Explore Green Valley Lake, 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 Green Valley Lake, 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 Green Valley Lake.
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 | Green Valley Lake |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | San Bernardino County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 34.24084 |
| Longitude | -117.07726 |
| Population | 680 |
| Density | 35.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 92341 |
| Area Code | 909 |
| County Seat | San Bernardino |
Green Valley Lake emerges from the high-altitude timber as a quiet expanse of water, defined by the persistent flow of Green Valley Creek as it carves through the surrounding terrain. It lies 6.4 miles east of Lake Arrowhead, CA (from Lake Arrowhead, CA: bearing 95°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west of Big Bear Lake. The landscape here is defined by the rugged elevation of the San Bernardino Mountains, which cast long, violet shadows across the pine-strewn slopes that define the San Bernardino National Forest. To the west, the terrain dips toward the basin of Little Green Valley, while the distant, shimmering surface of Silverwood Lake remains tucked behind the jagged ridgelines. In the golden light of late afternoon, the air takes on a crisp, resinous quality, carrying the scent of cedar and damp earth that clings to the nearby National Childreaus Forest. The path of the Green Valley Trail offers a rugged passage through this dense woodland, leading observant travelers toward the hidden, rushing descent of Aztec Falls.
Green Valley Lake functions as a secluded sanctuary, its economy historically tethered to the seasonal rhythms of mountain recreation rather than industrial expansion. The settlement reflects a deliberate isolation, where the pace of life slows to match the movement of the seasons, from the heavy snowfall of winter to the bright, thin clarity of summer days. Residents maintain a connection to the land that is quiet and unpretentious, valuing the stillness that comes from living deep within the San Bernardino National Forest. While proximity to larger centers of commerce is measured in hours of driving along winding roads, the local character remains stubbornly independent, shaped by the practical needs of life in a high-elevation woodland. Even as modern life brushes against the edges of the forest, Green Valley Lake persists as a place where the primary concern is the preservation of its own rugged, quiet identity.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Green Valley Lake, California. Coordinates: 34.24084, -117.07726. 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 Green Valley Lake includes the ZIP code (92341), telephone area code (909), county seat of San Bernardino County (San Bernardino), 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 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. |