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Hat Creek California Map

Explore Hat Creek, 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 Hat Creek, California

How to Use This Hat Creek, California Map

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

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	Hat Creek
State	California (CA)
County	Shasta County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	40.789806
Longitude	-121.474515
Population	266
Density	2.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	96040
Area Code	530
County Seat	Redding
School District	Fall River Joint Unified School District

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About Hat Creek, California

Hat Creek is a locality in Shasta County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 266. The population density is 2.1 people per km². Hat Creek is located at 40.7898°N, 121.4745°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96040.

Hat Creek emerges from the volcanic landscape as a ribbon of cold, spring-fed clarity, carving a path through the high-altitude meadows of Lassen National Forest. It lies 46.0 miles east-northeast of Shasta Lake, CA (from Shasta Lake, CA: bearing 77°T), and is situated 8.5 miles east-southeast of Burney. This terrain is defined by the porous basalt of the region, where the earth seems to drink the sunlight, holding a stillness that is only broken by the persistent, rhythmic rush of water against moss-slicked stone. To the west, the distant peaks of the Cascade Range silhouette against the sky, their jagged profiles rising above the scrub and timber like ancient, sleeping sentinels. The air here holds a crisp, thin quality, flavored by the scent of pine and the dry, mineral breath of the earth, while the light at dusk turns the surrounding grasses into a brittle, glowing amber that softens the stark geometry of the volcanic rock.

Human presence in Hat Creek remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, shaped by the legacy of early homesteaders who recognized the utility of these fertile, water-rich corridors. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the environment, drawing visitors who traverse the nearby Wilcox Trail or seek the solitude of the wilderness, while the timber industry and small-scale land stewardship continue to anchor the community. Life moves in accordance with the seasons, far removed from the frantic pace of the distant urban centers, finding a sense of permanence in the shadow of the forest. Beyond the immediate banks of the water, the topography shifts toward the rugged solitude of Eiler Gulch, and for those who seek the stillness of deeper waters, the quiet expanse of Antelope Reservoir waits seven miles away, reflecting the vast, clear sky of the interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lassen National Forest (National Forest) — locality lies within · 1.1M acres
Hat Creek Radio Observatory (Attraction) — 1.9 mi, 009° N
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 3.3 mi, 062° NE · 1,886 acres
Thousand Lakes Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 4.7 mi, 224° SW · 17k acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 7.1 mi, 017° N
Panoramic Point, Lassen National Forest (Viewpoint) — 11.4 mi, 181° S
Shasta National Forest (National Forest) — 11.6 mi, 336° NW · 1.2M acres
Lava Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 11.6 mi, 016° N · 35k acres
Lower Pit River Canyon (Wild & Scenic River) — 12.4 mi, 004° N · 583 acres
Lockhart Ferry (Monument) — 14.8 mi, 006° N
Lassen Volcanic Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 15.2 mi, 159° S · 79k acres
Lassen Volcanic National Park (National Park) — 15.2 mi, 189° S · 107k acres
Pit River Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 16.0 mi, 043° NE · 12k acres
Upper Pit River Canyon (Wild & Scenic River) — 16.0 mi, 050° NE · 3,279 acres
"stand By Me" Bridge (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 334° NW
Hot Rock (Attraction) — 17.7 mi, 183° S
Seismograph (Attraction) — 18.1 mi, 195° S
Site of the First School in Fall River Valley (Monument) — 20.7 mi, 020° N
Whiskeytown Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 28.1 mi, 277° W · 202k acres
Totem Pole (Public Artwork) — 29.9 mi, 226° SW
Afterthought Mine (Historic Ruins) — 31.5 mi, 263° W
Chester-Lake Almanor Museum (Museum) — 35.6 mi, 159° S
Merrill Amphitheater (Theatre) — 38.8 mi, 115° SE
Smithy (Historic Ruins) — 39.4 mi, 305° NW
Palo Cedro Video (Cinema) — 43.0 mi, 249° W
Dam Builders Monument (Monument) — 47.3 mi, 261° W
Turtle Bay Bird Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 48.9 mi, 254° W
Art Gallery (Gallery) — 49.2 mi, 254° W
Lassen County Arts Council (Gallery) — 49.9 mi, 121° SE
Lassen Historical Museum (Museum) — 49.9 mi, 121° SE

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