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Grayson California Map

Explore Grayson, 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 Grayson, California

How to Use This Grayson, California Map

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

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.

CityGrayson
StateCalifornia (CA)
CountyStanislaus County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezonePacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)
Latitude37.56382
Longitude-121.179381
Population1,041
Density2184.4 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code95363
Area Code408, 669
County SeatModesto
School DistrictPatterson Joint Unified School District

About Grayson, California

Grayson is a locality in Stanislaus County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,041. The population density is 2184.4 people per km². Grayson is located at 37.5638°N, 121.1794°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95363.

Grayson spreads across the flat, sun-drenched expanse of the Central Valley, where the horizon stretches wide and unobstructed under a persistent, pale blue dome of sky. It lies 6.9 miles north-northwest of Patterson, CA (from Patterson, CA: bearing 337°T), and is situated 8.8 miles west-southwest of West Modesto. The earth here is defined by its deep, alluvial patience, marked only by the gentle rise and fall of irrigation furrows that hold the morning dew until the heat dissolves it into a shimmering haze. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Coast Ranges provide a serrated charcoal edge to the afternoon, while the San Joaquin River flows with a slow, heavy gravity just a mile from the center of the grid. The air possesses a dry, toasted clarity, carrying the scent of tilled loam and wild grasses that thrive near the Leroy F. Fitzsimmons Memorial Park, a quiet sanctuary where the shade of native trees offers a temporary reprieve from the relentless intensity of the overhead sun.

Grayson grew from the steady, rhythmic labor of agriculture, a place built upon the quiet accumulation of harvests and the slow turning of seasons in this fertile basin. The economy remains anchored to the soil, with the landscape dominated by orderly rows of crops that track the passage of time through the changing shades of green and gold. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain eventually lifts toward the rugged, shadowed folds of Curran Canyon, a reminder of the more broken topography that lies further from the valley floor. Life in Grayson moves with a deliberate, unadorned cadence, reflecting a history of families who have long looked toward the horizon rather than the sea, finding a particular beauty in the way the light flattens against the plains at dusk, turning the entire world a soft, bruised violet.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Leroy F. Fitzsimmons Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 061° NE
  • United Community Center and Park (Local Recreation) — 0.1 mi, 168° S
  • San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.0 mi, 002° N · 15k acres
  • Laird Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 103° E
  • Dos Rios Ranch (Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 016° N
  • Rancho Del Puerto (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 157° SE
  • Patterson War Memorial (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 157° SE
  • Caswell Memorial State Park (State Park) — 8.6 mi, 357° N
  • Dryden Park Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 9.8 mi, 071° E
  • Vernalis Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 331° NW
  • Brenden Modesto 18 (Cinema) — 11.1 mi, 061° NE
  • Mistlin Gallery (Gallery) — 11.2 mi, 061° NE
  • Modesto Police Fallen Officer Memorial (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 063° NE
  • McHenry Museum (Museum) — 11.5 mi, 062° NE
  • Paperboy Statue (Public Artwork) — 11.5 mi, 061° NE
  • Clarence Smit Museum (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 016° N
  • Manteca Historical Museum (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 352° N
  • Galaxy Theater (Cinema) — 17.1 mi, 047° NE
  • Tracy Holiday Light Show (Attraction) — 17.5 mi, 309° NW
  • University Art Gallery (Gallery) — 17.7 mi, 099° E
  • Riverbank Historical Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 048° NE
  • Emma M Baumgardner Theatre (Theatre) — 17.9 mi, 313° NW
  • Grand Theatre (Theatre) — 18.0 mi, 311° NW
  • Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 18.6 mi, 167° S
  • Stan State Art Space (Gallery) — 18.7 mi, 105° E
  • Escalon Museum (Museum) — 18.9 mi, 032° NE
  • Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 19.1 mi, 284° W
  • Henry W. Coe State Park (State Park) — 21.1 mi, 206° SW
  • San Luis National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.3 mi, 142° SE · 36k acres
  • Grasslands Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 23.3 mi, 148° SE · 30k acres

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About This Grayson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grayson, California. Coordinates: 37.56382, -121.179381. 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 Grayson includes the ZIP code (95363), telephone area code (408, 669), county seat of Stanislaus County (Modesto), and school district assignment (Patterson Joint Unified 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 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.