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Lake California California Map

Explore Lake California, 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 Lake California, California

How to Use This Lake California, California Map

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

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

Latitude	40.3608
Longitude	-122.2102
Population	3,377
Density	206.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	96022
Area Code	530
County Seat	Red Bluff
School District	Evergreen Union Elementary School District

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About Lake California, California

Lake California is a locality in Tehama County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,377. The population density is 206.6 people per km². Lake California is located at 40.3608°N, 122.2102°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96022.

Lake California sprawls across a rugged expanse of oak-studded terrain where the horizon is defined by the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range. It lies 7.6 miles southeast of Anderson, CA (from Anderson, CA: bearing 143°T), and is situated 18.3 miles south-southeast of Redding. The landscape of Lake California transitions from high, sun-bleached grasslands into the deeper shadows of dense woodland, marked by the proximity of Schmeider Gulch which carves its path through the arid earth. Here, the air holds a dry, heat-heavy stillness during the long afternoons, carrying the scent of parched grass and the fine, pale dust that settles upon the winding roads. Sunlight catches the dry stalks of wild oats, turning the plains into a shimmering sea of amber that pales only when the evening light begins to deepen the hollows of the landscape into shades of bruised violet.

Sacramento River flows with a persistent, quiet strength only a mile from the residential core, serving as a vital artery that draws local wildlife and sustains the verdant corridors amidst the surrounding heat. As a designated Wild and Scenic River, the Sacramento River offers a stark contrast to the nearby Table Mountain Lake, which sits four miles away as a still, reflective basin in the sun-baked topography. Lake California exists as a place of deliberate, quiet pace, where the economy is tethered to the slow rhythms of the land and the maintenance of its private, sprawling residential character. The community remains a distinct point of human settlement set against the vast, untamed sprawl of the interior, where the history of the soil is written in the seasonal cycles of growth and the enduring, silent presence of the ancient oaks.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sacramento River (Wild & Scenic River) — 0.9 mi, 172° S · 8,248 acres
Sacramento River/bend Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 0.9 mi, 166° S
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 1.2 mi, 169° S
Mouth of Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 015° N
Battle Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 1.8 mi, 033° NE · 12k acres
Battle Creek Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.1 mi, 035° NE
Battle Creek Public Access (State Recreation Area) — 2.7 mi, 038° NE
Jed's Overlook (Viewpoint) — 7.6 mi, 163° S
Anderson Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 7.7 mi, 323° NW
California-Oregon Highway Historical Marker (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 320° NW
Lassen National Forest (National Forest) — 11.7 mi, 337° NW · 1.1M acres
Portal (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 173° S
Mendocino National Forest (National Forest) — 12.3 mi, 183° S · 929k acres
Prime Cinemas (Cinema) — 13.5 mi, 184° S
Palo Cedro Video (Cinema) — 14.1 mi, 354° N
Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 15.1 mi, 169° S · 21k acres
Nur Pon Salmon Run (Public Artwork) — 16.8 mi, 329° NW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 17.7 mi, 301° NW
Turtle Bay Bird Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 18.0 mi, 332° NW
Art Gallery (Gallery) — 18.1 mi, 331° NW
Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 20.8 mi, 312° NW · 42k acres
Ishi Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.4 mi, 124° SE · 42k acres
Tehama County Museum (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 169° S
Shasta Lake Ranger Station (Attraction) — 24.5 mi, 344° N
Afterthought Mine (Historic Ruins) — 26.8 mi, 016° N
Kennett (Historic Ruins) — 28.3 mi, 339° N
Lake Shasta Caverns (Attraction) — 31.0 mi, 351° N
Sulphur Works (Attraction) — 36.0 mi, 080° E
Seismograph (Attraction) — 36.1 mi, 070° E
Alta Schmidt House Museum (Museum) — 42.6 mi, 179° S

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