Fall River Mills California Map
Explore Fall River Mills, 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 Fall River Mills, California
How to Use This Fall River Mills, California Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fall River Mills, 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 Fall River Mills.
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 | Fall River Mills |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Shasta County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 41.004608 |
| Longitude | -121.438314 |
| Population | 616 |
| Density | 89.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 96028 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| County Seat | Redding |
| School District | Fall River Joint Unified School District |
About Fall River Mills, California
Fall River Mills is a locality in Shasta County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 616. The population density is 89.8 people per km². Fall River Mills is located at 41.0046°N, 121.4383°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96028.Fall River Mills occupies a flat expanse within the Fall River Valley, defined by the steady, cold-water clarity of the Fall River as it winds through the landscape. It lies 53.6 miles east-northeast of Shasta Lake, CA (from Shasta Lake, CA: bearing 65°T), and is situated 14.4 miles northeast of Burney. The earth here holds a quiet weight, where the Fall River Mills Ecological Reserve preserves a wild, riparian corridor that seems to breathe with the rhythm of the water. To the west, the jagged, distant silhouettes of the Cascade Range anchor the horizon, grounding the vast sky that turns a pale, bruised violet during the long summer twilight. Beyond the cultivated fields, the terrain transitions into an oak savanna where the light turns brittle and golden, casting long, sharp shadows across the dry grass that ripples in the afternoon heat.
History permeates the ground in Fall River Mills, marking the transition from early resource-based settlements to the slow, deliberate pace of contemporary life. The local economy remains tethered to the land and the river, reflecting a heritage built on agriculture and the careful management of regional water rights. Six miles away, the quiet surface of Horr Pond sits undisturbed, a stark contrast to the persistent movement of the nearby riverbed. Life moves in cycles defined by the seasons rather than the clock, where the stillness of the valley floor serves as a constant reminder of the volcanic forces that shaped the basin long ago.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Fall River Mills Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 245° SW
- Trinity National Forest (National Forest) — 0.3 mi, 025° NE · 1.1M acres
- Lockhart Ferry (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 241° SW
- Lava Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 0.6 mi, 082° E · 35k acres
- Lower Pit River Canyon (Wild & Scenic River) — 1.7 mi, 222° SW · 583 acres
- California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 3.3 mi, 149° SE
- Shasta National Forest (National Forest) — 4.4 mi, 270° W · 1.2M acres
- Cinder Flats Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 225° SW
- Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park (State Park) — 5.7 mi, 353° N
- Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 6.0 mi, 200° S · 1,886 acres
- Site of the First School in Fall River Valley (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 049° NE
- Timbered Crater Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 7.8 mi, 004° N · 18k acres
- Timbered Crater Wilderness Study Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.9 mi, 004° N
- "stand By Me" Bridge (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 275° W
- Upper Pit River Canyon (Wild & Scenic River) — 9.9 mi, 105° E · 3,279 acres
- Hat Creek Radio Observatory (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 187° S
- Panoramic Point, Lassen National Forest (Viewpoint) — 26.3 mi, 185° S
- Hot Rock (Attraction) — 32.6 mi, 185° S
- Seismograph (Attraction) — 33.0 mi, 191° S
- Smithy (Historic Ruins) — 35.1 mi, 282° W
- Ladies cabin (Historic Ruins) — 35.1 mi, 282° W
- Metal Horse (Public Artwork) — 38.6 mi, 237° SW
- Merrill Amphitheater (Theatre) — 45.7 mi, 133° SE
- Battle Rock (Monument) — 47.1 mi, 282° W
- Battle of Dry Lake (Registered Battlefield) — 48.6 mi, 008° N
- Chester-Lake Almanor Museum (Museum) — 49.2 mi, 167° S
- Sisson Museum (Museum) — 50.9 mi, 295° NW
- Palo Cedro Video (Cinema) — 51.8 mi, 234° SW
- Turtle Bay Bird Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 56.6 mi, 240° SW
- Art Gallery (Gallery) — 56.8 mi, 240° SW
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About This Fall River Mills Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fall River Mills, California. Coordinates: 41.004608, -121.438314. 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 Fall River Mills includes the ZIP code (96028), telephone area code (530), county seat of Shasta County (Redding), and school district assignment (Fall River Joint Unified School District).
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. |
