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Fort Ross California Map

Explore Fort Ross, 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 Ross, California

How to Use This Fort Ross, California Map

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

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 Ross
State	California (CA)
County	Sonoma County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	38.51408
Longitude	-123.243619
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95450
Area Code	408, 669
County Seat	Santa Rosa

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About Fort Ross, California

Fort Ross is a locality in Sonoma County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Fort Ross is located at 38.5141°N, 123.2436°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95450.

Fort Ross sits as a weathered sentinel where the terrestrial edge of the continent meets the restless heave of the Pacific Ocean. It lies 21.3 miles west-southwest of Healdsburg, CA (from Healdsburg, CA: bearing 252°T), and is situated 17.1 miles west of Hacienda. The landscape is defined by a rugged, unforgiving shoreline where the maritime air carries a perpetual salt-heavy dampness, often obscured by the low-slung drift of gray fog that clings to the bluffs. Inland from the surf, the topography rises into steep, broken terrain characterized by the deep, shadowed creases of Kolmer Gulch and the narrow, winding course of Fort Ross Creek. Beyond the immediate reach of the shore, the land shifts into untamed scrub and timber, a stark contrast to the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Coast Ranges that loom silently on the eastern horizon.

History clings to the soil of Fort Ross, a lingering echo of an era when Russian fur traders established a remote outpost to harvest the bounty of the sea and sustain their ventures through agriculture. Today, the site resides within the protected embrace of the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, serving as a quiet intersection of cultural memory and environmental preservation. While the economy of the region has long since moved past the era of the pelt trade, the land remains sparsely populated, defined more by its isolation and the raw persistence of the tides than by modern industry. Travelers seeking a connection to this past might venture toward the Plantation Trail, finding that the rhythm of life here is dictated not by the clock, but by the shifting light across the water and the seasonal cycles of the coast.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 0.1 mi, 178° S
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 0.2 mi, 208° SW · 8,946 acres
Windmill (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 287° W
Peace Totem (Public Artwork) — 2.2 mi, 305° NW
Stillwater Cove Regional Park (Local Park) — 3.4 mi, 313° NW
Salt Point State Park (State Park) — 3.8 mi, 325° NW
Sonoma Coast State Park (State Park) — 3.9 mi, 122° SE
Salt Point State Marine Conservation Area (Marine Protected Area) — 4.9 mi, 308° NW
Vista Trail (Viewpoint) — 5.0 mi, 120° SE
Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 318° NW
Cedars Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 8.7 mi, 042° NE
Austin Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.3 mi, 078° E
Christopher Queen Galleries (Gallery) — 11.1 mi, 112° E
Duncans Mills Depot Museum (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 112° E
Redwood Forest Theater (Theatre) — 12.8 mi, 083° E
Monte Rio Theater (Cinema) — 13.0 mi, 104° E
Curtain Call Theatre (Theatre) — 13.1 mi, 104° E
Hoot Owl (Gallery) — 13.1 mi, 104° E
Lifvendahl (Gallery) — 13.3 mi, 093° E
Korbel Winery Tour (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 092° E
Bohemia Ecological Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 15.1 mi, 108° E
AIA 25 Year Award (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 319° NW
Elizabeth "Liz" Burko Memorial Bridge (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 138° SE
Tides Restaurant Original Facade (Attraction) — 16.7 mi, 140° SE
Whaling Artifacts (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 140° SE
Whale Jaw Bone (Attraction) — 17.0 mi, 140° SE
Green Cove Seal Rookery (Nature Reserve) — 17.3 mi, 320° NW
Phillip Burton Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 22.9 mi, 145° SE · 33k acres
Point Reyes National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 22.9 mi, 145° SE · 135k acres
Golden Gate National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 27.1 mi, 141° SE · 113k acres

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