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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.

CityKorbel
StateCalifornia (CA)
CountySonoma County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezonePacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)
Latitude38.50769
Longitude-122.964442
DensityN/A /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Codes95446, 95550
Area Code408, 669, 530
County SeatSanta Rosa

About Korbel, California

Korbel is a locality in Sonoma County, California, United States. Korbel is located at 38.5077°N, 122.9644°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95446, 95550.

Korbel anchors itself firmly within the rugged, sun-drenched expanse of the inland landscape where the Russian River carves a deliberate, serpentine path through the deep loam. It lies 8.5 miles west-southwest of Windsor, CA (from Windsor, CA: bearing 251°T), and is situated 8.8 miles southwest of Healdsburg. The terrain surrounding Korbel rises into steep, timbered slopes that define the character of Pasquini Canyon, a place where the light at dusk turns the dry grasses into a bruised, metallic gold. Beyond the immediate canopy of oaks and evergreens, the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Coast Ranges provide a permanent, serrated boundary against the sky. Those seeking to traverse the wilder edges of this geography find their way to the Armstrong Nature Trail, while the quiet, shaded groves of JK Wright Park offer a brief respite from the relentless heat of the interior afternoons.

Industry in Korbel remains tethered to the slow, patient rhythms of the land, shaped by a history of extraction and the steady, seasonal labor of the harvest. The economy here moves with the deliberate pace of the river, favoring the cultivation of the soil over the frantic pulse of urban centers. Residents maintain a quiet connection to the legacy of the region, where the labor of past generations is marked by the enduring presence of the timber and vine. Daily life in Korbel is defined by the shifting quality of the inland heat and the way the shadows lengthen across the valley floor, long before the sun finally dips below the ridges to leave the woods in a cool, silver silence.

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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About This Korbel Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Korbel, California. Coordinates: 38.50769, -122.964442. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Korbel includes the ZIP code (95446, 95550), telephone area code (408, 669, 530), county seat of Sonoma County (Santa Rosa), and school district assignment.

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.