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Homewood California Map

Explore Homewood, 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 Homewood, California

How to Use This Homewood, California Map

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

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	Homewood
State	California (CA)
County	Placer County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	39.086852
Longitude	-120.16019
Population	680
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	96141
Area Code	530
County Seat	Auburn

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About Homewood, California

Homewood is a locality in Placer County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 680. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Homewood is located at 39.0869°N, 120.1602°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96141.

Homewood occupies a sharp, narrow shelf of land where the dense, resinous timber of the Tahoe National Forest meets the deep, cobalt expanse of Lake Tahoe. It lies 14.1 miles northwest of Lake Tahoe, CA (from Lake Tahoe, CA: bearing 316°T), and is situated 8.6 miles south-southeast of Squaw Valley. Madden Creek carves a persistent path through the terrain, its snowmelt-fed waters tumbling toward the lake in a cold, rhythmic rush that defines the verticality of the landscape. High above, the Sierra Nevada stands as a jagged, distant serration against the sky, while the nearby slopes of Homewood Canyon provide a steep, shadowed backdrop to the pines. The air here holds a crisp, high-altitude clarity, carrying the scent of damp earth and crushed needles, particularly in the quiet hours when the sun retreats behind the ridges and the forest settles into a long, blue twilight.

Homewood evolved from the rugged necessity of early logging and transit, shifting slowly from a base for mountain industry into a quiet refuge for those drawn to the winter snows and the summer stillness of the basin. The local economy persists in a delicate balance between seasonal recreation and the preservation of the wild, where the Carson Ranger District exerts a steadying influence on the stewardship of the surrounding woods. Visitors often trace the Edward F Dolder Nature Trail to witness the transition from the dense, shaded groves to the expansive, open vistas of the lake shore. Life in Homewood moves with the changing seasons, marked by the arrival of heavy mountain winters and the slow, deliberate thaw that brings the creek to its peak, ensuring that the character of the place remains firmly anchored in the cycles of the high country.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tahoe National Forest (National Forest) — 0.3 mi, 304° NW · 895k acres
Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 1.5 mi, 141° SE · 703k acres
Ed Z'Berg Sugar Pine Point State Park (State Park) — 2.4 mi, 171° S
Kilner Park (Local Park) — 3.3 mi, 002° N
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 4.0 mi, 259° W · 1,886 acres
Granite Chief Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 4.2 mi, 294° NW · 28k acres
Desolation Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 4.6 mi, 182° S · 64k acres
Ralph R. Steele Memorial (Monument) — 5.4 mi, 007° N
Burton Creek State Park (State Park) — 5.5 mi, 009° N
Gatekeeper's Museum (Museum) — 5.6 mi, 009° N
Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema (Cinema) — 5.9 mi, 009° N
The Big Tree (Public Artwork) — 5.9 mi, 010° N
Snow Sports Museum (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 012° N
Tahoe State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.1 mi, 013° N
Observation Point (Viewpoint) — 6.2 mi, 234° SW
Rubicon Point Light (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 151° SE
Balancing Rock (Attraction) — 7.2 mi, 157° SE
Five Lakes Trailhead (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 330° NW
Olympic Flame (Monument) — 8.4 mi, 345° N
Watson Monument (Monument) — 9.5 mi, 319° NW
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 10.0 mi, 156° SE
Lyon Peak/Needle Lake Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 10.6 mi, 317° NW
Open Space (State Recreation Area) — 11.1 mi, 085° E
Lake of the Sky Amphitheater (Theatre) — 11.8 mi, 151° SE
Tallac Historic Site (Attraction) — 12.0 mi, 149° SE
The Village Cinemas (Cinema) — 13.2 mi, 009° N
DeRubeis Fine Art of Metal (Gallery) — 14.6 mi, 127° SE
Genius Fine Art (Gallery) — 14.7 mi, 128° SE
Marcus Ashley Galllery (Gallery) — 14.7 mi, 128° SE
North Fork American, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 16.8 mi, 310° NW · 12k acres

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