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Glenn California Map

Explore Glenn, 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 Glenn, California

How to Use This Glenn, California Map

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

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.

CityGlenn
StateCalifornia (CA)
CountyGlenn County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezonePacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)
Latitude39.521828
Longitude-122.013865
Population680
Density18.0 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code95943
Area Code530
County SeatWillows

About Glenn, California

Glenn is a locality in Glenn County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Glenn is located at 39.5218°N, 122.0139°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95943.

Glenn emerges from the flat, sun-bleached expanse of the Central Valley as a quiet sentinel amidst an endless horizon of open fields. It lies 17.1 miles south-southwest of Chico, CA (from Chico, CA: bearing 213°T), and is situated 9.6 miles east of Willows. The Sacramento River carves a dark, verdant artery through the landscape less than a mile away, its persistent current providing a cool contrast to the heat that shimmers off the dry earth. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Coast Ranges hold the fading light of evening, their jagged edges softened by the haze of a long, golden afternoon. Just a mile beyond the outskirts, the Sacramento River Wildlife Area offers a tangle of riparian brush and quiet refuge, where the air grows heavy with the scent of silt and wild grasses.

Glenn persists as a landscape defined by the discipline of the plow and the steady, seasonal rhythm of large-scale agriculture. The economy remains tethered to the fertile soil, a legacy of pioneers who recognized that the abundance of the valley floor would yield a harvest of singular importance. While the pace of life in Glenn remains measured and spare, the occasional movement of heavy machinery signals the relentless cycle of planting and reaping that sustains the region. Life here is lived in the open, under a vast sky that colors the gray dust of the roads with the bruised purples and oranges of dusk, marking the quiet passage of time in a place where the horizon is the only true measure of scale.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Sacramento River Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.0 mi, 073° E
  • Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.3 mi, 061° NE · 21k acres
  • Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 075° E
  • Steve Thompson North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 039° NE · 2,771 acres
  • North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 039° NE · 2,771 acres
  • Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.2 mi, 233° SW · 22k acres
  • Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park (State Park) — 12.9 mi, 017° N
  • Irving Finch River Access (Viewpoint) — 15.8 mi, 003° N
  • Chico Art Center (Arts Centre) — 16.5 mi, 033° NE
  • Steel "Sculpture" (Public Artwork) — 16.7 mi, 032° NE
  • Janet Turner Print Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 032° NE
  • Vertebrate Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 032° NE
  • National Yo-Yo Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 033° NE
  • Phagna Norapamok Memorial (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 033° NE
  • Chico Community Labyrinth (Monument) — 17.1 mi, 032° NE
  • Museum of Northern California Art (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 031° NE
  • IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013 (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 038° NE
  • Alta Schmidt House Museum (Museum) — 18.1 mi, 328° NW
  • Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 20.4 mi, 091° E
  • Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 21.4 mi, 066° NE
  • Beatson Falls (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 078° E
  • Beatson Corral (Historic Ruins) — 24.0 mi, 079° E
  • Mendocino National Forest (National Forest) — 24.6 mi, 337° NW · 929k acres
  • Phantom Falls (Attraction) — 24.9 mi, 076° E
  • Plumas National Forest (National Forest) — 30.4 mi, 073° E · 1.2M acres
  • Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 34.5 mi, 139° SE
  • Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument (National Monument) — 34.6 mi, 228° SW · 598k acres
  • Snow Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 35.5 mi, 258° W · 60k acres
  • Lake of the Woods State Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 42.3 mi, 147° SE
  • Prime Cinemas (Cinema) — 45.9 mi, 346° N

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About This Glenn Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glenn, California. Coordinates: 39.521828, -122.013865. 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 Glenn includes the ZIP code (95943), telephone area code (530), county seat of Glenn County (Willows), and school district assignment.

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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.