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Kaweah California Map

Explore Kaweah, 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 Kaweah, California

How to Use This Kaweah, California Map

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

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

Latitude	36.46967
Longitude	-118.918434
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	93271, 93237
Area Code	661
County Seat	Visalia

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About Kaweah, California

Kaweah is a locality in Tulare County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Kaweah is located at 36.4697°N, 118.9184°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 93271, 93237.

Kaweah rises from the sun-bleached earth where the persistent, rhythmic flow of Mankins Creek defines the local hydrology. It lies 17.3 miles northeast of Exeter, CA (from Exeter, CA: bearing 46°T), and is situated 2.3 miles north-northwest of Three Rivers. This landscape is defined by the Kaweah Area of Critical Environmental Concern, a terrain where the light at dusk turns the dry grasses into a sea of muted amber and bronze. Beyond the immediate basin, the horizon is held by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sierra Nevada, while the proximity of Washburn Cove adds a subtle, concave geometry to the surrounding foothills. Three miles away, the quiet surface of Mankins Flat mirrors the shifting sky, providing a rare stillness in a region where the air is often thin and sharpened by the heat of the inland plains.

Kaweah maintains a tether to the land through its history of stewardship and the careful management of the nearby Giant Forest, which looms as a testament to the ancient biological legacy of the region. The economy remains rooted in the delicate balance of the environment, shaped by the regulatory presence of the Kaweah Area of Critical Environmental Concern and the rhythms of a landscape that demands resilience from its inhabitants. While residents may look toward the distant, thundering descent of Marble Falls as a landmark of natural force, the character of daily life in Kaweah is measured in the slow, deliberate work of maintaining the local ecology. Here, the passage of time is marked not by the clock, but by the seasonal color of the oak savanna and the way the shadows lengthen across the valley floor as the sun retreats.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kaweah Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 0.3 mi, 048° NE
Sequoia National Park (National Park) — 2.3 mi, 060° NE · 407k acres
Sheep Ridge Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 2.7 mi, 006° N · 5,017 acres
Lake Kaweah (Recreation Area) — 3.7 mi, 193° S
Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 3.8 mi, 034° NE · 768k acres
Milk Ranch/Case Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 3.8 mi, 031° NE · 9,361 acres
Homer Ranch (Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 268° W
Dry Creek Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 6.7 mi, 245° SW
Old Ranger Station (Historic Ruins) — 8.2 mi, 046° NE
Kaweah River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.6 mi, 066° NE
John Krebs Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 8.7 mi, 104° E · 40k acres
Hospital Rock (Historic Ruins) — 8.9 mi, 066° NE
Crystal Cave (Attraction) — 9.7 mi, 032° NE
Hanging Rock (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 056° NE
Giant Sequoia National Monument (National Monument) — 10.0 mi, 358° N · 353k acres
Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 10.0 mi, 358° N · 1.1M acres
Booker T. Washington Tree (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 054° NE
Auto Log (Attraction) — 10.1 mi, 055° NE
Stephen Mather memorial plaque (Monument) — 10.5 mi, 056° NE
Kings Canyon National Park (National Park) — 10.5 mi, 006° N · 459k acres
Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.7 mi, 162° S · 1,825 acres
McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 19.0 mi, 160° S
World's Largest Olive (Public Artwork) — 21.0 mi, 210° SW
Ponderosa Victory Circle (Theatre) — 21.8 mi, 001° N
Ice House Theatre (Theatre) — 22.5 mi, 246° SW
Treaty of 1851 (Monument) — 26.2 mi, 176° S
Galaxy Theatres (Cinema) — 28.6 mi, 234° SW
Donald Downs Plaque (Monument) — 34.0 mi, 063° NE
Art Gonzales Museum (Museum) — 40.3 mi, 281° W
Pioneer Village Museum (Museum) — 40.4 mi, 281° W

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