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Manila California Map

Explore Manila, 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 Manila, California

How to Use This Manila, California Map

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

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

Latitude	40.851793
Longitude	-124.162286
Population	798
Density	442.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95521
Area Code	530
County Seat	Eureka
School District	Northern Humboldt Union High School District

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About Manila, California

Manila is a locality in Humboldt County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 798. The population density is 442.1 people per km². Manila is located at 40.8518°N, 124.1623°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95521.

Manila occupies a narrow, wind-sculpted spit of land where the shifting dunes meet the relentless edge of the Pacific Ocean. It lies 3.4 miles north of Eureka, CA (from Eureka, CA: bearing 1°T), and is situated 4.3 miles west-southwest of Arcata. The landscape is defined by a low, sandy topography that remains constantly reshaped by the salt-heavy air and the persistent drift of coastal fog. Within the boundaries of Manila Community Park, the terrain holds a fragile, scrubby resilience, providing a stark contrast to the distant, jagged silhouette of the Klamath Mountains that rim the eastern horizon. To the east, the brackish waters of Mad River Slough carve a serpentine path through the salt marshes, separating the dunes from the distant, agricultural expanse of the Arcata Bottoms, while the quiet presence of Bird Island sits as a solitary sentinel in the water just offshore.

Manila maintains a quiet, deliberate character, its history tied to the ebb and flow of maritime industry and the rugged necessity of life on a sandbar. Economic activity here moves at the pace of the tides, with the legacy of timber processing and local commerce lingering in the weathered architecture of the neighborhood. While the serenity of the dunes often dominates the senses, the proximity of the Arcata Community Forest—a short journey away—offers a dense, emerald counterpoint to the open, exposed expanse of the coast. Life in Manila is measured by the clarity of the Pacific light as it fades over the water, a daily transition that renders the surrounding landscape into shades of indigo and slate, grounding the residents in a place where the land itself seems to be in perpetual, subtle conversation with the sea.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Manila Community Park (Local Park) — locality lies within
Humboldt Coastal Nature Center (Private Recreation) — 0.2 mi, 329° NW
Barr Property (Conservation Area) — 0.2 mi, 286° W
Manila Dunes Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 0.3 mi, 270° W
Mad River Slough Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 0.5 mi, 038° NE
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.8 mi, 017° N · 11k acres
Manila Dunes Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 0.8 mi, 360° N
Samoa State Marine Conservation Area (Marine Protected Area) — 1.0 mi, 357° N
Bell Buoy (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 205° SW
Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 205° SW
Samoa Cookhouse Circa 1893 (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 205° SW
Fishermans Memorial Statue (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 184° S
Blue Ox Millworks (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 165° S
Following Current Events (Public Artwork) — 3.2 mi, 187° S
Humboldt Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 3.3 mi, 185° S
North Coast Dance (Arts Centre) — 3.4 mi, 183° S
North Coast Repertory Theater (Theatre) — 3.5 mi, 185° S
Discovery Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 182° S
Fay Slough Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.9 mi, 139° SE
Arcata Playhouse (Theatre) — 3.9 mi, 071° E
South Stairs Overlook (Viewpoint) — 6.6 mi, 016° N
World's Tallest Totem Pole (Attraction) — 7.0 mi, 026° NE
Six Rivers National Forest (National Forest) — 10.3 mi, 020° N · 978k acres
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 12.6 mi, 011° N · 8,946 acres
Redwood National Park (National Park) — 19.0 mi, 033° NE · 194k acres
Dolason Barn (Historic Ruins) — 26.6 mi, 023° NE
Hoopa Valley Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 059° NE
The Immortal Tree (Attraction) — 31.7 mi, 161° S
Ironsides Museum (Museum) — 33.6 mi, 088° E
Flat Iron Tree (Attraction) — 35.8 mi, 166° S

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