Macdoel California Map

About Macdoel, California

Macdoel is a locality in Siskiyou County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 184. The population density is 191.1 people per km². Macdoel is located at 41.8268°N, 122.0053°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96058.

Macdoel rests in a wide, high valley, a place where the sky feels vast and the distant mountains, their peaks sometimes dusted with snow even in early summer, form a rugged, blue-gray horizon. It lies 56.4 miles south-east of Medford, OR (from Medford, OR: bearing 127°T), and is situated 10.7 miles south-south-west of Dorris. The land itself is a patchwork of ochre fields and darker green pastures, bisected by the gentle curve of the Shasta River, its water a cool, clear ribbon reflecting the immense, ever-changing sky. The air here, especially in the mornings, carries a crispness, a clean scent of dry earth and pine that speaks of elevation and isolation. The light, too, has a particular quality, sharp and bright during the day, then softening into a warm, golden haze as the sun begins its descent, painting the western slopes in hues of rose and lavender. The history of Macdoel is tied to the land's bounty, a story of agriculture and the hardy souls who coaxed a living from this sometimes unforgiving terrain. For generations, cattle ranches and fields of grain have been the economic backbone of Macdoel, the land yielding its harvest under the tireless sun. You can still see the weathered barns and sturdy farmhouses that dot the landscape, silent witnesses to the enduring spirit of this place. The Shasta Valley offers a quiet rhythm, a pace dictated by the seasons and the needs of the land, where neighbors still know each other's names and the silence is often broken only by the lowing of cattle or the distant hum of a tractor.

About This Macdoel Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Macdoel, California — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 41.826815, -122.005285. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Macdoel and Siskiyou County.

Detailed location data for Macdoel includes the ZIP code (96058), telephone area code (530), county seat of Siskiyou County (Yreka), and school district assignment (Butte Valley Unified School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Macdoel is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.