Explore Mountain House, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mountain House, 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 House.
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 House |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | San Joaquin County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 37.767301 |
| Longitude | -121.544934 |
| Population | 24,499 |
| Density | 2075.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 95391 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| County Seat | Stockton |
| School District | Lammersville Joint Unified School District |
Mountain House occupies a stretch of open terrain where the golden grasses turn brittle under the weight of a long, dry summer. It lies 7.1 miles west-northwest of Tracy, CA (from Tracy, CA: bearing 295°T), and is situated 9.2 miles south-southeast of Discovery Bay. The landscape is defined by the steady presence of Mountain House Creek, which traces a path through the earth nearby, offering a ribbon of life against the horizon. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Coast Ranges catch the fading light, turning a deep, bruised purple as the sun slips away. The air here carries the scent of dust and dry stalks, a reminder that the wilder, uncultivated expanse of the regional plains still holds sway over the built environment. A quiet stillness settles over the ground at dusk, when the heat of the day finally breaks and the shadows grow long across the open fields.
Mountain House rose from the flat, industrious soil of a region once defined by the rhythmic pulse of agricultural labor and the steady expansion of the inland corridor. The local economy shifted over time, moving away from the solitary work of the fields to support a growing population of commuters who drive the modern arteries of the state. While the land was historically shaped by the turning of plows and the harvest of seasonal crops, the current character of the place reflects a focus on suburban development and logistics. Industry here is quiet, favoring the movement of goods and the maintenance of a residential life that looks toward the future rather than the past. The economic fiber of Mountain House remains tied to the broader regional network, balancing the legacy of the earth with the demands of a contemporary workforce.
Creek Park serves as a central gathering point for the residents of Mountain House, providing an essential green space where the pace of daily life slows to a human scale. The atmosphere is one of deliberate order, where families navigate their routines amidst the backdrop of expansive sky and carefully planned residential streets. Residents often look toward the nearby Clifton Court Forebay for a sense of perspective, a body of water that anchors the surrounding landscape with its still, reflective surface. While the region is not defined by the fame of its inhabitants, the people here cultivate a culture of privacy and neighborly consideration that defines the daily rhythm. The presence of Elk Ravine several miles away serves as a distant, rugged contrast to the manicured lawns and structured walkways that characterize the local environment. Life in Mountain House proceeds with a focused, steady momentum, grounded by the simple geometry of the land and the changing colors of the seasons.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mountain House, California. Coordinates: 37.767301, -121.544934. 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 Mountain House includes the ZIP code (95391), telephone area code (408, 669), county seat of San Joaquin County (Stockton), and school district assignment (Lammersville Joint Unified School District).
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. |