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Fort Jones California Map

Explore Fort Jones, 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 Fort Jones, California

How to Use This Fort Jones, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fort Jones, 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 Fort Jones.

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	Fort Jones
State	California (CA)
County	Siskiyou County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	41.608452
Longitude	-122.841066
Population	695
Density	445.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	95246, 96032
Area Code	408, 669, 530
County Seat	Yreka
School District	Scott Valley Unified School District

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About Fort Jones, California

Fort Jones is a locality in Siskiyou County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 695. The population density is 445.7 people per km². Fort Jones is located at 41.6085°N, 122.8411°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Fort Jones is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 95246, 96032.

Fort Jones emerges from the high, inland plains where the path of Moffett Creek cuts a quiet, persistent line through the earth. It lies 68.6 miles north-northwest of Shasta Lake, CA (from Shasta Lake, CA: bearing 339°T), and is situated 13.8 miles southwest of Yreka. The landscape around Fort Jones is defined by a wide, open horizon where the serrated silhouettes of the Klamath Mountains rise eleven miles to the west, holding the fading light of evening in their jagged folds. Beneath the vast sky, the terrain stretches toward the distant, unseen slopes of Luce Gulch, marked by the persistent, golden-brown grasses that turn brittle and bright under the weight of a long, dry summer. A sense of stillness anchors the ground here, where the air feels thin and clear, and the shadows lengthen with an intentional, slow grace across the valley floor.

History remains etched into the simple geometry of the streets, tracing back to a time when Fort Jones served as a vital outpost for those carving a life out of the interior wilderness. The local economy persists in a steady dialogue with the land, rooted in the rhythms of agriculture and the maintenance of the rural character that has defined the region for generations. Residents find a quiet point of connection at the Fort Jones Splash Pad and Tot Lot, a modest center of activity that brings a fleeting, sharp energy to the quiet afternoons. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, far removed from the clamor of the world, while the distant, shimmering surface of Aspen Lake remains a solitary, reflective presence in the memory of the landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fort Jones Splash Pad and Tot Lot (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 136° SE
Fort Jones Ball Field (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 220° SW
Klamath Other (National Forest) — 0.4 mi, 240° SW · 690 acres
Klamath National Forest (National Forest) — 1.5 mi, 344° N · 1.7M acres
Oro Fino Historic Plaque (Monument) — 4.6 mi, 244° SW
Open Soon (Public Artwork) — 5.2 mi, 221° SW
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 9.0 mi, 104° E
Klamath, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 10.8 mi, 306° NW · 52k acres
Marble Rim Gallery (Gallery) — 10.9 mi, 195° S
Marble Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 10.9 mi, 270° W · 225k acres
Informal Thackeray Rock Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 11.0 mi, 207° SW
Ormond Edward Quigley (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 196° S
Robert Roosevelt Quigley (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 196° S
Sugar pine river access (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 299° NW
Siskiyou County Museum (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 053° NE
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 14.7 mi, 224° SW · 1,886 acres
Shasta River (Wild & Scenic River) — 16.9 mi, 045° NE · 1,966 acres
Russian Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.8 mi, 201° S · 13k acres
Railroad Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 063° NE
Weed Museum (Museum) — 26.9 mi, 118° SE
Mount Eddy Lookout Tower Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 27.4 mi, 137° SE
Stamp mill (Historic Ruins) — 28.0 mi, 168° S
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument (National Monument) — 29.3 mi, 020° N · 171k acres
The People's Center (Museum) — 30.6 mi, 295° NW
Cook and Green Trailhead (Attraction) — 31.0 mi, 326° NW
Living Memorial Sculpture Garden (Attraction) — 31.8 mi, 098° E
Stein butte trailhead (Attraction) — 32.1 mi, 330° NW
Sisson Museum (Museum) — 33.6 mi, 128° SE
Whiskeytown Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 37.5 mi, 170° S · 202k acres
Oregon Cabaaret Theater (Theatre) — 41.1 mi, 009° N

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