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French Gulch California Map

Explore French Gulch, 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 French Gulch, California

How to Use This French Gulch, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for French Gulch, 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 French Gulch.

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	French Gulch
State	California (CA)
County	Shasta County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	40.718793
Longitude	-122.629357
Population	373
Density	11.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	96033
Area Code	530
County Seat	Redding
School District	French Gulch-Whiskeytown Elementary School District

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About French Gulch, California

French Gulch is a locality in Shasta County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 373. The population density is 11.7 people per km². French Gulch is located at 40.7188°N, 122.6294°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96033.

French Gulch occupies a narrow, rugged crease in the northern California landscape where the sun filters through the canopy in thin, sharp slats of amber light. It lies 14.1 miles west of Shasta Lake, CA (from Shasta Lake, CA: bearing 276°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east of Lewiston. Clear Creek carves a persistent, cold path through the bedrock here, its rhythmic rush providing a constant acoustic backdrop to the slopes of the valley floor. To the east, the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range anchors the horizon, while the terrain immediately surrounding French Gulch rises in steep, timbered inclines that transition into the denser, shadowed pines of the nearby Ellen Pickett State Forest. The air carries a scent of dry needles and damp mineral earth, a reminder of the quiet, inland isolation that keeps the pace of the day measured and deliberate.

Historical markers of the nineteenth-century gold rush linger in the weathered timber of old structures and the scarred, alluvial gravels left behind by hydraulic mining, which once defined the local economy. Today, the quiet character of French Gulch remains inextricably linked to the surrounding Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area, which draws those seeking the stillness of the woods and the proximity of Whiskeytown Lake. While the fervor of the mining era has long since faded, the residents maintain a rugged independence, living amidst the remnants of a boomtown that has largely returned to the quiet custody of the hills. Life here moves in concert with the seasons, from the tinder-dry heat of late summer to the sudden, transformative clarity of winter rains that swell the banks of Clear Creek.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Trinity National Forest (National Forest) — 2.4 mi, 354° N · 1.1M acres
Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 2.6 mi, 185° S · 42k acres
Clrcrkvist (Viewpoint) — 4.9 mi, 180° S
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 5.5 mi, 233° SW
Shasta National Forest (National Forest) — 8.0 mi, 358° N · 1.2M acres
Trinity, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 8.4 mi, 274° W · 53k acres
Lewiston Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.3 mi, 269° W
Kennedy Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 149° SE
Cemetery Hole Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 9.8 mi, 265° W
Pioneer Baby's Grave (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 139° SE
Kennett (Historic Ruins) — 11.7 mi, 082° E
Clear Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 12.4 mi, 157° SE · 10k acres
Swasey Drive Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 13.2 mi, 147° SE
Twin Tower Memorial (Monument) — 13.7 mi, 101° E
The Best Grindstone in the World (Public Artwork) — 14.8 mi, 100° E
Shasta Lake Ranger Station (Attraction) — 15.3 mi, 094° E
Art Gallery (Gallery) — 15.9 mi, 124° SE
Turtle Bay Bird Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 16.2 mi, 123° SE
Highland Art Center (Arts Centre) — 16.3 mi, 273° W
Jake Jackson Memorial Museum (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 273° W
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 17.0 mi, 156° SE
Trinity Alps Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.7 mi, 325° NW · 540k acres
Lake Shasta Caverns (Attraction) — 18.0 mi, 071° E
Scott Museum (Museum) — 18.8 mi, 349° N
Chanchelulla Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 21.9 mi, 225° SW · 8,022 acres
Palo Cedro Video (Cinema) — 23.2 mi, 117° SE
Afterthought Mine (Historic Ruins) — 29.2 mi, 088° E
Hayfork Reservoir (Nature Reserve) — 30.2 mi, 250° W
1727 Class M6 (Attraction) — 39.5 mi, 028° NE
Lassen Volcanic National Park (National Park) — 56.4 mi, 102° E · 107k acres

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