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Mount Aukum California Map

Explore Mount Aukum, 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 Mount Aukum, California

How to Use This Mount Aukum, California Map

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

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

Latitude	38.556915
Longitude	-120.726295
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	95684, 95656
Area Code	530
County Seat	Placerville

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About Mount Aukum, California

Mount Aukum is a locality in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Mount Aukum is located at 38.5569°N, 120.7263°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95684, 95656.

Mount Aukum occupies a quiet reach of the Sierra Nevada foothills where the air thins into a crisp, pine-scented clarity. It lies 10.7 miles south-southeast of Diamond Springs, CA (from Diamond Springs, CA: bearing 153°T), and is situated 16.1 miles east-southeast of Cameron Park. Flat Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the terrain just a mile away, its waters moving with a deliberate, low-voiced persistence over worn stones. To the west, the landscape deepens into the shadows of Grizzly Gulch, a basin that catches the long, amber light of late afternoon and holds it until the horizon blurs. Twelve miles distant, the dense canopy of Mount Zion State Forest provides a dark, verdant anchor against the sky, while the surface of D'Agostini Reservoir reflects the changing clouds like a piece of polished slate. The land here remains defined by its elevation and the slow, seasonal transition of the oaks, which turn from a vibrant, dusty green to a brittle, sun-bleached gold as the summer heat settles into the soil.

Mount Aukum carries the quiet weight of a landscape shaped by early mining ambitions and the subsequent shift toward the rugged, independent pace of viticulture and small-scale agriculture. The economy of Mount Aukum draws its character from the cycles of the harvest and the maintenance of the land, rather than the frantic pulse of the lowlands. Residents often gather near the River Pines Playground, a modest space that serves as a focal point for the daily rhythms of those living among the ridges. Life here moves in accordance with the shifting light and the requirements of the terrain, favoring a deliberate pace that ignores the distant, frantic hum of the modern world. It is a place where history is not displayed in glass cases but is instead felt in the structural tilt of an old fence line or the deep, abiding stillness that descends once the sun slips behind the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sierra Nevada.

Nearby Outdoor Places

River Pines Playground (Local Recreation) — 1.1 mi, 225° SW
Sobon Estate Museum (Museum) — 2.3 mi, 223° SW
Shenandoah Valley Museum (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 253° W
Pioneer Park (Local Park) — 3.6 mi, 019° N
Chew Kee Store (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 207° SW
Twin Bridges Swimming Hole (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 016° N
North Fork Cosumnes River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 5.1 mi, 342° N
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 6.5 mi, 052° NE
El Dorado Ranch (Conservation Area) — 6.5 mi, 269° W
Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 7.6 mi, 069° E · 703k acres
Local (Gallery) — 8.5 mi, 232° SW
The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown (Attraction) — 10.6 mi, 220° SW
Claypipers Theatre (Theatre) — 10.6 mi, 221° SW
Historic Joseph H. Thomas House (Attraction) — 10.9 mi, 210° SW
3 Fish Studios (Gallery) — 10.9 mi, 209° SW
Keystone Mine (Historic Ruins) — 11.0 mi, 209° SW
Sutter Gold Mine (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 205° SW
Amador County Model Railroad Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 158° S
Morrisonville (Theatre) — 11.9 mi, 073° E
North Fork Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 12.5 mi, 150° SE · 2,970 acres
Placerville Art Gallery (Gallery) — 12.5 mi, 341° N
Nature Center and Observatory (Museum) — 12.6 mi, 074° E
Massa Tunnel (Historic Ruins) — 13.6 mi, 192° S
Impound Dam Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.7 mi, 191° S
Pine Hill Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 14.0 mi, 301° NW
Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 14.1 mi, 156° SE · 2,737 acres
Stanislaus National Forest (National Forest) — 15.1 mi, 120° SE · 901k acres
Trails West Marker (Monument) — 16.7 mi, 035° NE
Mokelumne Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.2 mi, 096° E · 104k acres
Desolation Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 36.0 mi, 042° NE · 64k acres

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