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Grizzly Flat California Map

Explore Grizzly Flat, 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 Grizzly Flat, California

How to Use This Grizzly Flat, California Map

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

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	Grizzly Flat
State	California (CA)
County	El Dorado County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	38.636295
Longitude	-120.527425
Population	1,200
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95636
Area Code	530
County Seat	Placerville

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About Grizzly Flat, California

Grizzly Flat is a locality in El Dorado County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,200. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Grizzly Flat is located at 38.6363°N, 120.5274°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95636.

Grizzly Flat emerges from the high-altitude timber as a quiet settlement defined by the persistent, cold-running waters of Grizzly Creek. It lies 16.0 miles east-southeast of Placerville, CA (from Placerville, CA: bearing 114°T), and is situated 9.2 miles south-southeast of Pollock Pines. The landscape here is defined by the sharp, rugged terrain that marks the approach to the Sierra Nevada, where the earth drops away into the deep, shaded crevices of Shingle Mill Gulch. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy of the Eldorado National Forest, casting long, fractured shadows across the pine needles and granite outcrops that litter the forest floor. The air possesses a thin, crisp clarity, carrying the scent of damp earth and wood smoke, while the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Sierra Nevada offer a permanent, stoic backdrop to the changing seasons of the high country.

Grizzly Flat carries the weight of a history carved from the extraction of gold and the harvest of timber, industries that once dictated the frantic pulse of the region. Today, the pace of Grizzly Flat has settled into a deliberate, rhythmic solitude, far removed from the frantic sprawl of more populated corridors. Residents look toward the nearby Jenkinson Lake for a reprieve from the summer heat, or find stillness in the vast, protected expanses of the Eldorado National Forest that surround their properties. Life here is dictated by the slow shift of light across the mountainside and the seasonal cycle of the woods, where the endurance of the land remains the most constant neighbor to those who make their home among the trees.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 0.2 mi, 360° N · 703k acres
Leoni House (Attraction) — 2.0 mi, 150° SE
Morrisonville (Theatre) — 2.1 mi, 163° S
Council Bowl (Theatre) — 2.2 mi, 144° SE
Nature Center and Observatory (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 145° SE
Eldorado Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 3.7 mi, 203° SW · 326 acres
Sly Park (Local Recreation) — 5.2 mi, 346° N
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 5.5 mi, 257° W
Jenkins Lake (Resource Management Area) — 5.6 mi, 345° N
Trails West Marker (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 353° N
Peavine Point Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 8.9 mi, 359° N
Twin Bridges Swimming Hole (Attraction) — 9.4 mi, 266° W
North Fork Cosumnes River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.6 mi, 275° W
North Fork Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 13.5 mi, 176° S · 2,970 acres
Sobon Estate Museum (Museum) — 14.3 mi, 240° SW
Shenandoah Valley Museum (Museum) — 14.8 mi, 245° SW
Bert Lund Memorial Overlook (Viewpoint) — 14.9 mi, 109° E
Chew Kee Store (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 234° SW
Volution Gallery (Gallery) — 16.1 mi, 294° NW
Art Studio 360 (Gallery) — 16.1 mi, 293° NW
Placerville Art Gallery (Gallery) — 16.1 mi, 293° NW
Albert Givan (Monument) — 16.6 mi, 016° N
Amador County Model Railroad Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 202° S
South Fork American River (Wild & Scenic River) — 18.1 mi, 299° NW · 5,570 acres
Mokelumne Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 19.3 mi, 117° SE · 104k acres
Sutter Gold Mine (Attraction) — 21.9 mi, 225° SW
Historic Joseph H. Thomas House (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 227° SW
Keystone Mine (Historic Ruins) — 22.0 mi, 227° SW
Desolation Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.4 mi, 052° NE · 64k acres
Yosemite National Park (National Park) — 53.5 mi, 138° SE · 743k acres

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