Explore Locke, 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 Locke, 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 Locke.
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 | Locke |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Sacramento County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 38.25047 |
| Longitude | -121.509397 |
| Population | 80 |
| Density | 18.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 95690 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| County Seat | Sacramento |
Locke rises from the flat, alluvial plains of the Sacramento River, where the earth yields to the slow, heavy currents of a waterway that dictates the very geometry of the ground. It lies 11.4 miles west of Galt, CA (from Galt, CA: bearing 269°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south-southwest of Franklin. The land here remains stubbornly level, a wide expanse of silt and sediment that stretches toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Coast Ranges, visible only when the afternoon light clears the horizon. Near the quiet reed-lined banks of The Meadows Slough, the air hangs thick with the scent of damp soil and ripening fruit, a stillness that seems to suspend the afternoon in a golden, suspended amber. Locke Boarding House Park occupies the immediate center of the settlement, offering a shaded respite where the dry, inland heat of the valley is tempered by the shade of mature trees and the persistent, low-frequency hum of the river’s passage.
Constructed by Chinese immigrants who sought a place to live and trade when other avenues were barred, Locke stands as a stark, wooden architecture of survival, its narrow, elevated walkways and weathered facades reflecting a history etched in resilience. The economy once thrived on the labor of the surrounding orchards and the bustling exchange of goods within these quiet, confined alleys, where the spirit of a displaced culture found a permanent foothold. Today, the wooden structures endure, their faded paint and sagging porches holding the weight of generations who worked the deep, fertile earth of the valley long before modern industry altered the landscape. Life in Locke moves with a deliberate, quiet cadence, a lingering echo of the past that persists in the creak of floorboards and the way the evening shadow stretches long and thin across the quiet, sun-baked streets.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Locke, California. Coordinates: 38.25047, -121.509397. 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 Locke includes the ZIP code (95690), telephone area code (530), county seat of Sacramento County (Sacramento), and school district assignment.
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. |