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Lucia California Map

Explore Lucia, 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 Lucia, California

How to Use This Lucia, California Map

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

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

Latitude	36.020795
Longitude	-121.550496
Population	180
Density	2.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	93920, 93921
Area Code	760
County Seat	Salinas

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About Lucia, California

Lucia is a locality in Monterey County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Lucia is located at 36.0208°N, 121.5505°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 93920, 93921.

Lucia clings to the sheer, fractured edge of the continent, where the weight of the land abruptly yields to the vast, churning expanse of the Pacific Ocean. It lies 26.9 miles southwest of Greenfield, CA (from Greenfield, CA: bearing 220°T), and is situated 30.6 miles south-southwest of Soledad. Salt-heavy winds scour the precipices, carrying the damp breath of the deep as they move inland toward the rugged terrain of Limekiln Canyon. Below the cliffs, the relentless pulse of the tide gnaws at the base of the shore, while the silhouette of Harlan Rock stands as a solitary sentinel against the gray, turbulent swells. Inland, the landscape rises into steep, broken slopes where the silence is broken only by the rhythmic tumble of West Fork Limekiln Creek carving its narrow path through the stone.

History in Lucia remains written in the quiet endurance of those who carved a living from this unforgiving verticality, moving far beyond the reach of the distant Coast Ranges. The local economy persists as a fragile tether between the isolation of the heights and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, which guards the teeming life hidden beneath the surface of the surf. Travelers seeking the solitude of the wilderness often find their way to the Gamboa Trail, a winding vein that offers passage through the dense, shadowed growth of the slopes. Life here moves to the slow, seasonal oscillation of the light, far removed from the frantic pace of the agricultural Central Valley, anchored instead by the immense, indifferent gravity of the sea.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 0.0 mi, 178° S
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 0.1 mi, 188° S · 8,946 acres
Limekiln State Park (State Park) — 1.1 mi, 090° E
Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 1.4 mi, 089° E · 1.8M acres
Ventana Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 1.4 mi, 089° E · 236k acres
Cone Peak Gradient Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 1.4 mi, 089° E
Limekilns (Historic Ruins) — 1.7 mi, 103° E
Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 358° N
Drinking Fountain (abandoned) (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 114° SE
Big Creek State Marine Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 2.5 mi, 309° NW
Rigdon Drinking Fountain (disused) (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 318° NW
Landels-Hill Big Creek Nature Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 4.3 mi, 322° NW
Puente Big Creek Bridge (Public Artwork) — 4.4 mi, 321° NW
Devil's Falls (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 014° N
Los Padres Other (National Forest) — 7.4 mi, 146° SE · 895 acres
Esalen Institute (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 326° NW
Silver Peak Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 8.8 mi, 124° SE · 31k acres
Bill Cotta Memorial (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 357° N
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park (State Park) — 10.2 mi, 330° NW
Big Sur, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.9 mi, 344° N · 5,913 acres
Bench (Viewpoint) — 12.3 mi, 327° NW
Tin House (Historic Ruins) — 13.1 mi, 326° NW
The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 13.8 mi, 323° NW
Suzuki-Roshi (Monument) — 14.6 mi, 359° N
Campfire Center (Theatre) — 20.5 mi, 321° NW
Avenue of Honor (Monument) — 25.9 mi, 060° NE
Mission Soledad Museum (Museum) — 28.7 mi, 022° N
National Geographic Theater (Cinema) — 32.7 mi, 141° SE
Picard Trade Bead Museum (Museum) — 37.5 mi, 338° N
Caprice (Gallery) — 40.3 mi, 141° SE

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