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Mountain Gate California Map

Explore Mountain Gate, 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 Mountain Gate, California

How to Use This Mountain Gate, California Map

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

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

Latitude	40.716261
Longitude	-122.331674
Population	815
Density	159.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	96003
Area Code	530
County Seat	Redding
School District	Gateway Unified School District

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About Mountain Gate, California

Mountain Gate is a locality in Shasta County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 815. The population density is 159.3 people per km². Mountain Gate is located at 40.7163°N, 122.3317°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96003.

Mountain Gate occupies a rugged expanse where the earth rises in stiff, sun-bleached ridges toward the horizon. It lies 3.2 miles northeast of Shasta Lake, CA (from Shasta Lake, CA: bearing 40°T), and is situated 9.5 miles north-northeast of Redding. Spring Branch cuts a narrow, serpentine path through the terrain, its water reflecting the stark clarity of the inland sky as it flows toward the broader basin of Lick Gulch. To the north, the sharp silhouette of the Cascade Range looms, a jagged boundary that dictates the weather and casts long, cooling shadows as the afternoon wanes. Only a mile away, the dense, resinous air of Shasta National Forest begins, where ancient timber stands in quiet vigil over the slopes. The light here has a specific, dry intensity, turning the dry grasses to the color of old straw and sharpening the edges of every stone and oak branch until the world feels intensely, almost painfully, defined.

Mountain Gate exists as a point of transition, shaped by the transit of travelers moving between the lower valleys and the high, wild country. The local economy remains tethered to the land and the requirements of those passing through, with a pace of life that matches the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. Residents look toward Shasta Lake as a primary anchor for the summer, a vast, man-made presence that draws the heat from the air and provides a focal point for the region’s sparse recreation. Those seeking deeper solitude often gravitate toward the Dry Creek Trail, where the silence is broken only by the sudden scuttle of wildlife or the wind moving through the canopy. Mountain Gate retains a character forged by this proximity to vast, unpeopled spaces, where the history of the land is written in the stillness of the gulches and the persistent, quiet endurance of the pines.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Shasta Lake Ranger Station (Attraction) — 1.0 mi, 199° S
Shasta National Forest (National Forest) — 1.1 mi, 022° N · 1.2M acres
Whiskeytown Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 1.5 mi, 360° N · 202k acres
The Best Grindstone in the World (Public Artwork) — 2.7 mi, 202° S
Clair Engle Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 214° SW
Dam Builders Monument (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 219° SW
Blue Canyon Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 230° SW
Veteran's Monument (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 217° SW
Twin Tower Memorial (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 220° SW
Wynne Price Park and Baseball Field (Local Recreation) — 3.5 mi, 214° SW
Bizz Johnson Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 3.8 mi, 242° SW
Kennett (Historic Ruins) — 4.3 mi, 294° NW
3 Shastas Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 5.0 mi, 261° W
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 5.4 mi, 002° N
Lake Shasta Caverns (Attraction) — 6.3 mi, 013° N
Lema Ranch (Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 176° S
Turtle Bay Bird Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 9.0 mi, 193° S
Art Gallery (Gallery) — 9.0 mi, 195° S
Palo Cedro Video (Cinema) — 11.6 mi, 155° SE
Afterthought Mine (Historic Ruins) — 13.6 mi, 085° E
Lassen National Forest (National Forest) — 13.6 mi, 174° S · 1.1M acres
Clear Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 15.2 mi, 222° SW · 10k acres
Bear Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.2 mi, 137° SE · 4,633 acres
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 17.7 mi, 210° SW
Scott Museum (Museum) — 26.7 mi, 314° NW
Trinity Alps Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 29.4 mi, 305° NW · 540k acres
Highland Art Center (Arts Centre) — 31.8 mi, 272° W
Jake Jackson Memorial Museum (Museum) — 31.9 mi, 272° W
1727 Class M6 (Attraction) — 35.2 mi, 005° N
Prime Cinemas (Cinema) — 38.4 mi, 172° S

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