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Emerald Lake Hills California Map

Explore Emerald Lake Hills, 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 Emerald Lake Hills, California

How to Use This Emerald Lake Hills, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Emerald Lake Hills, 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 Emerald Lake Hills.

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	Emerald Lake Hills
State	California (CA)
County	San Mateo County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	37.46466
Longitude	-122.268023
Population	4,406
Density	1439.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	94062
Area Code	415, 628
County Seat	Redwood City
School District	Redwood City Elementary School District

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About Emerald Lake Hills, California

Emerald Lake Hills is a locality in San Mateo County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,406. The population density is 1439.2 people per km². Emerald Lake Hills is located at 37.4647°N, 122.2680°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 94062.

Emerald Lake Hills rises across a series of steep, wooded ridges that shoulder the weight of a dense, verdant canopy. It lies 2.2 miles southwest of Redwood City, CA (from Redwood City, CA: bearing 231°T), and is situated 7.5 miles south-southeast of San Mateo. The landscape shifts from the shadowed hollows of McGarvey Gulch to the sun-bleached slopes that look toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Coast Ranges. At the center of this terrain, Lower Emerald Lake catches the shifting Pacific light, acting as a quiet mirror for the oaks that cling to the uneven ground. Only three miles to the west, the Pacific Ocean exerts its influence, sending thin veils of salt-heavy fog to drift over the rising land each evening. The earth here feels precarious and alive, resting atop the deep, silent fault lines that have shaped the jagged contours of the topography over eons.

Early settlers carved a residential identity into these slopes, seeking a refuge from the dense, industrial press of the lowlands. Today, the economy of Emerald Lake Hills remains defined by a quiet, professional independence, as residents sustain a life shaped by the immediate proximity of Edgewood Park and Natural Preserve. On quiet mornings, the silence is broken only by the movement of wildlife along the Sylvan Trail or the seasonal rush of water through the Arroyo Ojo De Agua. Life here follows the rhythm of the seasons, where the golden grasses of summer eventually give way to the winter rains that fill the gullies. Bair Island remains a distant, marshy landmark on the horizon, a reminder of the coastal transition that separates these high ridges from the vast, open water beyond.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Edgewood Park and Natural Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 0.2 mi, 295° NW
Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Marine Protected Area) — 0.6 mi, 250° W
SFPUC Peninsula Watershed (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.7 mi, 234° SW
Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.1 mi, 310° NW
Stulsaft Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 129° SE
Westwood Park (Local Park) — 1.2 mi, 101° E
Gaspar de Portolá Expedition Campsite (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 259° W
Town of West Union (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 260° W
City Trees (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 044° NE
Filoli Center (Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 283° W
Crisantemos (Public Artwork) — 2.4 mi, 050° NE
Woodside Store (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 192° S
Fox Theatre (Theatre) — 2.6 mi, 055° NE
Domin Hoskins Black History Museum & Learning Center (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 057° NE
Redwood Downtown 20 and XD (Cinema) — 2.6 mi, 055° NE
Center for Creativity (Arts Centre) — 2.7 mi, 056° NE
Casa Círculo Cultural (Arts Centre) — 2.8 mi, 056° NE
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.9 mi, 033° NE · 81k acres
Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 3.1 mi, 310° NW
Bair Island Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 028° NE
Public Bocce Court (Attraction) — 3.5 mi, 044° NE
Bair Island State Marine Park (Marine Protected Area) — 3.5 mi, 028° NE
Carriage Room Museum (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 175° S
Wiegand Gallery (Gallery) — 3.9 mi, 344° N
Burleigh H. Murray Ranch (State Park) — 4.2 mi, 266° W
The Main Gallery (Gallery) — 4.6 mi, 103° E
Sense Fine Art (Gallery) — 4.6 mi, 102° E
Historic Railroad Station (Attraction) — 4.7 mi, 098° E
Stem Cell Research information placards (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 114° SE
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 9.9 mi, 232° SW · 8,946 acres

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