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Johnsville California Map

Explore Johnsville, 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 Johnsville, California

How to Use This Johnsville, California Map

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

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

Latitude	39.76971
Longitude	-120.699783
Population	22
Density	0.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	96103
Area Code	530
County Seat	Quincy
School District	Plumas Unified School District

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About Johnsville, California

Johnsville is a locality in Plumas County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 22. The population density is 0.6 people per km². Johnsville is located at 39.7697°N, 120.6998°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96103.

Johnsville holds a quiet permanence, defined by the insistent, crystalline rush of Jamison Creek as it carves through the rugged terrain. It lies 40.5 miles northwest of Truckee, CA (from Truckee, CA: bearing 318°T), and is situated 16.1 miles southeast of East Quincy. Sunlight here shifts with a deliberate, golden weight, illuminating the steep slopes that rise toward the distant Sierra Nevada, while the cool air carries the scent of pine needles and damp earth from the nearby Plumas National Forest. The land feels ancient and indifferent to the passing of human hours, marked by the deep, shadowed folds of Florentine Canyon and the silent, reflective surface of Gold Lake resting just a short distance away. Within the boundaries of Plumas-Eureka State Park, the landscape maintains a wild, unmanicured integrity, where the high-altitude light turns the morning gray into a sharp, crystalline clarity that reveals every jagged contour of the surrounding peaks.

Johnsville emerged from the frantic, dust-choked energy of the nineteenth-century gold rush, transforming from a cluster of hopeful prospectors' cabins into a site of intensive hard-rock mining that left its mark on the very bedrock of the region. Where heavy machinery once groaned against the stone, the economy has now settled into a slower pulse, focused on preserving the remnants of that industrial ambition while inviting the curious to traverse the Eureka Peak Loop Trail. The remnants of stamp mills and mine shafts serve as stark, skeletal reminders of a time when the earth was systematically upturned in search of fortune, yet today the pace of life favors the patient observer over the frantic seeker. Johnsville keeps its history not in books, but in the rusting iron and weathered timber that remain scattered throughout the slopes, standing as quiet witnesses to a past that shaped the rugged character of the people who linger here.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Plumas-Eureka State Park (State Park) — locality lies within
Plumas National Forest (National Forest) — 0.6 mi, 345° N · 1.2M acres
Mammoth Mill (Historic Ruins) — 0.9 mi, 204° SW
Pioneer Ski Area of America (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 173° S
Feather, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 2.9 mi, 046° NE · 24k acres
Middle Fork Feather River Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 4.1 mi, 081° E
Tahoe National Forest (National Forest) — 4.4 mi, 195° S · 895k acres
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 4.5 mi, 191° S · 1,886 acres
Frazier Falls Overlook (Viewpoint) — 5.3 mi, 144° SE
Western Pacific Railroad Museum (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 079° E
Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 167° S
Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial (Monument) — 14.2 mi, 163° S
Kentucky Mine Historic Park and Museum (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 163° S
Crocker Meadows Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.9 mi, 064° NE
Downieville Museum (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 205° SW
Yuba Theatre (Theatre) — 16.0 mi, 205° SW
Frank C. Reilly Museum (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 248° W
Plumas County Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 311° NW
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 17.7 mi, 010° N
Antelope Valley Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 19.8 mi, 111° E
Bucks Lake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 24.1 mi, 292° W · 24k acres
Webber Lake (Attraction) — 24.6 mi, 142° SE
Jolly Boys Mine (Historic Ruins) — 28.7 mi, 181° S
Missouri Bar (Attraction) — 30.9 mi, 199° S
Illinois Bar (Attraction) — 33.3 mi, 205° SW
Edwards Crossing (Attraction) — 33.9 mi, 207° SW
"snowshoe" Thompson (Public Artwork) — 35.2 mi, 148° SE
Mystic Theater (Theatre) — 38.9 mi, 206° SW
Granite Chief Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 41.9 mi, 156° SE · 28k acres
Lassen Volcanic National Park (National Park) — 53.8 mi, 327° NW · 107k acres

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