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Meeks Bay California Map

Explore Meeks Bay, 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 Meeks Bay, California

How to Use This Meeks Bay, California Map

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

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	Meeks Bay
State	California (CA)
County	El Dorado County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	39.034352
Longitude	-120.124076
Population	480
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	96142
Area Code	530
County Seat	Placerville

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About Meeks Bay, California

Meeks Bay is a locality in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Meeks Bay is located at 39.0344°N, 120.1241°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96142.

Meeks Bay claims a singular prominence on the western edge of Lake Tahoe, where the transition from alpine forest to water occurs with a startling, crystalline clarity. It lies 10.2 miles northwest of Lake Tahoe, CA (from Lake Tahoe, CA: bearing 310°T), and is situated 9.3 miles northwest of Tahoe Keys. Meeks Creek carves a meditative path through this landscape, its cool, snow-fed currents cutting through the dense timber of Eldorado National Forest before spilling into the basin. The air here holds a distinct, high-altitude crispness, smelling of lodgepole pine and granite dust, while the light at dusk settles over the water in shifting shades of indigo and slate. To the south, the shadowed descent into Lonely Gulch offers a quiet contrast to the expansive, open horizon, grounding the geography in a rugged, terrestrial permanence far removed from the low-lying plains of the interior.

History in Meeks Bay traces back to the early stewards of these woods, where the economy has long favored a delicate balance between seasonal recreation and the preservation of the surrounding wilderness. The presence of the Carson Ranger District ensures that the vast, untamed reaches remain a priority, protecting the land from the pressures of industry while inviting the quiet tread of those who traverse the West Shore Bike Trail. Life moves in sync with the seasonal rhythms of the Sierra Nevada, where the winter snowpack dictates the pace of the coming year. Whether through the seasonal stewardship of the land or the careful management of the forest, Meeks Bay maintains a character defined by the silence of the trees and the steady, unyielding presence of the lake.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 0.0 mi, 007° N · 703k acres
Ed Z'Berg Sugar Pine Point State Park (State Park) — 0.6 mi, 297° NW
Desolation Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 2.1 mi, 210° SW · 64k acres
Tahoe National Forest (National Forest) — 2.2 mi, 313° NW · 895k acres
D.L. Bliss State Park (State Park) — 2.5 mi, 149° SE
On Lake Tahoe (Viewpoint) — 2.8 mi, 149° SE
Rubicon Point Light (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 149° SE
Balancing Rock (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 164° S
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 5.1 mi, 209° SW · 1,886 acres
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 5.9 mi, 159° S
Lake of the Sky Amphitheater (Theatre) — 7.7 mi, 151° SE
Granite Chief Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.8 mi, 312° NW · 28k acres
Tallac Historic Site (Attraction) — 7.9 mi, 148° SE
Ralph R. Steele Memorial (Monument) — 9.1 mi, 352° N
Gatekeeper's Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 354° N
Open Space (State Recreation Area) — 9.3 mi, 104° E
Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema (Cinema) — 9.5 mi, 354° N
The Big Tree (Public Artwork) — 9.5 mi, 355° N
M. S. Dixie II Terminal (Attraction) — 9.5 mi, 101° E
Snow Sports Museum (Museum) — 9.6 mi, 356° N
Tahoe State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.6 mi, 356° N
Stephen Downey (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 258° W
Hard Rock Stadium Cinemas (Cinema) — 11.0 mi, 117° SE
DeRubeis Fine Art of Metal (Gallery) — 11.0 mi, 118° SE
Genius Fine Art (Gallery) — 11.1 mi, 119° SE
Marcus Ashley Galllery (Gallery) — 11.1 mi, 120° SE
Olympic Flame (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 341° N
Hope Valley Reservoir Site No. 41 Water Reserve Withdrawal (National Conservation Area) — 20.3 mi, 152° SE · 1,251 acres
North Fork American, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 20.7 mi, 315° NW · 12k acres
Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 25.4 mi, 163° S · 1,131 acres

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