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Litchfield California Map

Explore Litchfield, 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 Litchfield, California

How to Use This Litchfield, California Map

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

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

Latitude	40.382677
Longitude	-120.387163
Population	160
Density	15.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	96117
Area Code	530
County Seat	Susanville
School District	Lassen Union High School District

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About Litchfield, California

Litchfield is a locality in Lassen County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 160. The population density is 15.5 people per km². Litchfield is located at 40.3827°N, 120.3872°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96117.

Litchfield occupies a stretch of high-desert expanse where the wind carries the dry, sharp scent of sagebrush and parched earth. It lies 14.2 miles east of Susanville, CA (from Susanville, CA: bearing 99°T), and is situated 9.3 miles northeast of Janesville. The Susan River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its cool, braided waters offering a persistent ribbon of silver against the tawny, sun-bleached plains. To the west, the jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range looms on the distant horizon like a charcoal sketch against the pale sky, while the proximity of Balls Canyon adds a rugged, vertical dimension to the horizon. The light here has a crystalline quality, bleaching the color from the midday grasses until they shimmer like pale straw, only to deepen into a bruised, resonant violet as the sun retreats behind the basin walls.

Litchfield remains a place defined by the quiet industry of the high plains, where the rhythms of agricultural work dictate the slow turning of the seasons. Residents often look toward the Honey Lake Wildlife Area, a sanctuary of wetlands and migratory flight paths that provides a necessary stillness to the surrounding arid terrain. Hartson Lake sits in the quiet periphery, a remnant of the region’s complex hydrological history that continues to shape the local sense of geography. Life in Litchfield moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, grounded in the maintenance of fences and the seasonal migration of livestock, reflecting a resilience born from living in a landscape that neither asks for nor offers easy comfort.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Honey Lake Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 179° S
Honey Lake Waterfowl Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 182° S · 2,094 acres
Bass Hill Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.9 mi, 237° SW
Willow Creek (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 6.2 mi, 329° NW
Tunnison Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 6.3 mi, 328° NW · 20k acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 8.4 mi, 013° N
Skedaddle Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 9.2 mi, 097° E · 63k acres
Plumas National Forest (National Forest) — 10.3 mi, 206° SW · 1.2M acres
Lassen National Forest (National Forest) — 10.9 mi, 247° SW · 1.1M acres
Lassen Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.4 mi, 280° W
Lassen County Arts Council (Gallery) — 14.6 mi, 280° W
Susan River (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 14.7 mi, 279° W
Osprey Overlook (Viewpoint) — 23.2 mi, 303° NW
Merrill Amphitheater (Theatre) — 24.9 mi, 297° NW
Smoke Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 25.1 mi, 034° NE · 4,050 acres
Western Pacific Railroad Museum (Museum) — 40.3 mi, 187° S
Vehicle (Historic Ruins) — 40.4 mi, 248° W
Plumas County Museum (Museum) — 42.8 mi, 224° SW
Chester-Lake Almanor Museum (Museum) — 44.5 mi, 264° W
Lassen Volcanic National Park (National Park) — 45.6 mi, 274° W · 107k acres
Pioneer Ski Area of America (Monument) — 46.3 mi, 201° S
Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum (Museum) — 46.3 mi, 201° S
Mammoth Mill (Historic Ruins) — 46.3 mi, 201° S
Terminal Geyser (Attraction) — 52.2 mi, 273° W
Devils Kitchen (Attraction) — 55.3 mi, 275° W
Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout (Monument) — 56.2 mi, 194° S
Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial (Monument) — 57.3 mi, 193° S
Devastated Area (Attraction) — 57.4 mi, 280° W
Bumpass Hell (Attraction) — 58.9 mi, 275° W
Yuba Theatre (Theatre) — 61.4 mi, 202° S

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