuha Basin Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.2 mi, 198° S
Cinema Curto (Theatre) — 15.3 mi, 137° SE
ICC museo UABC (Museum) — 16.5 mi, 132° SE
Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 16.6 mi, 351° N · 64k acres
Coyote Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 16.8 mi, 270° W · 24k acres
Crucifixion thorn (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 230° SW
Jacumba Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 17.6 mi, 237° SW · 33k acres
Photography Bird Hide (Viewpoint) — 17.9 mi, 352° N
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (State Park) — 20.5 mi, 286° W
Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 24.1 mi, 333° NW
Salt Flats And Steel Cubes (Removed) (Attraction) — 25.6 mi, 009° N
Customs and Border Protection Checkpoint Slowjamastan (Attraction) — 26.8 mi, 321° NW
Rake Tower (Historic Ruins) — 26.8 mi, 056° NE
Stage Station Historical Marker (Historic Ruins) — 27.5 mi, 247° SW
Coyote's Flying Saucer Retrieval and Repair Service (Attraction) — 27.6 mi, 245° SW
Table Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 28.8 mi, 252° W · 41k acres
Cleveland National Forest (National Forest) — 41.2 mi, 268° W · 426k acres
Aztec Woods (Nature Reserve) — 44.1 mi, 272° W
Campfire Circle (Theatre) — 46.3 mi, 298° NW
Pacific Southwest Railway Museum (Museum) — 48.8 mi, 253° W
Salton Sea History Museum & Visitor Center (Museum) — 50.4 mi, 342° N
Joshua Tree National Park (National Park) — 58.5 mi, 357° N · 784k acres

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