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Matheny California Map

Explore Matheny, 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 Matheny, California

How to Use This Matheny, California Map

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

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.

CityMatheny
StateCalifornia (CA)
CountyTulare County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezonePacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)
Latitude36.1707
Longitude-119.3516
Population1,125
Density1014.9 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code93274
Area Code661
County SeatVisalia
School DistrictPalo Verde Union Elementary School District

About Matheny, California

Matheny is a locality in Tulare County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,125. The population density is 1014.9 people per km². Matheny is located at 36.1707°N, 119.3516°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93274.

Matheny rises from the flat, sun-bleached expanse of the valley floor, where the horizon stretches wide and unobstructed under a relentless, pale sky. It lies 2.6 miles south of Tulare, CA (from Tulare, CA: bearing 185°T), and is situated 8.0 miles north-northwest of Tipton. The air here holds a heavy, dry heat that softens the edges of the horizon, blurring the line between the earth and the heat-shimmering atmosphere. Only a mile away, the quiet grounds of Parkwood Meadows Park offer a brief reprieve of shade, providing a small pocket of greenery against the surrounding golden grasses that turn brittle and amber as the season wanes. Two miles to the east, the Oakland Colony Ditch serves as a quiet artery for the land, its narrow channel marking a subtle, necessary division in the fields. Far to the east, the distant, snow-dusted peaks of the Sierra Nevada occasionally pierce the haze, serving as a reminder of the immense scale of the landscape that keeps Matheny firmly anchored in the interior.

Agriculture defines the pulse of Matheny, with the rhythm of the seasons dictated by the planting and harvest cycles that have long sustained the residents. The local economy relies on the deep, fertile silt of the plains, where irrigation keeps the fields productive despite the lack of immediate proximity to large bodies of water like Bravo Lake. Life moves with a deliberate, steady pace, shaped by the demands of the soil and the long, bright stretches of daylight that define the interior climate. While the town remains a modest dot on the map, its character is forged by the resilience of those who cultivate this expanse, finding a quiet beauty in the way the low evening light catches the dust raised by passing tractors. There is a profound stillness in the evenings here, when the heat finally relents and the vast, open sky begins to deepen into a bruised violet, revealing the true, quiet endurance of the place.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Parkwood Meadows Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 359° N
  • Tulare Cycle Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 301° NW
  • Preston's Pride (Attraction) — 1.7 mi, 137° SE
  • Elk Bayou Soccer Complex (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 124° SE
  • Tulare Santa Fe Public Trail (Local Recreation) — 2.8 mi, 356° N
  • Galaxy Theatres (Cinema) — 4.1 mi, 013° N
  • End of Trail Statue (Public Artwork) — 7.8 mi, 016° N
  • Pixley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 10.3 mi, 211° SW · 15k acres
  • Ice House Theatre (Theatre) — 11.9 mi, 017° N
  • Metro 4 Cinema (Cinema) — 19.6 mi, 303° NW
  • Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 19.6 mi, 112° E
  • Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 19.6 mi, 304° NW
  • Kings Art Center (Arts Centre) — 19.8 mi, 304° NW
  • Dry Creek Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 25.4 mi, 045° NE
  • Success Dam Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 25.7 mi, 107° E
  • Treaty of 1851 (Monument) — 26.8 mi, 102° E
  • Homer Ranch Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 27.5 mi, 041° NE
  • Heritage Park Museum (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 168° S
  • Giant Sequoia National Monument (National Monument) — 29.3 mi, 073° E · 353k acres
  • Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 29.3 mi, 073° E · 1.1M acres
  • Kern National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.1 mi, 205° SW · 22k acres
  • Lemoore Naval Air Station (Monument) — 31.4 mi, 281° W
  • Art Gonzales Museum (Museum) — 32.3 mi, 331° NW
  • Pioneer Village Museum (Museum) — 32.3 mi, 331° NW
  • Sequoia National Park (National Park) — 34.0 mi, 050° NE · 407k acres
  • McFarland Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 35.0 mi, 169° S
  • Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 35.4 mi, 048° NE · 768k acres
  • Golden Trout Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 38.1 mi, 079° E · 305k acres
  • Old Ranger Station (Historic Ruins) — 40.0 mi, 049° NE
  • Kings Canyon National Park (National Park) — 40.0 mi, 039° NE · 459k acres

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About This Matheny Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Matheny, California. Coordinates: 36.1707, -119.3516. 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 Matheny includes the ZIP code (93274), telephone area code (661), county seat of Tulare County (Visalia), and school district assignment (Palo Verde 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.