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Lookout California Map

Explore Lookout, 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 Lookout, California

How to Use This Lookout, California Map

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

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

Latitude	41.207944
Longitude	-121.155252
Population	68
Density	4.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	96054
Area Code	530
County Seat	Alturas
School District	Big Valley Joint Unified School District

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About Lookout, California

Lookout is a locality in Modoc County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 68. The population density is 4.8 people per km². Lookout is located at 41.2079°N, 121.1553°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96054.

Lookout anchors the high, sun-bleached expanse of the plateau, where the land stretches toward the far, hazy peaks of the Cascade Range. It lies 60.7 miles north-northwest of Susanville, CA (from Susanville, CA: bearing 335°T), and is situated 34.6 miles northeast of Burney. The Pit River carves a deliberate, winding path through the basalt-strewn earth, its current providing a slow, steady pulse to the landscape. To the north, the terrain rises into the quiet, expansive stretches of Lookout Park, while nearby, the Lower Roberts Reservoir reflects the pale, thin light of the afternoon sky. The air here carries the scent of dry bunchgrass and ancient volcanic stone, and the silence of the high plains is broken only by the sharp, rhythmic call of meadowlarks.

Lookout holds the quiet memory of early homesteaders who first broke this stubborn soil, their legacy persisting in the weathered fences that divide the open range. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, dominated by cattle grazing and the patient cultivation of hay in the shadow of Widow Valley. Life in Lookout moves with the deliberate pace of a place where the horizon dictates the day, and the winters bring a sharp, clarifying cold that turns the sky a deep, crystalline blue. It is a place of stark, singular beauty, where the weight of the sky feels immense against the low, persistent scrub of the plains.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lookout Park (Local Park) — locality lies within
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 0.6 mi, 324° NW
Ash Creek Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.3 mi, 151° SE
Modoc National Forest (National Forest) — 3.6 mi, 337° NW · 1.7M acres
Dutch Flat Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 054° NE
Shasta National Forest (National Forest) — 9.9 mi, 248° W · 1.2M acres
Timbered Crater Wilderness Study Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 11.3 mi, 260° W
Timbered Crater Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 11.3 mi, 260° W · 18k acres
Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park (State Park) — 13.1 mi, 249° W
Pit River Canyon Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 13.3 mi, 179° S · 12k acres
Site of the First School in Fall River Valley (Monument) — 13.4 mi, 225° SW
Upper Pit River Canyon (Wild & Scenic River) — 14.6 mi, 181° S · 3,279 acres
Lockhart Ferry (Monument) — 20.7 mi, 227° SW
"stand By Me" Bridge (Attraction) — 27.6 mi, 241° SW
Hat Creek Radio Observatory (Attraction) — 31.6 mi, 211° SW
Freudian System Cave (Attraction) — 32.0 mi, 305° NW
Battle of Dry Lake (Registered Battlefield) — 34.8 mi, 348° N
Overlook to collapse (Viewpoint) — 37.0 mi, 333° NW
Hidden Valley (Attraction) — 39.0 mi, 329° NW
Lassen Volcanic National Park (National Park) — 43.6 mi, 189° S · 107k acres
Canby's Cross (Monument) — 47.5 mi, 347° N
Merrill Amphitheater (Theatre) — 49.1 mi, 158° S
Smithy (Historic Ruins) — 49.5 mi, 263° W
Ladies cabin (Historic Ruins) — 49.5 mi, 262° W
Metal Horse (Public Artwork) — 58.7 mi, 233° SW
Lassen Historical Museum (Museum) — 60.4 mi, 154° SE
Lassen County Arts Council (Gallery) — 60.5 mi, 154° SE
Sisson Museum (Museum) — 61.4 mi, 277° W
Chester-Lake Almanor Museum (Museum) — 62.1 mi, 184° S
Weed Museum (Museum) — 65.5 mi, 284° W

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