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McArthur California Map

Explore McArthur, 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 McArthur, California

How to Use This McArthur, California Map

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

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

Latitude	41.041995
Longitude	-121.40524
Population	334
Density	128.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	96101, 96056
Area Code	530
County Seat	Redding
School District	Fall River Joint Unified School District

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About McArthur, California

McArthur is a locality in Shasta County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 334. The population density is 128.8 people per km². McArthur is located at 41.0420°N, 121.4052°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 96101, 96056.

McArthur occupies a wide, expansive basin defined by the steady, persistent presence of the Pit River as it carves a path through the valley floor. It lies 56.8 miles east-northeast of Shasta Lake, CA (from Shasta Lake, CA: bearing 63°T), and is situated 17.9 miles northeast of Burney. The landscape surrounding McArthur unfolds in broad strokes of earth and sky, where the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range marks the horizon in shades of bruised violet and slate. To the south, the terrain dips into the quiet, shadowed depths of Starvation Gulch, while the nearby surface of Horr Pond catches the shifting light of the afternoon, acting as a mirror for the high, thin clouds. Here, the air carries a crisp, inland dryness that sharpens the edges of the golden grasses, and the light at dusk settles over the fields with a heavy, honeyed weight, turning the dust of the road into fine, suspended gold.

Agriculture remains the pulse of McArthur, its rhythm dictated by the seasonal labor of the soil and the quiet endurance of those who work the land. Life here turns on the cycles of the harvest, a legacy of settlement that persists in the utilitarian architecture and the sturdy, unadorned character of the local structures. The Joe Bruce Youth Sports Complex serves as a focal point for the collective energy of the residents, providing a space where the quietude of the basin gives way to the sharp, sudden sounds of community activity. In the evenings, the stillness returns, leaving McArthur to exist in the long, cooling shadows where the history of the valley is etched not in monuments, but in the patient, repetitive labor of the seasons and the slow, deliberate turning of the year.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Joe Bruce Youth Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 009° N
Lava Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 2.1 mi, 155° SE · 35k acres
Trinity National Forest (National Forest) — 2.8 mi, 214° SW · 1.1M acres
Lockhart Ferry (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 216° SW
Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park (State Park) — 3.9 mi, 326° NW
Site of the First School in Fall River Valley (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 061° NE
Lower Pit River Canyon (Wild & Scenic River) — 4.8 mi, 217° SW · 583 acres
Shasta National Forest (National Forest) — 4.9 mi, 016° N · 1.2M acres
Timbered Crater Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 5.3 mi, 348° N · 18k acres
Timbered Crater Wilderness Study Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 5.4 mi, 348° N
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 5.4 mi, 180° S
Emigrant Trails Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.4 mi, 121° SE
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 9.2 mi, 196° S · 1,886 acres
Upper Pit River Canyon (Wild & Scenic River) — 9.4 mi, 124° SE · 3,279 acres
"stand By Me" Bridge (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 261° W
Hat Creek Radio Observatory (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 192° S
Panoramic Point, Lassen National Forest (Viewpoint) — 29.0 mi, 188° S
Freudian System Cave (Attraction) — 32.6 mi, 336° NW
Hot Rock (Attraction) — 35.4 mi, 187° S
Smithy (Historic Ruins) — 36.4 mi, 278° W
Ladies cabin (Historic Ruins) — 36.4 mi, 278° W
Metal Horse (Public Artwork) — 41.5 mi, 235° SW
Battle of Dry Lake (Registered Battlefield) — 45.8 mi, 007° N
Merrill Amphitheater (Theatre) — 46.3 mi, 137° SE
Battle Rock (Monument) — 48.3 mi, 279° W
Chester-Lake Almanor Museum (Museum) — 51.4 mi, 170° S
Sisson Museum (Museum) — 51.5 mi, 291° W
Palo Cedro Video (Cinema) — 54.7 mi, 233° SW
Weed Museum (Museum) — 57.3 mi, 298° NW
Lassen County Arts Council (Gallery) — 58.2 mi, 138° SE

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