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North Gate California Map

Explore North Gate, 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 North Gate, California

How to Use This North Gate, California Map

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

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	North Gate
State	California (CA)
County	Contra Costa County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	37.9055
Longitude	-121.9978
Population	667
Density	350.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	94598
Area Code	510
County Seat	Martinez
School District	Mount Diablo Unified School District

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About North Gate, California

North Gate is a locality in Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 667. The population density is 350.4 people per km². North Gate is located at 37.9055°N, 121.9978°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 94598.

North Gate emerges from the arid earth where the Arroyo Cerro Del carves a shallow, seasonal scar through the sun-bleached floor of Walker Canyon. It lies 3.7 miles east of Walnut Creek, CA (from Walnut Creek, CA: bearing 91°T), and is situated 5.3 miles south-southeast of Concord. This landscape is defined by the sharp, tawny rise of terrain that gives way to the distant, hazy silhouette of the Coast Ranges, visible only when the afternoon heat shimmer relents. The earth here holds a stubborn, baked quality, supporting an oak savanna that turns the color of pale straw under the relentless intensity of the summer sun. At the edge of the residential sprawl, Diablo Foothills Regional Park offers an immediate transition into wilder territory, where the air grows thin and carries the scent of dry grass and dormant soil.

North Gate maintains a quiet persistence, its economic pulse tied to the slow movement of regional transit and the maintenance of the infrastructure that supports the wider valley. While the Black Hills Reservoir sits five miles to the east, providing a necessary stillness to the otherwise restless, sun-parched expanse, the local character remains grounded in the practicalities of inland life. Historical patterns of land use linger in the layout of the streets, echoing a time when the region favored agrarian utility over modern expansion. Daily life in North Gate unfolds with a measured, deliberate pace, marked by the long shadows that stretch across the open plains as the light shifts toward the end of the day, turning the dry hills into silhouettes of muted copper and gray.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Diablo Foothills Regional Park (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 184° S
Shell Ridge Open Space (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 229° SW
Lime Ridge Open Space (Local Recreation) — 0.6 mi, 019° N
Arbolado Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 356° N
Old Borges Ranch (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 193° S
Mount Diablo State Park (State Park) — 1.3 mi, 091° E
Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Lake) (Public Artwork) — 1.9 mi, 004° N
Vietnam War Memorial (Monument) — 3.6 mi, 012° N
Donner Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 4.1 mi, 085° E
J.M. James House (Monument) — 4.2 mi, 207° SW
Clayton Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 054° NE
Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 286° W
Mary Bowerman Trail Overlook (Viewpoint) — 4.8 mi, 109° E
Las Trampas Wilderness Regional Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 204° SW
Concord Historical Museum (Museum) — 5.1 mi, 337° NW
Historic Green Ranch Site (Historic Ruins) — 5.3 mi, 117° SE
Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 6.2 mi, 063° NE
US Army helicopter (Attraction) — 6.4 mi, 331° NW
Labyrinth (Attraction) — 7.6 mi, 295° NW
Alhambra Creek Valley Staging Area (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 297° NW
Blackhawk Gallery (Gallery) — 8.5 mi, 149° SE
THE LOT City Center (Cinema) — 10.1 mi, 168° S
Tassajara School (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 133° SE
Pittsburg Historical Museum (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 035° NE
LC Galleries (Gallery) — 10.8 mi, 316° NW
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.6 mi, 205° SW · 81k acres
San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.5 mi, 314° NW · 43k acres
Golden Gate National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 23.5 mi, 257° W · 113k acres
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 27.9 mi, 253° W · 8,946 acres
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument (National Monument) — 38.7 mi, 352° N · 598k acres

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