La Cresta California Map
Explore La Cresta, 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 La Cresta, California
How to Use This La Cresta, California Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for La Cresta, 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 La Cresta.
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 | La Cresta |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Riverside County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 35.397201 |
| Longitude | -118.989312 |
| Population | 8,787 |
| Density | 3243.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 92562, 92021, 93305 |
| Area Code | 714, 661 |
| County Seat | Riverside |
| School District | Bakersfield City School District |
About La Cresta, California
La Cresta is a locality in Riverside County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 8,787. The population density is 3243.5 people per km². La Cresta is located at 35.3972°N, 118.9893°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 92562, 92021, 93305.La Cresta occupies a high, rugged plateau where the earth rises in stiff, sun-bleached ridges against the sky. It lies 3.2 miles southwest of Wildomar, CA (from Wildomar, CA: bearing 219°T), and is situated 5.9 miles west of Murrieta. The landscape is defined by the sharp verticality of Elsinore Peak to the east and the deep, shadowed fissures of Slaughterhouse Canyon, which carve through the terrain three miles away. Vegetation here consists of hardy scrub and oak stands that cling to the slopes, surviving on the thin, dry air that settles over the region. When the light shifts at dusk, the hills take on a bruised, copper hue, casting long shadows that stretch toward the brush-choked path of the Los Alamos Truck Trail.
Human presence in La Cresta remains sparse, favoring large, open parcels of land that prioritize isolation over density. The local economy is tied to this expansive geography, with many properties functioning as equestrian estates or private ranches that require significant maintenance to mitigate the fire risks of the tinder-dry summer months. Access to the wild is constant, as the boundaries of the Cleveland National Forest press against the edges of the neighborhood, providing a buffer of protected wilderness. While Lake Elsinore glimmers in the distance, the residents of La Cresta look instead toward the interior, where the dry bed of De Luz Creek marks the slow, seasonal movement of water through the parched ground.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Panorama Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 336° NW
- Kern River Parkway Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 316° NW
- Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 1.3 mi, 058° NE
- Metropolitan Recreation Center (Local Recreation) — 1.7 mi, 271° W
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 260° W
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 260° W
- Father Francisco Garces (Public Artwork) — 1.8 mi, 246° SW
- Rasmussen Center (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 294° NW
- Kern Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 212° SW
- Bakersfield Civic Auditorium (Theatre) — 2.2 mi, 218° SW
- Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 237° SW
- Kern County World War II Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 238° SW
- Bakersfield Cactus Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 060° NE
- Valley Plaza Stadium (Cinema) — 5.0 mi, 212° SW
- California Living Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 067° NE
- Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 11.5 mi, 069° E · 1.1M acres
- Checkpoint (Attraction) — 14.6 mi, 009° N
- Shafter Ford Theater (Theatre) — 16.8 mi, 295° NW
- Depot Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 295° NW
- Woody Rd (Attraction) — 22.4 mi, 021° N
- Heritage Park Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 331° NW
- Tehachapi Loop (Attraction) — 28.8 mi, 118° SE
- Jameson #17 (Attraction) — 31.7 mi, 235° SW
- Giant Sequoia National Monument (National Monument) — 33.2 mi, 035° NE · 353k acres
- Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 33.3 mi, 058° NE
- Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 34.3 mi, 188° S · 1.8M acres
- Carrizo Plain National Monument (National Monument) — 36.1 mi, 230° SW · 247k acres
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About This La Cresta Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of La Cresta, California. Coordinates: 35.397201, -118.989312. 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 La Cresta includes the ZIP code (92562, 92021, 93305), telephone area code (714, 661), county seat of Riverside County (Riverside), and school district assignment (Bakersfield City School District).
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
