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Gorman California Map

Explore Gorman, 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 Gorman, California

How to Use This Gorman, California Map

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

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	Gorman
State	California (CA)
County	Los Angeles County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	34.79609
Longitude	-118.852596
Population	680
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93243
Area Code	661
County Seat	Los Angeles

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About Gorman, California

Gorman is a locality in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Gorman is located at 34.7961°N, 118.8526°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93243.

Gorman sits at the high, wind-swept transition point where the land buckles into a series of parched, tawny ridges. It lies 24.9 miles north-northwest of Castaic, CA (from Castaic, CA: bearing 328°T), and is situated 5.5 miles east-southeast of Frazier Park. Gorman Creek carves a shallow, intermittent path through the dust, its banks marked by the sparse shade of scrub oak and dry brush that lean away from the constant, restless breeze. To the east, the terrain deepens into the rugged expanse of Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area, where the soil shifts into fine, pale silt. Though the jagged peaks of the Sierra Nevada remain a distant, ghost-like suggestion on the horizon, the immediate landscape is defined by the stark, earth-toned geometry of Crane Canyon and the muted, reflective surface of Castac Lake, which sits quiet and still under the relentless clarity of the inland sun.

Travelers passing through Gorman often see only the blur of the freeway, yet the earth here holds a long, slow history of transit and endurance. The local economy remains tied to the rhythm of the road, serving those who traverse these high passes, while the surrounding hills bear the scars and shifting sands of a landscape shaped by tectonic tension. Unlike the lush, temperate regions to the north, life here demands an adjustment to the tinder-dry heat and the sudden, sharp drop in temperature when the sun slips behind the ridges. Those who dwell in the vicinity of the Snowy Creek Trail understand a quieter existence, one dictated by the quality of the light as it turns the hills to bronze in the late afternoon and the way the wind hums against the fence lines when the day finally cools.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hungry Valley State Vehicular Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 0.2 mi, 169° S
Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 0.6 mi, 269° W · 1.8M acres
Angeles National Forest (National Forest) — 4.5 mi, 132° SE · 662k acres
Adobe Brick Pit (Historic Ruins) — 5.9 mi, 336° NW
Peter Lebeck (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 336° NW
Frazier Park Hills (Viewpoint) — 6.2 mi, 303° NW
Wind Wolves Preserve (Conservation Area) — 6.8 mi, 315° NW
Sespe Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.0 mi, 181° S · 220k acres
Sandberg's Summit Hotel (Historic Ruins) — 8.9 mi, 115° SE
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 11.7 mi, 110° E · 1,886 acres
Piru Creek, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.9 mi, 153° SE · 2,096 acres
San Emigdio Plantation (Nature Reserve) — 13.7 mi, 283° W
Chumash Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 13.8 mi, 273° W · 38k acres
Sespe Creek, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 16.4 mi, 202° S · 8,787 acres
Dom & Brian's Last Ride Site (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 146° SE
Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.7 mi, 180° S · 4,676 acres
Rancho Camulos (Museum) — 27.5 mi, 169° S
Fillmore Historical Museum (Museum) — 27.6 mi, 187° S
Maps and Maping: The Firefighter's Life Line (Public Artwork) — 28.7 mi, 145° SE
Scream! (Attraction) — 29.2 mi, 150° SE
Character Meet and Greets (Attraction) — 29.3 mi, 150° SE
Twisted Colossus (Attraction) — 29.3 mi, 150° SE
Batman: The Ride (Attraction) — 29.3 mi, 151° SE
Regal Edwards Valencia Stadium 12 & IMAX (Cinema) — 30.9 mi, 148° SE
Carl Boyer Room (Gallery) — 31.5 mi, 147° SE
Pico No. 4 (Monument) — 32.0 mi, 157° SE
Errea House Museum (Museum) — 32.5 mi, 045° NE
Tehachapi Heritage League Museum (Museum) — 32.5 mi, 045° NE
Carrizo Plain National Monument (National Monument) — 35.2 mi, 290° W · 247k acres
San Gabriel Mountains National Monument (National Monument) — 35.9 mi, 144° SE · 454k acres

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