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Korbel California Map

Explore Korbel, 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 Korbel, California

How to Use This Korbel, California Map

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

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

Latitude	38.50769
Longitude	-122.964442
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	95446, 95550
Area Code	408, 669, 530
County Seat	Eureka

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About Korbel, California

Korbel is a locality in Humboldt County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Korbel is located at 38.5077°N, 122.9644°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95446, 95550.

Korbel emerges from the damp, verdant floor of Sullivan Gulch, where the North Fork Mad River carves a restless path through the dense, timbered landscape. It lies 6.5 miles east of Arcata, CA (from Arcata, CA: bearing 88°T), and is situated 9.1 miles southeast of McKinleyville. The air here holds the heavy, salt-edged moisture of the Pacific, drifting inland from the distant Arcata Bay to cling to the serrated needles of the timber stands. While the horizon is dominated by the silent, brooding presence of the Klamath Mountains, the immediate terrain is defined by the intimate, shadowed folds of the land and the pervasive silence of the surrounding groves. A short distance away, the quiet sprawl of the City of Blue Lake Tot Lot offers a fleeting glimpse of human order against the wild, unyielding growth of the nearby Arcata Community Forest, where sunlight filters down in pale, slanted columns that seem to freeze the morning in time.

Korbel maintains a quiet endurance, its identity forged in the sawdust and iron of a long-standing timber economy that once dictated the pulse of the region. The industry carved a distinct pattern into the earth, leaving behind a legacy of rail-lines and mill-work that still whispers through the geography of the gulch. Life moves with the deliberate, measured pace of a place that understands the weight of its own history, far removed from the frantic pace of the coast. Residents look toward the distant presence of Little Sand Island or the far-off surface of Big Lagoon as markers of a wider world, yet they remain tethered to the local rhythm of the river and the seasonal shift of the light. It is a place where the work of the past remains visible in the weathering of structures and the persistent, industrious spirit of those who remain, anchored by the cold, clear water of the North Fork Mad River.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Korbel Museum (Museum) — 0.0 mi, 311° NW
JK Wright Park (Local Park) — 1.6 mi, 252° W
Sunset Beach (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 100° E
Lifvendahl (Gallery) — 1.8 mi, 258° W
Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 307° NW
Redwood Forest Theater (Theatre) — 3.1 mi, 309° NW
Steelhead Beach Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 3.2 mi, 096° E
Austin Creek State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 3.3 mi, 322° NW
Bohemia Ecological Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 180° S
Hoot Owl (Gallery) — 3.6 mi, 222° SW
Curtain Call Theatre (Theatre) — 3.6 mi, 222° SW
Monte Rio Theater (Cinema) — 3.7 mi, 222° SW
West Pole (Viewpoint) — 4.9 mi, 224° SW
Sonoma Coast State Park (State Park) — 4.9 mi, 223° SW
Iron Horse Vineyards (Attraction) — 5.0 mi, 135° SE
Christopher Queen Galleries (Gallery) — 6.1 mi, 233° SW
Duncans Mills Depot Museum (Museum) — 6.1 mi, 232° SW
Occidental Center For the Arts (Arts Centre) — 6.8 mi, 173° S
Occidental Veterans of World War 2 (Monument) — 6.8 mi, 173° S
Sturgeons Steam Mill – Historic (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 151° SE
Windsor Museum (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 070° E
Healdsburg Museum (Museum) — 8.9 mi, 036° NE
Veteran's Memorial Grove (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 139° SE
Path to Peace (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 139° SE
O'Reilley Tarsir (Public Artwork) — 9.4 mi, 135° SE
Russian River State Marine Conservation Area (Marine Protected Area) — 9.7 mi, 245° SW
Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 9.9 mi, 229° SW
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 9.9 mi, 229° SW · 8,946 acres
Point Reyes National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 18.2 mi, 185° S · 135k acres
Phillip Burton Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 18.3 mi, 186° S · 33k acres

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