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Murphys California Map

Explore Murphys, 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 Murphys, California

How to Use This Murphys, California Map

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

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

Latitude	38.136093
Longitude	-120.443942
Population	1,995
Density	182.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95247
Area Code	408, 669
County Seat	San Andreas
School District	Bret Harte Union High School District

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About Murphys, California

Murphys is a locality in Calaveras County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,995. The population density is 182.1 people per km². Murphys is located at 38.1361°N, 120.4439°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95247.

Murphys emerges from the golden, sun-drenched oak savanna where the air carries the dry, resinous scent of pine needles and parched earth. It lies 33.2 miles northeast of Oakdale, CA (from Oakdale, CA: bearing 39°T), and is situated 6.5 miles northeast of Angels Camp. Angels Creek carves a persistent, rhythmic path through the terrain, its waters cooling the narrow corridors of stone and wood that define the landscape. Beyond the immediate canopy, the land tilts upward toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sierra Nevada, while the proximity of Pennsylvania Gulch adds a rugged, eroded texture to the undulating horizon. The quality of light here at dusk is singular, casting long, bruised violet shadows across the hills as the heat of the day dissipates into a sharp, cooling stillness that settles over the valley floor.

Murphys bears the weight of a feverish, mid-nineteenth-century ambition, once a frantic center of subterranean extraction that has since softened into a quieter economy of viticulture and local commerce. The remnants of that industrious era linger in the weathered brick facades that line the main thoroughfare, mirroring the resilience of the surrounding wild. Residents and visitors often traverse the nearby Darby Knob Firebreak to gain a vantage point over the expanse, or find respite in the quiet, reflective reaches of Ross Reservoir. While the shadow of New Melones looms as a vast expanse of protected land, the daily pace of Murphys remains tethered to the slow maturation of grapes and the deliberate, unhurried passage of the seasons.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Murphys (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 275° W
Black Bart Playhouse (Theatre) — 1.1 mi, 268° W
Mercer Caverns (Attraction) — 2.1 mi, 299° NW
New Melones (Resource Management Area) — 2.7 mi, 164° S
Stanislaus National Forest (National Forest) — 3.3 mi, 034° NE · 901k acres
Vallecito Western Mine (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 226° SW
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 4.7 mi, 160° S
Moaning Caverns Adventure Park (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 195° S
California Caverns (Attraction) — 5.8 mi, 322° NW
Mark Twain Monument (Monument) — 7.0 mi, 231° SW
Historic Fallon House Theater (Theatre) — 7.4 mi, 162° S
Top of the World (Viewpoint) — 7.8 mi, 023° NE
Me-Wuk Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 8.0 mi, 157° SE
Springfield Armory/School/Store (Historic Ruins) — 8.1 mi, 168° S
New Melones Lake (Resource Management Area) — 9.0 mi, 197° S
Sierra Nevada Logging Museum (Museum) — 10.5 mi, 031° NE
Dunlavy Field (Stadium) — 10.6 mi, 163° S
National Recreation Area (Nature Reserve) — 10.6 mi, 196° S
Veterans Memorial Military Museum (Museum) — 10.9 mi, 162° S
Tuolumne County Museum (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 163° S
Calaveras Big Trees State Park (State Park) — 11.1 mi, 037° NE
Big Stump (Attraction) — 12.3 mi, 037° NE
Jamestown Museum (Museum) — 12.7 mi, 175° S
Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.2 mi, 325° NW · 2,737 acres
Red Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 18.1 mi, 188° S
Tuolumne, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 18.8 mi, 150° SE · 8,379 acres
Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 21.4 mi, 357° N · 703k acres
Carson-Iceberg Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.8 mi, 062° NE · 159k acres
Yosemite Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 31.4 mi, 103° E · 704k acres
Yosemite National Park (National Park) — 31.4 mi, 103° E · 743k acres

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