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Milford California Map

Explore Milford, 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 Milford, California

How to Use This Milford, California Map

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

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

Latitude	40.149467
Longitude	-120.370196
Population	147
Density	10.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	96121
Area Code	530
County Seat	Susanville
School District	Janesville Union Elementary School District

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About Milford, California

Milford is a locality in Lassen County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 147. The population density is 10.7 people per km². Milford is located at 40.1495°N, 120.3702°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96121.

Milford emerges from the arid expanse of the high desert, where the persistent current of Mill Creek carves a narrow, verdant vein through the alkaline earth. It lies 22.5 miles southeast of Susanville, CA (from Susanville, CA: bearing 139°T), and is situated 11.8 miles southeast of Janesville. The landscape is defined by a stark, brittle clarity, where the sun bleaches the grasses to a pale straw color and the air holds a dry, sharp edge that defines the horizon. Only two miles distant, the expansive surface of Honey Lake reflects the vast, cloudless sky, its shallow waters shifting in color with the seasons. Beyond the immediate flatlands, the terrain rises toward the rugged, distant peaks of the Sierra Nevada, their silhouettes providing a jagged boundary against the immense reach of the basin. To the west, the dense, timbered slopes of Plumas National Forest stand as a dark counterpoint to the golden, sun-drenched floor of East Canyon.

Milford maintains a quiet, deliberate pace, shaped by a history of resource extraction and the enduring demands of high-desert agriculture. The local economy relies on the rhythms of the land, with small-scale ranching and the seasonal cycles of the surrounding wilderness dictating the flow of daily life. There is a singular, unvarnished honesty in the architecture here, where weathered structures and metal-roofed barns have earned their patina through decades of exposure to the intense, unshielded light. Residents of Milford recognize the solitude of their environment not as a deficit, but as a defining condition of existence, one that demands a rugged self-reliance. As dusk settles, the transition from the heat of the afternoon to the sudden chill of the high desert air creates a brief, luminous interval where the world feels suspended, quiet, and entirely still.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Plumas National Forest (National Forest) — locality lies within · 1.2M acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 5.5 mi, 048° NE
Matley Ranch (Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 142° SE
Doyle Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 097° E
Honey Lake Waterfowl Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 357° N · 2,094 acres
Honey Lake Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 357° N
Lassen National Forest (National Forest) — 14.4 mi, 312° NW · 1.1M acres
Skedaddle Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 15.0 mi, 040° NE · 63k acres
Dry Valley Rim Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 19.5 mi, 066° NE · 95k acres
Feather, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 22.6 mi, 184° S · 24k acres
Lassen Historical Museum (Museum) — 24.0 mi, 321° NW
Lassen County Arts Council (Gallery) — 24.0 mi, 321° NW
Western Pacific Railroad Museum (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 193° S
Mountains Overlook (Viewpoint) — 25.1 mi, 180° S
Pioneer Ski Area of America (Monument) — 32.2 mi, 213° SW
Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum (Museum) — 32.2 mi, 213° SW
Mammoth Mill (Historic Ruins) — 32.4 mi, 213° SW
Plumas County Museum (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 244° SW
Merrill Amphitheater (Theatre) — 35.9 mi, 320° NW
Vehicle (Historic Ruins) — 38.2 mi, 271° W
Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout (Monument) — 41.1 mi, 201° S
Bucks Lake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 42.0 mi, 251° W · 24k acres
Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial (Monument) — 42.0 mi, 199° S
Kentucky Mine Historic Park and Museum (Museum) — 42.0 mi, 199° S
Webber Lake (Attraction) — 45.7 mi, 183° S
Yuba Theatre (Theatre) — 47.4 mi, 211° SW
Lassen Volcanic National Park (National Park) — 50.1 mi, 292° W · 107k acres
Rememberance #3 (Public Artwork) — 51.2 mi, 145° SE
The Gallery (Gallery) — 52.3 mi, 145° SE
Old Reno Arch (Attraction) — 52.4 mi, 145° SE

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