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Giant Forest California Map

Explore Giant Forest, 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 Giant Forest, California

How to Use This Giant Forest, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Giant Forest, 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 Giant Forest.

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	Giant Forest
State	California (CA)
County	Tulare County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	36.562445
Longitude	-118.751487
Population	180
Density	2.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93262
Area Code	661
County Seat	Visalia

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About Giant Forest, California

Giant Forest is a locality in Tulare County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Giant Forest is located at 36.5624°N, 118.7515°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93262.

Giant Forest stands as a colossal cathedral of bark and needles, where the earth seems to hold its breath beneath the weight of ancient, rising timber. It lies 28.5 miles northeast of Exeter, CA (from Exeter, CA: bearing 50°T), and is situated 12.1 miles northeast of Three Rivers. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy in thin, vertical shafts that illuminate the suspended dust of centuries, casting long shadows across the uneven floor of Circle Meadow. Nearby, the persistent, cool trickle of Crescent Creek provides a constant, low-frequency pulse to the silence, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sierra Nevada commands the horizon with its stony, uncompromising presence. The air here remains thin and sharp, carrying the resinous scent of pine and the damp, cool promise of the Lilliput Glacier, which rests eleven miles away in the high, frozen reaches of the rugged terrain.

Sequoia National Park serves as the steward of this vast expanse, protecting the singular ecology that has defined the region since long before modern industry carved paths through the surrounding wilderness. While the economy of the wider territory has often turned toward the fertile, sun-drenched plains of the Central Valley, Giant Forest remains a sanctuary dedicated to preservation and the slow, deliberate study of natural cycles. Hikers often traverse the High Sierra Trail to gain a deeper perspective on the scale of the landscape, moving through a terrain that feels largely untouched by the commerce of the lowlands. Far removed from the reaches of Lake Kaweah, the character of the land is defined by this isolation, fostering an atmosphere where the passage of time is measured not by human activity, but by the relentless, upward surge of the sequoias toward the light.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sequoia National Park (National Park) — locality lies within · 407k acres
The Three Amigos (Attraction) — 0.1 mi, 318° NW
Black Arch Tree (Attraction) — 0.3 mi, 328° NW
Chimney Tree (Attraction) — 0.3 mi, 128° SE
Squatters Cabin (Attraction) — 0.3 mi, 215° SW
Crescent Meadow (Viewpoint) — 0.7 mi, 162° S
Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 0.7 mi, 162° S · 768k acres
Stephen Mather memorial plaque (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 221° SW
Hospital Rock (Historic Ruins) — 3.1 mi, 201° S
Old Ranger Station (Historic Ruins) — 3.4 mi, 258° W
Milk Ranch/Case Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 5.3 mi, 189° S · 9,361 acres
Kaweah Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 5.3 mi, 189° S
Kings Canyon National Park (National Park) — 6.2 mi, 032° NE · 459k acres
Giant Sequoia National Monument (National Monument) — 7.7 mi, 330° NW · 353k acres
Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 7.8 mi, 002° N · 1.1M acres
Sheep Ridge Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 8.0 mi, 253° W · 5,017 acres
John Krebs Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 8.0 mi, 161° S · 40k acres
Kings, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 16.3 mi, 001° N · 7,743 acres
Homer Ranch Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 16.5 mi, 247° SW
Ponderosa Victory Circle (Theatre) — 17.8 mi, 330° NW
Dry Creek Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 17.9 mi, 239° SW
Sierra National Forest (National Forest) — 19.1 mi, 352° N · 1.3M acres
Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.1 mi, 195° S · 1,825 acres
Donald Downs Plaque (Monument) — 22.8 mi, 067° NE
Bookie Bear (Public Artwork) — 30.3 mi, 294° NW
Donald D. Brooks (Monument) — 31.5 mi, 085° E
Ice House Theatre (Theatre) — 33.7 mi, 242° SW
Galaxy Theatres (Cinema) — 39.9 mi, 235° SW
Art Gonzales Museum (Museum) — 48.8 mi, 272° W
Pioneer Village Museum (Museum) — 48.9 mi, 272° W

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