El Dorado California Map
Explore El Dorado, 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 Dorado, California
How to Use This El Dorado, California Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for El Dorado, 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 Dorado.
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 Dorado |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | El Dorado County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 38.682682 |
| Longitude | -120.847715 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 8.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 95623 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| County Seat | Placerville |
About El Dorado, California
El Dorado is a locality in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². El Dorado is located at 38.6827°N, 120.8477°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95623.El Dorado occupies a rugged expanse of foothills where the landscape is defined by the steady, persistent flow of Slate Creek. It lies 2.0 miles west-southwest of Diamond Springs, CA (from Diamond Springs, CA: bearing 245°T), and is situated 7.6 miles east of Cameron Park. The terrain here is characterized by undulating ridges that drop toward the quiet basin of Coon Hollow, while the atmosphere is often heavy with the scent of dry grass and sun-baked earth. Beneath the vast, clear sky, the vegetation shifts from thin woodlands to open, golden savanna, maintaining a stark, unadorned beauty that sharpens at dusk. Residents often walk the El Dorado Trail, which cuts through the region as a reminder of the land’s original contours, while the nearby Hagen Pond offers a singular, reflective stillness amidst the surrounding brush.
El Dorado carries the weight of a past built on the frantic pursuit of gold, an era that left its mark on the very composition of the local soil and the layout of the old roads. This history informs the present, where the economy has transitioned from the feverish extraction of resources to a quieter, more deliberate pace of life. Though the Sierra Nevada looms as a distant, jagged silhouette on the horizon, the focus here remains grounded in the immediate reach of the land and the quiet industry of the people. Beyond the local thoroughfares, the influence of the Blodgett Experimental Forest persists, suggesting a landscape that is studied and managed rather than merely exploited. Those who traverse the Monument Trail find that the character of El Dorado is not found in grand spectacles, but in the enduring, quiet persistence of a place that has seen its boom years fade into a settled, rustic reality.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- El Dorado Trail (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 314° NW
- El Dorado Historical Museum (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 014° N
- Placerville Art Gallery (Gallery) — 4.0 mi, 038° NE
- Art Studio 360 (Gallery) — 4.0 mi, 038° NE
- Sigwarts Opera House (Theatre) — 4.1 mi, 039° NE
- Volution Gallery (Gallery) — 4.1 mi, 038° NE
- Unknown Park (Local Park) — 4.4 mi, 250° W
- North Fork Cosumnes River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 4.5 mi, 158° S
- Lumsden Park (Local Park) — 4.7 mi, 053° NE
- Pine Hill Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 5.5 mi, 257° W
- South Fork American River (Wild & Scenic River) — 5.7 mi, 013° N · 5,570 acres
- Eldorado Other (National Forest) — 7.4 mi, 053° NE · 179 acres
- Pine Hill Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 287° W
- Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 7.7 mi, 019° N · 703k acres
- Southwind Labradors (Attraction) — 8.2 mi, 272° W
- Cameron Park CSD Pool (Attraction) — 8.6 mi, 260° W
- Sutter's Mill Site (Monument) — 8.7 mi, 344° N
- Twin Bridges Swimming Hole (Attraction) — 8.8 mi, 116° SE
- Pleasant Grove House State Historic Landmark (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 277° W
- California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 9.4 mi, 033° NE
- Zentgraf House (Monument) — 9.6 mi, 281° W
- Shenandoah Valley Museum (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 158° S
- Folsom Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.5 mi, 303° NW
- Folsom Lake (State Recreation Area) — 11.4 mi, 303° NW
- Sobon Estate Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 154° SE
- Fairchild Park Indian Grinding Rocks (Historic Ruins) — 12.5 mi, 276° W
- Chew Kee Store (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 159° S
- Norcal Aquarium And Wildlife Center (Aquarium) — 14.9 mi, 262° W
- Livermore Community Park (Stadium) — 16.4 mi, 264° W
- Claypipers Theatre (Theatre) — 16.7 mi, 181° S
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About This El Dorado Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of El Dorado, California. Coordinates: 38.682682, -120.847715. 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 El Dorado includes the ZIP code (95623), telephone area code (530), county seat of El Dorado County (Placerville), 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. |
