Explore Leggett, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Leggett, 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 Leggett.
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 | Leggett |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Mendocino County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 39.865707 |
| Longitude | -123.714188 |
| Population | 77 |
| Density | 11.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 95585 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| County Seat | Ukiah |
| School District | Leggett Valley Unified School District |
Leggett emerges from the deep, verdant quiet of the forest where the South Fork Eel River carves a deliberate path through the earth. It lies 55.7 miles south-southeast of Fortuna, CA (from Fortuna, CA: bearing 155°T), and is situated 29.4 miles north of Fort Bragg. The air here holds a heavy, damp stillness, carrying the scent of redwood duff and the distant, salt-tinged promise of the Pacific Ocean, which waits only eight miles beyond the rugged horizon. Shadows stretch long across the Leggett Valley, where the light at dusk turns the canopy into a bruised violet, and the mist settles with the weight of antiquity. Nearby, the water of Mill Creek Falls descends in a shimmering, silver ribbon, while the Lookout Trail climbs toward high ground that overlooks the shifting, gray fog banks. Within the protected boundaries of Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area, the land remains a sanctuary of ancient growth, undisturbed by the hurried pace of the world outside.
Leggett maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasons and the slow, persistent cycle of the woods. The local economy has long been tethered to the harvest of timber and the passage of travelers, with the steady hum of transit serving as a quiet pulse for those who reside in this secluded basin. While the Coast Ranges remain distant, their silhouette defines the limits of the sky, providing a stark boundary to the daily life of the inhabitants. Beyond the reach of modern industry, one might find the stillness of Lewis Opening, a mirror for the clouds ten miles away, or catch the faint, jagged outline of Shoreline Rock on the coast. It is a place where the history of the land is written in the rings of trees and the eroding banks of the river, leaving a quiet endurance that marks every day spent in Leggett.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Leggett, California. Coordinates: 39.865707, -123.714188. 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 Leggett includes the ZIP code (95585), telephone area code (530), county seat of Mendocino County (Ukiah), and school district assignment (Leggett Valley Unified 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. |