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Forest Meadows California Map

Explore Forest Meadows, 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 Forest Meadows, California

How to Use This Forest Meadows, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Forest Meadows, 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 Forest Meadows.

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	Forest Meadows
State	California (CA)
County	Calaveras County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	38.167975
Longitude	-120.405476
Population	1,276
Density	130.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95247
Area Code	408, 669
County Seat	San Andreas
School District	Bret Harte Union High School District

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About Forest Meadows, California

Forest Meadows is a locality in Calaveras County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,276. The population density is 130.9 people per km². Forest Meadows is located at 38.1680°N, 120.4055°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95247.

Forest Meadows emerges from the rugged terrain of the Sierra Nevada foothills where the air grows thin and pine-scented under the weight of the high country. It lies 36.7 miles northeast of Oakdale, CA (from Oakdale, CA: bearing 41°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south-southwest of White Pines. Angels Creek cuts a winding path through the landscape, its seasonal currents carving stone and soil just a short distance from the quiet expanse of the Forest Meadow basin. To the east, the jagged silhouette of the Sierra Nevada dominates the horizon, casting long, violet shadows over the woodland floor as the sun retreats. The surrounding Stanislaus National Forest provides a dense, evergreen boundary, while the nearby Hunter Reservoir holds the stillness of the afternoon in its glassy, inland surface. Walking the Darby Knob Firebreak, one can feel the dry heat of the afternoon shift into the sharp, cooling clarity that defines the transition from day to night in these elevations.

Gold-flecked earth and the echoes of mid-nineteenth-century industry linger in the character of Forest Meadows, where the remnants of early prospecting still color the local imagination. The economy here has long since moved beyond the frantic pace of the mines, settling instead into a rhythm dictated by the maintenance of the land and the quiet commerce of residents who value the solitude of the interior. Life in Forest Meadows remains tethered to the seasonal cycles of the woods, where the stillness of the oaks and the shifting light across the ridges dictate the tempo of the day. Modern inhabitants walk paths once cleared by those seeking fortune, finding a different kind of wealth in the unobstructed view of the stars and the absence of the frantic pace found in the agricultural lowlands to the west.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Stanislaus National Forest (National Forest) — 0.5 mi, 358° N · 901k acres
New Melones (Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 144° SE
Murphys (Monument) — 3.7 mi, 235° SW
Black Bart Playhouse (Theatre) — 3.9 mi, 235° SW
Mercer Caverns (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 254° W
Top of the World (Viewpoint) — 5.1 mi, 011° N
California Caverns (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 293° NW
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 6.2 mi, 173° S
Vallecito Western Mine (Monument) — 7.4 mi, 225° SW
White Pines Park (Local Park) — 7.5 mi, 026° NE
Sierra Nevada Logging Museum (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 026° NE
Moaning Caverns Adventure Park (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 206° SW
Calaveras Big Trees State Park (State Park) — 8.1 mi, 034° NE
Big Stump (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 035° NE
Historic Fallon House Theater (Theatre) — 9.3 mi, 179° S
Me-Wuk Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 9.6 mi, 174° S
Mark Twain Monument (Monument) — 10.0 mi, 229° SW
Springfield Armory/School/Store (Historic Ruins) — 10.1 mi, 182° S
New Melones Lake (Resource Management Area) — 11.8 mi, 204° SW
Dunlavy Field (Stadium) — 12.4 mi, 175° S
Veterans Memorial Military Museum (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 175° S
Tuolumne County Museum (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 175° S
National Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 13.4 mi, 202° S
Jamestown Museum (Museum) — 14.9 mi, 184° S
Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 16.8 mi, 315° NW · 2,737 acres
Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 19.5 mi, 351° N · 703k acres
Tuolumne, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 19.9 mi, 158° S · 8,379 acres
Mokelumne Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 25.5 mi, 025° NE · 104k acres
Carson-Iceberg Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 25.9 mi, 064° NE · 159k acres
Yosemite National Park (National Park) — 30.0 mi, 108° E · 743k acres

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