Explore Linden, 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 Linden, 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 Linden.
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 | Linden |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | San Joaquin County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 38.01814 |
| Longitude | -121.101562 |
| Population | 1,863 |
| Density | 97.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 95236 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| County Seat | Stockton |
| School District | Linden Unified School District |
Linden anchors itself firmly within the expansive agricultural plains of the Central Valley, where the horizon stretches wide and the light holds a heavy, golden clarity during the long summer months. It lies 8.9 miles east-northeast of Garden Acres, CA (from Garden Acres, CA: bearing 63°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east of Morada. The land here remains largely flat, a deliberate expanse of deep soil that sustains a patchwork of orchards and fields, while the distant silhouettes of the Coast Ranges provide a faint, jagged boundary against the western sky. Mormon Slough cuts a quiet, unassuming path through the local topography just a mile away, its presence marked by a thin ribbon of riparian growth that interrupts the otherwise orderly geometry of the surrounding farms. The air carries the dry, earthen scent of tilled fields, and at dusk, the shadows lengthen across the dust of the valley floor, turning the landscape into a study of muted ochre and deepening gray.
Linden maintains a steady, industrious pace defined by the seasonal rhythms of its primary economy, which centers on the cultivation of cherries, walnuts, and other orchard fruits that thrive in this fertile basin. The settlement grew from the necessity of its productive earth, evolving into a place where the work of the day is measured in harvests and the maintenance of irrigation lines. Beyond the immediate reach of the orchards, residents might spend their leisure time at Garden Acres Park, a modest local space that offers a rare pause in the intensive agricultural routine. Further afield, the topography shifts toward the subtle depressions of South Gulch or the waters of Yosemite Lake, yet the character of Linden remains tied to its own immediate soil rather than these distant landmarks, reflecting a culture grounded in the persistent, quiet labor of the land.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Linden, California. Coordinates: 38.01814, -121.101562. 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 Linden includes the ZIP code (95236), telephone area code (408, 669), county seat of San Joaquin County (Stockton), and school district assignment (Linden 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. |