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Muir Beach California Map

Explore Muir Beach, 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 Muir Beach, California

How to Use This Muir Beach, California Map

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

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	Muir Beach
State	California (CA)
County	Marin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	37.862222
Longitude	-122.581389
Population	304
Density	238.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	94965
Area Code	510
County Seat	San Rafael
School District	Tamalpais Union High School District

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About Muir Beach, California

Muir Beach is a locality in Marin County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 304. The population density is 238.1 people per km². Muir Beach is located at 37.8622°N, 122.5814°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 94965.

Muir Beach reveals itself where Redwood Creek widens to meet the salt-heavy air of the Pacific Ocean. It lies 2.6 miles west-southwest of Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CA (from Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CA: bearing 243°T), and is situated 8.2 miles south-southwest of San Rafael. The landscape is defined by the sudden, dramatic descent of Frank Valley, where the earth collapses into a narrow interface of sand and tide. To the east, the horizon is held by the distant silhouette of the Coast Ranges, often blurred by the low, persistent fog that rolls in from the water. Travelers seeking the quietude of the land may find their way along the Owl Trail, which snakes through the brush above the dunes, offering a perspective on the raw, unadorned shoreline. While the Pacific Ocean churns against the sand, the stillness of Haypress Pond remains tucked away two miles inland, a secluded mirror reflecting the encroaching greenery.

Muir Beach occupies a portion of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, serving as a sanctuary where the remnants of earlier, modest settlements have ceded to the preservation of wilder terrain. The local economy is defined not by industry, but by the quiet maintenance of a landscape that resists the frantic pace of the outside world. Residents and visitors alike observe the rhythmic pulse of the tides, and the legacy of the area is found in the protection of its natural corridors, such as the restoration of the creek beds that feed into the surf. Far removed from the bustle of urban centers, the character of Muir Beach is marked by a deep, observant silence, punctuated only by the distant chime of Kent Falls or the seasonal migration of birds toward Gull Rock. Life here feels suspended in the amber light of late afternoon, a place where the primary duty is to witness the slow, inevitable movement of the tide against the shore.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Golden Gate National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 0.2 mi, 015° N · 113k acres
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 0.2 mi, 162° S
Muir Beach Overlook (Viewpoint) — 0.2 mi, 280° W
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 0.3 mi, 209° SW · 8,946 acres
Mount Tamalpais State Park (State Park) — 0.4 mi, 029° NE
Muir Woods National Monument (National Monument) — 2.0 mi, 009° N · 527 acres
Redwood Tree Slice (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 011° N
Founders Grove (Attraction) — 2.2 mi, 010° N
Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 2.9 mi, 298° NW
Hill 88 (Historic Ruins) — 3.0 mi, 117° SE
Stinson tree (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 306° NW
Marin Municipal Water District Watershed (Local Resource Management Area) — 3.3 mi, 352° N
Guardian of the Gate North (Totem 5 of 8) (Public Artwork) — 3.3 mi, 127° SE
Nike Missile Site SF-88 (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 129° SE
Blithedale Summit Open Space Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 031° NE
Throne (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 333° NW
Sitting Bull Rock and memorial (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 007° N
Marinship Exhibit (Museum) — 4.8 mi, 089° E
Music Stand (Monument) — 4.9 mi, 336° NW
Battery Construction 129 (Historic Ruins) — 5.0 mi, 118° SE
IDESST Sausalito Portuguese Cultural Center (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 091° E
Bay Area Discovery Museum (Museum) — 6.0 mi, 108° E
Slide House (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 033° NE
Tiburon Playhouse (Cinema) — 6.8 mi, 084° E
Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 6.9 mi, 079° E
John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Theater (Theatre) — 6.9 mi, 141° SE
Point Reyes National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 7.3 mi, 294° NW · 135k acres
Angel Island State Park (State Park) — 7.4 mi, 091° E
Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.8 mi, 039° NE · 598 acres
Phillip Burton Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 8.8 mi, 307° NW · 33k acres

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