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Los Alamos California Map

Explore Los Alamos, 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 Los Alamos, California

How to Use This Los Alamos, California Map

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

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	Los Alamos
State	California (CA)
County	Santa Barbara County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	34.744426
Longitude	-120.278211
Population	1,839
Density	785.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93440
Area Code	805
County Seat	Santa Barbara
School District	Orcutt Union Elementary School District

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About Los Alamos, California

Los Alamos is a locality in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,839. The population density is 785.4 people per km². Los Alamos is located at 34.7444°N, 120.2782°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93440.

Los Alamos occupies a sun-bleached stretch of the Cañada De Las Calaveras, where the dry, golden grasses of the inland plains meet the persistent, cooling currents of the interior. It lies 12.2 miles southeast of Orcutt, CA (from Orcutt, CA: bearing 133°T), and is situated 9.9 miles east-northeast of Mission Hills. San Antonio Creek carves a quiet, seasonal path through the landscape, its bed often reduced to a vein of pale stone and scrub that defines the valley floor. The air here holds a distinct, heavy warmth during the long afternoons, when the light turns thick and amber, illuminating the scattered oaks that stand as solitary sentinels across the parched earth. Ferini Park offers a modest, open space for the quietude of the surroundings, providing a vantage point to watch the shadows lengthen across the low-lying terrain as the day recedes.

Los Alamos carries the weight of a frontier history in its architecture, where weathered wooden facades and structures from earlier eras suggest a legacy of ranching and rustic commerce. The local economy persists through a slow, deliberate rhythm, shifting from the traditional agricultural labors of the past to a modern landscape defined by small-scale viticulture and the careful tending of the soil. Life in Los Alamos moves at a pace dictated by the seasonal shifts of the land rather than the frantic demands of more populous regions, leaving the traveler to notice the stark, honest simplicity of the storefronts and the deep silence that settles over the valley at dusk. Even with the Coast Ranges standing as distant, hazy silhouettes on the far horizon, the immediate focus remains on the fields and the intricate, quiet business of a community rooted in the quietude of the interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ferini Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 275° W
Los Alamos Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 181° S
Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 250° W
Michael Jackson's Neverlandland Ranch Gatehouse (Attraction) — 10.8 mi, 094° E
Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 11.6 mi, 025° NE · 1.8M acres
Ballard School (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 128° SE
Sedgwick Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 11.9 mi, 098° E
Santa Barbara County Building;Lompoc Museum;Lompoc Museum Associates Research Library (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 234° SW
Giant Troll Lulu Hyggelig (Public Artwork) — 12.7 mi, 143° SE
Original Site of Mission de La Purísima Concepción de María Santísima (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 232° SW
Lompoc Civic Auditorium (Theatre) — 12.9 mi, 235° SW
The Little Mermaid Fountain (Attraction) — 13.0 mi, 142° SE
Hans Christian Andersen Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 142° SE
Grotto of Saint Joseph (Monument) — 13.1 mi, 142° SE
Mission Santa Inés (Museum) — 13.1 mi, 142° SE
Solvang Vintage Motorcycle Museum (Museum) — 13.2 mi, 143° SE
San Rafael Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 14.4 mi, 040° NE · 191k acres
Edwards Santa Maria 10 (Cinema) — 15.4 mi, 329° NW
Sisquoc, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 15.6 mi, 067° NE · 10k acres
Operational Silo Test Facility (Historic Ruins) — 15.8 mi, 285° W
Performing Arts Center (Theatre) — 15.9 mi, 330° NW
Gaviota State Park (State Park) — 16.2 mi, 172° S
Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce and Museum (Museum) — 16.6 mi, 327° NW
Edwards Santa Maria Stadium 14 & RPX (Cinema) — 16.8 mi, 328° NW
Santa Ynez Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.0 mi, 091° E
Vandenberg State Marine Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 18.5 mi, 262° W
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 19.2 mi, 180° S · 8,946 acres
Los Padres Other (National Forest) — 20.2 mi, 013° N · 895 acres
Independence (Attraction) — 28.3 mi, 318° NW
Carrizo Plain National Monument (National Monument) — 30.0 mi, 046° NE · 247k acres

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