Explore Gerber, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Gerber, 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 Gerber.
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 | Gerber |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Tehama County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 40.056268 |
| Longitude | -122.150269 |
| Population | 1,044 |
| Density | 434.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 96035 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| County Seat | Red Bluff |
| School District | Gerber Union Elementary School District |
Gerber occupies a quiet expanse of the northern Sacramento Valley, defined by the steady, seasonal persistence of Elder Creek as it carves through the flat, sun-baked earth. It lies 9.6 miles south-southeast of Red Bluff, CA (from Red Bluff, CA: bearing 152°T), and is situated 9.0 miles north of Corning. The landscape around Gerber remains open and unadorned, characterized by wide fields that stretch toward the horizon where the silhouette of the Cascade Range rises in a jagged, violet haze. During the height of summer, the grasses bleach to a pale, brittle gold, and the air grows heavy with the scent of dry earth and ripening grain. At Gerber Park, the ground holds the day’s heat well into the evening, providing a solitary space where the stillness of the valley floor feels absolute and expansive.
History in Gerber remains tethered to the iron veins of the railroad, which historically transformed this quiet intersection of plains into a functional hub of transit and labor. The economy here maintains its ancient connection to the soil, with the surrounding acreage supporting agricultural rhythms that have dictated the pace of life for generations. Residents look toward the nearby Wildcat Canyon for a sense of topographic relief, while the presence of Norvell Pond serves as a localized gathering point for the quietude of the basin. Life in Gerber moves with the measured, deliberate cadence of a place that values the utility of its land and the unpretentious clarity of its wide, cloud-swept sky.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gerber, California. Coordinates: 40.056268, -122.150269. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Gerber includes the ZIP code (96035), telephone area code (530), county seat of Tehama County (Red Bluff), and school district assignment (Gerber Union Elementary School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |