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Island Mountain California Map

Explore Island Mountain, 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 Island Mountain, California

How to Use This Island Mountain, California Map

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

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	Island Mountain
State	California (CA)
County	Trinity County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	40.026261
Longitude	-123.490301
Population	180
Density	2.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	95595, 95519
Area Code	530
County Seat	Weaverville

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About Island Mountain, California

Island Mountain is a locality in Trinity County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Island Mountain is located at 40.0263°N, 123.4903°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95595, 95519.

Island Mountain emerges from the rugged, inland terrain as a solitary anchor point amidst a landscape defined by the relentless, winding path of the Eel River. It lies 52.9 miles southeast of Fortuna, CA (from Fortuna, CA: bearing 138°T), and is situated 43.5 miles north-northeast of Fort Bragg. Sunlight here possesses a heavy, amber quality, baking the dry grasses of the hillside until the stalks turn the color of straw and brittle parchment. Three miles to the east, the basin of Pine Flat creates a wide, level pause in the topography, while the proximity of Lower Lake provides a quiet, reflective stillness to the immediate environment. The air carries the scent of sun-warmed earth and dry timber, a stark reminder of the isolation inherent in this portion of the state where the vast Coast Ranges loom on the far horizon like a jagged, blue-gray memory of geologic upheaval.

History at Island Mountain is written in the silence of the earth and the traces of former industry that once relied upon the iron rails to pull wealth from the deep, timbered slopes. The local economy has long been a quiet negotiation with the land, shifting from the labor of extraction to a slower, more deliberate existence that mirrors the seasonal ebb of the nearby Charlton Creek Trib. Residents might occasionally seek the elevation of the Ben Duncan Mailbox Trail, a path that offers a vantage point over the rugged, broken country that guards the region from the frantic pace of more populated zones. Life in Island Mountain moves with the deliberate, unhurried gravity of the river, where the passage of a day is marked not by the chime of a clock, but by the lengthening shadows that climb the hillsides as the afternoon light wanes into a deep, cool violet.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Charlton Creek Trib (Wild & Scenic River) — 3.8 mi, 236° SW · 310 acres
Charlton Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 4.2 mi, 213° SW · 926 acres
Emerald Waters Reserve (Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 341° N
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 5.1 mi, 266° W
Six Rivers National Forest (National Forest) — 5.2 mi, 058° NE · 978k acres
North Fork Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 9.1 mi, 038° NE · 8,296 acres
Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 12.3 mi, 067° NE · 184k acres
Big Butte Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 12.7 mi, 086° E · 1,555 acres
Panorama Point (Viewpoint) — 15.7 mi, 269° W
One-Log House (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 266° W
World's Tallest Free Standing Redwood Chainsaw Carving (Public Artwork) — 16.3 mi, 243° SW
Confusion Hill Redwood Shoehouse (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 243° SW
Confusion Hill Mountain Train Ride (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 243° SW
Confusion Hill Gravity House (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 243° SW
The Twin Towers (Monument) — 16.3 mi, 243° SW
Mendocino National Forest (National Forest) — 16.4 mi, 077° E · 929k acres
Humboldt Redwoods State Park (State Park) — 18.0 mi, 305° NW
Elder Creek Natural History Landmark (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 202° S
Indian Dick Forest Service Station (Historic Ruins) — 22.3 mi, 094° E
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 23.4 mi, 235° SW · 8,946 acres
California Historical Landmark #674 Round Valley (Monument) — 24.1 mi, 148° SE
Hayfork Reservoir (Nature Reserve) — 40.9 mi, 024° NE
Cotton Auditorium (Theatre) — 43.1 mi, 202° S
Otis R. Johnson Wilderness Park (Nature Reserve) — 43.3 mi, 202° S
"ruins" (not That Ruined) (Historic Ruins) — 43.4 mi, 165° S
Wente Campfire (Theatre) — 43.4 mi, 165° S
Noyo Center for Marine Science (Museum) — 43.5 mi, 203° SW
Mendocino Art Center (Arts Centre) — 52.4 mi, 199° S
Lansing Street Gallery (Gallery) — 52.4 mi, 198° S

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