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Martell California Map

Explore Martell, 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 Martell, California

How to Use This Martell, California Map

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

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

Latitude	38.366857
Longitude	-120.796047
Population	207
Density	36.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	95642, 95654
Area Code	530
County Seat	Jackson
School District	Amador County Unified School District

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About Martell, California

Martell is a locality in Amador County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 207. The population density is 36.5 people per km². Martell is located at 38.3669°N, 120.7960°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95642, 95654.

Martell exists as a rugged intersection of earth and industry, where the landscape is defined by the steady, dry heat of an inland plateau. It lies 22.7 miles south of Diamond Springs, CA (from Diamond Springs, CA: bearing 177°T), and is situated 7.5 miles east of Ione. The terrain here rises in broken, tawny slopes that suggest the distant, hazy outline of the Sierra Nevada on the far horizon, though the immediate geography is dominated by the quiet, scrub-dotted hollows of Gopher Gulch. Water persists in the low-lying veins of the land, with Rock Creek carving a narrow path through the dust just a mile away, feeding the still, reflective surface of Tanner Reservoir. Beyond the immediate clearing, the shadows deepen where the land tilts toward the timbered reaches of Mount Zion State Forest, grounding the scene in a stillness that feels both ancient and remarkably enduring.

Martell carries the weight of a working history, having long served as a vital node for the extraction and transport of local resources. While the economy has shifted over the decades, the presence of heavy rail infrastructure and industrial corridors remains the primary pulse of the locality, keeping the pace of life tethered to the rhythm of logistics and commerce. The proximity of Bryson Park offers a brief respite from the grit of the heavy transit lines, providing a patch of open ground that softens the sharp edges of the surrounding infrastructure. In the late afternoon, the light turns a deep, bruised amber, casting long silhouettes across the heavy gravel and weathered timber that define the character of Martell, reminding any observer that the land here is less about artifice and more about the raw, utilitarian persistence of the interior.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kennedy Gold Mine (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 086° E
Change House Museum and Gift Shop (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 084° E
Tailing Wheel No. 1 (Historic Ruins) — 1.1 mi, 099° E
Massa Tunnel (Historic Ruins) — 1.1 mi, 098° E
Bryson Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 345° N
Kennedy Tailing Wheels Park (Local Park) — 1.1 mi, 102° E
Impound Dam Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.3 mi, 104° E
Amador County Museum (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 132° SE
Sutter Creek Theatre (Theatre) — 1.9 mi, 349° N
Sutter Gold Mine (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 344° N
3 Fish Studios (Gallery) — 3.9 mi, 337° NW
Historic Joseph H. Thomas House (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 336° NW
Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 5.3 mi, 131° SE · 2,737 acres
The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown (Attraction) — 5.9 mi, 329° NW
Claypipers Theatre (Theatre) — 6.0 mi, 328° NW
Pardee Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 6.6 mi, 215° SW
Ione Tertiary Oxisol Soil Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.3 mi, 222° SW
Iron Ivan (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 263° W
Local (Gallery) — 8.4 mi, 340° N
Camanche Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 9.0 mi, 203° SW
North Fork Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 9.5 mi, 085° E · 2,970 acres
Ione Manzanita Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.5 mi, 211° SW
Chew Kee Store (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 012° N
Sobon Estate Museum (Museum) — 11.6 mi, 011° N
Shenandoah Valley Museum (Museum) — 12.3 mi, 005° N
Metropolitan Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 13.3 mi, 152° SE
Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 16.7 mi, 052° NE · 703k acres
Stanislaus National Forest (National Forest) — 17.6 mi, 073° E · 901k acres
Mokelumne Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 33.2 mi, 073° E · 104k acres
Yosemite National Park (National Park) — 54.8 mi, 115° SE · 743k acres

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