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New Pine Creek California Map

Explore New Pine Creek, 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 New Pine Creek, California

How to Use This New Pine Creek, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for New Pine Creek, 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 New Pine Creek.

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	New Pine Creek
State	California (CA)
County	Modoc County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	41.9872
Longitude	-120.3009
Population	87
Density	14.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	97635
Area Code	530
County Seat	Alturas
School District	Modoc Joint Unified School District

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About New Pine Creek, California

New Pine Creek is a locality in Modoc County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 87. The population density is 14.8 people per km². New Pine Creek is located at 41.9872°N, 120.3009°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 97635.

New Pine Creek reveals itself through the steady, rhythmic pulse of Pine Creek as it carves a path through the high desert floor. It lies 75.2 miles east of Altamont, OR (from Altamont, OR: bearing 101°T), and is situated 14.1 miles south of Lakeview. The landscape surrounding New Pine Creek is defined by the sharp, arid clarity of the Great Basin, where the shadow of Sugar Peak looms as a silent sentinel against the horizon. To the east, the basin stretches wide and austere, while the verdant borders of the Modoc National Forest offer a sharp contrast to the sun-bleached grasses of the lower plains. A mile to the north, the expanse of Goose Lake reflects the pale, thin light of the sky, its waters often receding into alkali flats that shimmer under the midday heat. Nearby, the rugged terrain of Badger Canyon fractures the earth, creating deep, wind-scoured channels that hold the chill of the night long after the sun has climbed high.

Life in New Pine Creek maintains a quiet allegiance to the seasons, rooted in the rhythms of agriculture and the persistent endurance of the high-country landscape. Economic activity here remains closely tied to the land, drawing sustenance from the surrounding meadows and the resilient timber stands that define the nearby Modoc National Forest. The history of the settlement is etched into the weathered fences and the slow, deliberate pace of those who work the soil and timber, far from the frantic pace of the coast. For those seeking the solitude of the wilderness, the Highgrade Trail offers a way to traverse the higher elevations, providing a vantage point over the basin where the air tastes of sagebrush and cold stone. In the quiet hours of dusk, the light softens across the valley, turning the dry scrub to gold and grounding the spirit in the vast, open silence of the plateau.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Modoc National Forest (National Forest) — 0.6 mi, 146° SE · 1.7M acres
Goose Lake State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 1.0 mi, 295° NW
Fremont National Forest (National Forest) — 1.4 mi, 074° E · 1.2M acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 3.7 mi, 144° SE
Crane Mountain National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 4.4 mi, 071° E · 10 acres
Crane Mountain Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 6.7 mi, 026° NE
Thunder Egg Lake Agate Beds Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 7.8 mi, 008° N
Emigrant Trails Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 10.0 mi, 194° S
Twelvemile Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 12.7 mi, 087° E · 2,504 acres
Alger Theatre (Cinema) — 14.1 mi, 351° N
Three Corners Monument (Monument) — 15.5 mi, 088° E
Fish Creek Rim Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 20.9 mi, 049° NE · 19k acres
Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.7 mi, 100° E · 1.2M acres
Fortynine Camp (Historic Ruins) — 33.0 mi, 144° SE
Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 34.2 mi, 044° NE · 552k acres
South Warner Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 36.2 mi, 173° S · 70k acres
Japanese Balloon Bomb Memorial (Monument) — 42.0 mi, 317° NW
Hart Mountain Hot Springs (Attraction) — 47.3 mi, 041° NE
Canby's Cross (Monument) — 55.1 mi, 263° W
Paisley Five Mile Caves (Historic Ruins) — 55.1 mi, 347° N
Battle of Dry Lake (Registered Battlefield) — 55.1 mi, 249° W
Petroglyph Point (Attraction) — 56.9 mi, 260° W
Hospital Rock (Attraction) — 61.1 mi, 260° W
Captain Jack's Stronghold (Attraction) — 62.8 mi, 260° W
The Favell Museum (Museum) — 78.1 mi, 282° W

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