Manchester California Map
Explore Manchester, 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 Manchester, California
How to Use This Manchester, California Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Manchester, 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 Manchester.
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 | Manchester |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Mendocino County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 38.970185 |
| Longitude | -123.688073 |
| Population | 159 |
| Density | 23.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 95459 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| County Seat | Ukiah |
| School District | Manchester Union Elementary School District |
About Manchester, California
Manchester is a locality in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 159. The population density is 23.4 people per km². Manchester is located at 38.9702°N, 123.6881°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95459.Manchester sits where the land yields to the heavy, salt-laden air of the Pacific Ocean, defined by the steady, rhythmic passage of Brush Creek as it carves a path toward the shoreline. It lies 28.6 miles west-southwest of Ukiah, CA (from Ukiah, CA: bearing 244°T), and is situated 33.5 miles south of Fort Bragg. Low-lying fog often rolls off the water to blanket the fields, softening the sharp edges of the terrain and muting the vibrant greens of the grasses before the sun burns it away to reveal the wide, open horizon. Only a mile away, the dunes of Manchester State Park provide a buffer against the surf, where the sand remains cool and damp beneath the persistent maritime influence. Beyond the immediate coastal plain, the distant, hazy outlines of the Coast Ranges anchor the view to the east, standing as silent sentinels over the quiet, uncrowded landscape.
Agriculture and the modest rhythms of rural industry have long governed the pace of life in Manchester, where the land is worked with a quiet, persistent focus. The local economy remains tied to the soil and the sea, reflecting a history of stewardship that honors the expansive, windswept character of this northern coastline. Travelers passing through might glimpse the rugged silhouette of Sea Lion Rocks rising from the surf, a reminder of the raw, untamed nature that exists just off the coast. While the Garcia River Forest lies to the east and the deeper, inland waters of Fruit Lake remain far removed from this coastal edge, the identity of Manchester stays firmly rooted in the immediate surroundings of the gulches and the creek, maintaining a solitude that feels both deliberate and enduring.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Manchester State Park (State Park) — 0.7 mi, 001° N
- Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 1.4 mi, 308° NW
- California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 1.8 mi, 233° SW · 8,946 acres
- California Coastal National Monument - Point Arena-Stornetta Unit (Marine Protected Area) — 1.8 mi, 233° SW
- Garcia River (Wild & Scenic River) — 2.3 mi, 224° SW · 466 acres
- Stornetta Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 2.6 mi, 202° S
- Point Arena Lighthouse (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 249° W
- B Bryan Preserve (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 181° S
- Fifteen Japanese from Yawatahama (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 197° S
- Schooner Gulch State Beach (State Park) — 7.0 mi, 166° S
- California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 7.1 mi, 099° E
- Hermit Hut (Historic Ruins) — 13.5 mi, 058° NE
- Pepperwood Pottery (Gallery) — 14.4 mi, 033° NE
- Rebecca Johnson Art (Gallery) — 14.4 mi, 034° NE
- Harold J. Alexander Tree (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 026° NE
- Anderson Valley History Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 076° E
- Harbor seal pupping area (Viewpoint) — 20.1 mi, 147° SE
- Playing With Auntie (Totem 7 of 8) (Public Artwork) — 21.5 mi, 345° N
- Green Cove Seal Rookery (Nature Reserve) — 22.3 mi, 145° SE
- Ford House Visitors Center (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 346° N
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About This Manchester Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Manchester, California. Coordinates: 38.970185, -123.688073. 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 Manchester includes the ZIP code (95459), telephone area code (408, 669), county seat of Mendocino County (Ukiah), and school district assignment (Manchester Union Elementary School District).
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. |
