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Furnace Creek California Map

Explore Furnace Creek, 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 Furnace Creek, California

How to Use This Furnace Creek, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Furnace Creek, 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 Furnace Creek.

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	Furnace Creek
State	California (CA)
County	Inyo County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	36.427669
Longitude	-116.87469
Population	136
Density	1.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	92328
Area Code	909
County Seat	Independence
School District	Death Valley Unified School District

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About Furnace Creek, California

Furnace Creek is a locality in Inyo County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 136. The population density is 1.7 people per km². Furnace Creek is located at 36.4277°N, 116.8747°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 92328.

Furnace Creek holds its ground within the stark, geological theater of Death Valley National Park, where the horizon is defined by an absolute, sun-bleached silence. It lies 73.0 miles northeast of Ridgecrest, CA (from Ridgecrest, CA: bearing 38°T), and is situated 52.3 miles west-northwest of Pahrump. The landscape surrounding Furnace Creek is a mosaic of salt flats and thirsty earth, shaped by the arid winds that carve through the nearby Breakfast Canyon and the seasonal, ephemeral paths of Furnace Creek Wash. Far to the west, the Sierra Nevada rises as a jagged, distant silhouette, a cool memory against the shimmering heat that dominates the basin floor. Here, the light at dusk is heavy and bruised with violet, turning the stark mineral crusts into a landscape of shifting, metallic color that feels older than the human impulse to name it.

Extraction and survival define the legacy of Furnace Creek, which emerged from the grueling labor of borax mining that once drew men into this unforgiving basin. Today, the economy pivots toward the traveler seeking the profound quiet of the desert, sustained by the natural springs that allow a sudden, surprising patch of date palms to thrive amidst the desolation. Death Valley National Park serves as the steward of this harsh expanse, managing the balance between the intense, furnace-like temperatures of the summer and the brief, fragile bloom of spring. Life in Furnace Creek moves with the sun, a deliberate pace dictated by the necessity of shade and the simple, enduring fact of water in a land that otherwise denies it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Death Valley National Park (National Park) — locality lies within · 3.4M acres
Death Valley Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 0.9 mi, 180° S · 3.2M acres
Mushroom Rock (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 156° SE
Zabriskie Point (Viewpoint) — 3.5 mi, 099° E
Harmony Borax Works (Historic Ruins) — 3.6 mi, 359° N
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 6.2 mi, 061° NE
Amargosa North Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 11.2 mi, 109° E
Death Valley Natural Bridge (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 148° SE
Salt Creek (Attraction) — 13.2 mi, 330° NW
Badwater Basin (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 156° SE
Tank (Historic Ruins) — 15.0 mi, 244° SW
Funeral Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 15.0 mi, 111° E · 28k acres
Ash Meadows Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 26.8 mi, 087° E
Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.6 mi, 088° E · 49k acres
The Last Supper (Public Artwork) — 32.3 mi, 004° N
Resting Springs Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 32.4 mi, 103° E · 4,400 acres
Beatty Museum & Historical Society (Museum) — 33.6 mi, 011° N
Panamint City (Monument) — 35.5 mi, 220° SW
Migger Mesa (Monument) — 42.2 mi, 104° E
Toiyabe National Forest (National Forest) — 47.8 mi, 090° E · 3.9M acres
Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 47.8 mi, 090° E · 322k acres
The Joshua Tree album location (Monument) — 48.9 mi, 262° W
Desert National Wildlife Range (National Wildlife Refuge) — 55.6 mi, 078° E · 3.0M acres
Inyo National Forest (National Forest) — 64.8 mi, 291° W · 2.0M acres
Naval Museum of Armament & Technology (Museum) — 68.5 mi, 219° SW
China Lake Museum (Museum) — 68.5 mi, 219° SW
Ridgecrest Cinema (Cinema) — 69.8 mi, 220° SW
Maturango Museum (Museum) — 70.8 mi, 219° SW
Goldstone Museum (Museum) — 78.0 mi, 177° S

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