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Ordbend California Map

Explore Ordbend, 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 Ordbend, California

How to Use This Ordbend, California Map

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

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

Latitude	39.629605
Longitude	-122.005533
Population	180
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95943
Area Code	530
County Seat	Willows

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About Ordbend, California

Ordbend is a locality in Glenn County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 180. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Ordbend is located at 39.6296°N, 122.0055°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95943.

Ordbend occupies a quiet expanse of the flat, alluvial plains where the sun bleaches the grasses to a pale, brittle straw by mid-summer. It lies 11.2 miles southwest of Chico, CA (from Chico, CA: bearing 233°T), and is situated 7.8 miles south of Hamilton City. The Sacramento River carves a dark, verdant ribbon just a mile to the west, its presence felt in the sudden coolness that settles over the fields when the evening air begins to thicken. To the far horizon, the peaks of the Cascade Range appear as a faint, jagged etching against the sky, too distant to offer anything but a silent sentinel’s perspective on the slow movement of the clouds. The Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge encompasses the immediate surroundings, ensuring that the riparian corridor remains a sanctuary for migratory birds that rise in sudden, frantic clouds against the heavy, golden light of the valley.

Ordbend maintains a rhythm dictated by the cycles of the soil and the seasonal demands of the local agricultural industry. The legacy of the land is measured in the steady growth of orchards and the irrigation patterns that keep the earth productive despite the relentless heat. While the jagged, distant peaks of the Cascade Range provide a dramatic backdrop, the character of Ordbend is found in the low, steady hum of tractors and the dusty, sun-warmed roads that stretch toward Sandy Gulch. Life here possesses a gravity defined by the persistence of the landscape, a place where the passage of time is marked less by the calendar and more by the slow, inevitable transition of the harvest and the deep, silent cooling of the earth as the sun retreats behind the western horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.0 mi, 126° SE · 21k acres
Sacramento River Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.5 mi, 142° SE
Steve Thompson North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 136° SE · 2,771 acres
North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 4.0 mi, 136° SE · 2,771 acres
Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park (State Park) — 6.0 mi, 035° NE
Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 153° SE
Irving Finch River Access (Viewpoint) — 8.3 mi, 003° N
Chico Art Center (Arts Centre) — 10.7 mi, 052° NE
Steel "Sculpture" (Public Artwork) — 10.8 mi, 051° NE
Vertebrate Museum (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 051° NE
Janet Turner Print Museum (Museum) — 11.0 mi, 051° NE
National Yo-Yo Museum (Museum) — 11.1 mi, 052° NE
Chico Community Labyrinth (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 051° NE
Phagna Norapamok Memorial (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 052° NE
Museum of Northern California Art (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 049° NE
In Honor of All Chico Area Veterans (Monument) — 12.3 mi, 032° NE
Alta Schmidt House Museum (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 308° NW
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.2 mi, 210° SW · 22k acres
Mendocino National Forest (National Forest) — 18.3 mi, 326° NW · 929k acres
Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 19.1 mi, 086° E
Beatson Falls (Attraction) — 22.8 mi, 097° E
Beatson Corral (Historic Ruins) — 23.3 mi, 097° E
Phantom Falls (Attraction) — 23.7 mi, 093° E
Lassen National Forest (National Forest) — 26.0 mi, 061° NE · 1.1M acres
Ishi Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.9 mi, 017° N · 42k acres
Snow Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 37.6 mi, 251° W · 60k acres
Prime Cinemas (Cinema) — 38.9 mi, 343° N
Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 40.2 mi, 146° SE
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument (National Monument) — 40.2 mi, 221° SW · 598k acres
Lake of the Woods State Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 48.4 mi, 152° SE

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