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Fair Play California Map

Explore Fair Play, 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 Fair Play, California

How to Use This Fair Play, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fair Play, 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 Fair Play.

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	Fair Play
State	California (CA)
County	El Dorado County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	38.593517
Longitude	-120.660486
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95684
Area Code	530
County Seat	Placerville

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About Fair Play, California

Fair Play is a locality in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Fair Play is located at 38.5935°N, 120.6605°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95684.

Fair Play occupies a rugged, elevated expanse where the terrain shifts from dense woodland into the sun-bleached contours of the foothills. It lies 10.9 miles southeast of Diamond Springs, CA (from Diamond Springs, CA: bearing 130°T), and is situated 8.0 miles southwest of Happy Valley. Stoney Creek carves a narrow, winding path through this landscape, providing a vital artery that sustains the vegetation before the water eventually settles into the basin of Perry Reservoir. To the east, the distant, serrated spine of the Sierra Nevada creates a jagged silhouette against the sky, while the immediate surroundings are defined by the steep, shadowed walls of Brushy Canyon. The air here carries a dry, pine-scented clarity, particularly as the afternoon light hardens and casts long, sharp shadows across the rocky outcrops that mark the transition toward the higher elevations of Mount Zion State Forest.

Fair Play emerged from the restless energy of the nineteenth-century gold rush, evolving from a raw mining camp into a quiet enclave defined by the deliberate, patient work of viticulture. The local economy now pivots on the cultivation of hillside vineyards, with row upon row of vines drawing character from the iron-rich soil and the intense, unfiltered sun. Land managed by the California State Lands Commission serves as a buffer of preserved space, keeping the encroaching sprawl at bay and maintaining the solitude that residents prize. Life in Fair Play moves with the seasonal demands of the harvest, a persistent and rhythmic labor that persists long after the original prospectors have faded into the dust of the local history books.

Nearby Outdoor Places

California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 2.1 mi, 048° NE
Pioneer Park (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 293° NW
Twin Bridges Swimming Hole (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 315° NW
Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 3.6 mi, 088° E · 703k acres
North Fork Cosumnes River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 4.4 mi, 328° NW
Eldorado Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 5.5 mi, 095° E · 326 acres
Sobon Estate Museum (Museum) — 6.6 mi, 231° SW
Shenandoah Valley Museum (Museum) — 7.1 mi, 242° SW
Morrisonville (Theatre) — 7.9 mi, 083° E
Chew Kee Store (Museum) — 8.2 mi, 221° SW
Leoni House (Attraction) — 8.3 mi, 082° E
Camp Fire Bowl (Theatre) — 8.5 mi, 083° E
Nature Center and Observatory (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 084° E
Sly Park (Local Recreation) — 9.4 mi, 029° NE
El Dorado Ranch (Conservation Area) — 10.3 mi, 258° W
Volution Gallery (Gallery) — 12.0 mi, 321° NW
Art Studio 360 (Gallery) — 12.0 mi, 321° NW
Placerville Art Gallery (Gallery) — 12.0 mi, 321° NW
Trails West Marker (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 029° NE
Amador County Model Railroad Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 177° S
North Fork Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 13.1 mi, 159° S · 2,970 acres
South Fork American River (Wild & Scenic River) — 14.5 mi, 323° NW · 5,570 acres
The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown (Attraction) — 14.8 mi, 224° SW
Historic Joseph H. Thomas House (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 217° SW
Keystone Mine (Historic Ruins) — 15.0 mi, 216° SW
Massa Tunnel (Historic Ruins) — 17.0 mi, 202° S
Impound Dam Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.1 mi, 201° S
Mokelumne Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 25.1 mi, 103° E · 104k acres
Desolation Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 31.5 mi, 042° NE · 64k acres
Yosemite National Park (National Park) — 56.6 mi, 131° SE · 743k acres

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