Midland California Map
Explore Midland, 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 Midland, California
How to Use This Midland, California Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Midland, 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 Midland.
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 | Midland |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Riverside County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 33.861129 |
| Longitude | -114.802188 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 5.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 92251 |
| Area Code | 714 |
| County Seat | Riverside |
About Midland, California
Midland is a locality in Riverside County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Midland is located at 33.8611°N, 114.8022°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 92251.Midland sustains a stark, sun-bleached existence within the Mccoy Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern, where the earth yields only to the most persistent forms of life. It lies 21.0 miles northwest of Blythe, CA (from Blythe, CA: bearing 326°T), and is situated 22.6 miles west-northwest of Colorado River Indian Reservation. Heat shimmers across the expanse in waves that distort the silhouette of Black Hill, a sentinel rising seven miles away to command the horizon. The ground here is a mosaic of parched sediment and scrub, characterized by an arid stillness that feels ancient and unyielding. Even when the sky turns the color of a bruised plum at dusk, the landscape retains a fierce, dry clarity, and the occasional dry path of McCoy Wash remains a reminder of water that has long since retreated into the deep, thirsty substrate.
Midland emerged from the earth’s own mineral wealth, defined by the industrial extraction of gypsum that once carved deep lines into the surrounding terrain. Today, the legacy of that enterprise remains visible in the quieted remnants of quarries and the skeletal remains of infrastructure that once served a bustling, singular purpose. Life in Midland moves at the pace of the shifting shadows, indifferent to the urgent demands of the wider world, favoring a stoic endurance over growth. The economy, having transitioned from the peak of its extractive vigor, now exists in a state of suspended animation, leaving the inhabitants to navigate a quietude that is both heavy and profound.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Mccoy Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — locality lies within
- Chuckwalla To Chemehuevi Tortoise Linkage Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 1.2 mi, 000° N
- California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 289° W
- Rice Valley Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 1.8 mi, 048° NE · 43k acres
- Palen/McCoy Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 3.6 mi, 325° NW · 246k acres
- Mojave Desert Land Trust (Conservation Area) — 3.7 mi, 027° NE
- Rice Shoe Fence (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 350° N
- Blythe Intaglios (Historic Ruins) — 15.7 mi, 105° E
- Mojave Trails National Monument (National Monument) — 20.7 mi, 309° NW · 1.8M acres
- Port Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 20.9 mi, 146° SE
- Palo Verde Historical Museum (Museum) — 20.9 mi, 146° SE
- Iron Mountain Sign Post (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 312° NW
- Iron Mountain Divisional Camp (Monument) — 24.2 mi, 309° NW
- Poston Memorial Monument (Monument) — 24.6 mi, 069° E
- Camp Coxcomb (Monument) — 25.8 mi, 277° W
- Joshua Tree National Park (National Park) — 26.4 mi, 270° W · 784k acres
- T Rocks (Attraction) — 35.0 mi, 113° SE
- Lost Arch Historic Mining Camp (Historic Ruins) — 39.8 mi, 358° N
- Bouse Museum (Museum) — 46.1 mi, 084° E
- Pilot Rock (Viewpoint) — 48.0 mi, 037° NE
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About This Midland Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Midland, California. Coordinates: 33.861129, -114.802188. 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 Midland includes the ZIP code (92251), telephone area code (714), county seat of Riverside County (Riverside), and school district assignment.
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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
