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Nipton California Map

Explore Nipton, 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 Nipton, California

How to Use This Nipton, California Map

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

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	Nipton
State	California (CA)
County	San Bernardino County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	35.466653
Longitude	-115.27221
Population	12
Density	0.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	92364
Area Code	909
County Seat	San Bernardino

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About Nipton, California

Nipton is a locality in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 12. The population density is 0.5 people per km². Nipton is located at 35.4667°N, 115.2722°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 92364.

Nipton exists as a spare, quiet outpost where the desert floor stretches toward the horizon in a vast, pale expanse of creosote and scrub. It lies 38.6 miles south of Enterprise, NV (from Enterprise, NV: bearing 183°T), and is situated 49.5 miles south of Las Vegas. The light here is thin and sharp, clarifying the rugged contours of the Ivanpah Valley while the distant silhouette of Crescent Peak anchors the northern view. Five miles away, the dry bed of Willow Wash marks the landscape, a reminder of water that arrives only in sudden, fleeting pulses. Within the Ivanpah Area of Critical Environmental Concern, the earth holds its breath, defined by a stillness that feels ancient and indifferent to the passing hours.

Nipton retains the weathered character of a place built for the rhythms of the iron rail, echoing a history forged in mining and the steady transit of freight. The local economy persists as a small, deliberate operation, trading on the stark solitude and the quiet endurance of those who favor the desert’s open quiet over the density of the coast. A certain clarity governs the days, where the absence of noise allows the wind to become a physical presence against the wooden structures. Here, the legacy of a flagging frontier finds a new, measured pace, existing as a singular point of human endeavor within an immense, sun-bleached frame.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Nipton Historical Plaque (Monument) — 0.0 mi, 005° N
Ivanpah Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 0.0 mi, 342° N
Mojave National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 0.1 mi, 180° S · 1.5M acres
Mojave Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 2.3 mi, 150° SE · 784k acres
Piute/eldorado Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 2.3 mi, 033° NE
Mojave Desert Land Trust (Conservation Area) — 5.7 mi, 181° S
South McCullough Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 7.0 mi, 032° NE · 44k acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 8.6 mi, 256° W
Ivanpah Lake (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 308° NW
Castle Mountains National Monument (National Monument) — 11.0 mi, 125° SE · 21k acres
Carolee Theatre (Cinema) — 12.0 mi, 328° NW
Desperado (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 328° NW
Cattle pen/natural spring (Historic Ruins) — 14.9 mi, 033° NE
Cattle pen/ natural spring (Historic Ruins) — 15.0 mi, 033° NE
Mining Town Of Hart (Monument) — 15.4 mi, 145° SE
Mojave Memorial Cross (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 236° SW
GoJump Skydiving Las Vegas (Attraction) — 21.4 mi, 351° N
Mojave Trails National Monument (National Monument) — 23.4 mi, 129° SE · 1.8M acres
Seven Magic Mountains (Public Artwork) — 25.7 mi, 000° N
Lake Mead National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 26.4 mi, 088° E · 1.3M acres
Petroglyphs (Attraction) — 29.3 mi, 147° SE
Toiyabe National Forest (National Forest) — 32.2 mi, 344° N · 3.9M acres
Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 32.2 mi, 344° N · 322k acres
Bridge Canyon Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 34.0 mi, 115° SE
Regal Green Valley Ranch Stadium 10 (Cinema) — 39.7 mi, 015° N
Broadway Kids Academy (Arts Centre) — 40.9 mi, 022° N
Wiseguys Live Comedy (Theatre) — 41.9 mi, 007° N
Criss Angel Studios (Gallery) — 42.2 mi, 007° N
Boulder City-Hoover Dam Museum (Museum) — 42.9 mi, 035° NE
Michael Jackson One Theater (Theatre) — 43.6 mi, 007° N

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