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Lake Hughes California Map

Explore Lake Hughes, 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 Hughes, California

How to Use This Lake Hughes, California Map

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

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 Hughes
State	California (CA)
County	Los Angeles County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	34.676929
Longitude	-118.44536
Population	544
Density	19.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93532
Area Code	760
County Seat	Los Angeles
School District	Antelope Valley Union Joint High School District

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About Lake Hughes, California

Lake Hughes is a locality in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 544. The population density is 19.8 people per km². Lake Hughes is located at 34.6769°N, 118.4454°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93532.

Lake Hughes occupies a quiet, sun-bleached fold of the earth where the high desert meets the chaparral. It lies 13.1 miles west of Quartz Hill, CA (from Quartz Hill, CA: bearing 280°T), and is situated 17.6 miles west of Lancaster. Broad, amber-grassed slopes rise from the basin floor, their surfaces fractured by the tectonic tension that defines the region’s deep, hidden geology. Hughes Lake rests at the center of this terrain, a small, reflective eye in the landscape that draws the eye toward the horizon, where the distant, hazy silhouette of the San Gabriel Mountains marks the limits of the sky. The air here holds a dry, sharp clarity, smelling faintly of sun-baked sage and scrub oak, while the light at dusk turns the surrounding hills into bruised shades of violet and gold, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the valley floor.

History in Lake Hughes remains tethered to the rugged demands of the backcountry, where the presence of the Angeles National Forest provides a sprawling, wild backdrop for those who favor the solitude of the interior. Economic life here moves at a deliberate, quiet pace, distinct from the frantic motion of the wider world, with the Governor Edmund G Brown East Branch California Aqueduct threading its concrete path just two miles away to sustain the thirsty grid beyond. Residents often follow the Myrick Cutoff to traverse the terrain of Pine Canyon, navigating a landscape that feels unchanged by the decades. Even as the seasons turn the vegetation to a tinder-dry brittle brown, Lake Hughes persists as a place of stark, solitary character, where the silence is as much a feature of the topography as the earth itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Angeles National Forest (National Forest) — 0.1 mi, 072° E · 662k acres
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 1.4 mi, 225° SW · 1,886 acres
Cold Creek Valley Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 336° NW
Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 022° N
George R. Bones Wildlife Sanctuary (Local Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 328° NW
Tehachapi Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 4.7 mi, 034° NE
Arthur B. Ripley Desert Woodland State Park (State Park) — 5.3 mi, 335° NW
Tuf Quarry Mill (Historic Ruins) — 5.5 mi, 029° NE
Saint Francis Dam National Monument (National Monument) — 8.5 mi, 197° S · 353 acres
St. Francis Dam (Historic Ruins) — 9.8 mi, 203° SW
Castaic Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 10.3 mi, 221° SW
Dom & Brian's Last Ride Site (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 242° SW
Maps and Maping: The Firefighter's Life Line (Public Artwork) — 16.9 mi, 204° SW
Sespe Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.1 mi, 248° W · 220k acres
Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 17.3 mi, 258° W · 1.8M acres
Aerospace Walk of Honor (Monument) — 17.4 mi, 085° E
Lang Southern Pacific Station (Monument) — 17.4 mi, 167° S
San Gabriel Mountains National Monument (National Monument) — 17.4 mi, 167° S · 454k acres
Magic Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 18.1 mi, 165° S · 12k acres
Edwards Canyon Country Stadium 10 (Cinema) — 18.2 mi, 183° S
Regal Edwards Valencia Stadium 12 & IMAX (Cinema) — 19.0 mi, 200° S
Tornado (Attraction) — 19.2 mi, 206° SW
Scream! (Attraction) — 19.3 mi, 207° SW
Carl Boyer Room (Gallery) — 19.3 mi, 199° S
Black Snake Summit (Attraction) — 19.3 mi, 206° SW
Bonzai Pipelines (Attraction) — 19.3 mi, 206° SW
William S. Hart Ranch House (Museum) — 21.3 mi, 193° S
Heritage Junction Historic Park (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 192° S
Bunkhouse (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 193° S
Rancho Camulos (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 223° SW

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