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Palm City California Map

Explore Palm City, 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 Palm City, California

How to Use This Palm City, California Map

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

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	Palm City
State	California (CA)
County	San Diego County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	32.583667
Longitude	-117.084195
Population	480
Density	8.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	92154, 92260
Area Code	714
County Seat	San Diego

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About Palm City, California

Palm City is a locality in San Diego County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Palm City is located at 32.5837°N, 117.0842°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 92154, 92260.

Palm City stretches across a low-lying expanse where the Otay River carves a path toward the sea, grounding the neighborhood in a landscape defined by the steady pull of the tide. It lies 1.7 miles east of Imperial Beach, CA (from Imperial Beach, CA: bearing 91°T), and is situated 3.9 miles south of Chula Vista. The air here holds the salt-heavy dampness of the Pacific Ocean, which sits only two miles away, often shrouding the morning in a thin, gray veil that burns off to reveal the golden, sun-bleached earth of the Otay Valley. Though the horizon remains largely open, the distant silhouette of the Horseshoe Bend rises against the sky, a reminder of the rugged terrain that frames this coastal basin. Within the immediate reach of the community, the Otay Valley Regional Park offers a quiet corridor of native brush and riparian growth, where the light shifts from a sharp, clinical white at midday to a softened, bruised violet as evening approaches.

Palm City functions as a steady, industrious hinge between the sprawling metropolitan reach and the quieter, open spaces that define this corner of the state. The local economy draws its rhythm from the transit of goods and the lingering agricultural heritage of the valley, where once-vast fields have gradually given way to the necessities of modern logistics and suburban expansion. Life in Palm City moves with a deliberate, pragmatic tempo, influenced by the proximity of the Coronado Cays and the influence of the nearby River Botton Reservoir, which provides a vital sense of permanence in a dry climate. Residents navigate their daily routines under a wide, unobstructed sky, moving between the residential streets and the nearby industrial corridors, always aware of the subtle, shifting balance between the encroaching urbanization and the persistent, wild nature of the riverbed that defines the land.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Otay Valley Regional Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 014° N
Swiss Park (Private Recreation) — 0.8 mi, 338° N
Montgomery Waller Park and Recreation Center (Local Recreation) — 0.8 mi, 090° E
Montgomery-Waller Cp (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 090° E
San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 0.8 mi, 296° NW · 4,149 acres
Montgomery Memorial (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 111° E
Charlie Keever and Jonathan Sellers (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 283° W
Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 1.5 mi, 224° SW
SDJC Shark (Public Artwork) — 1.5 mi, 224° SW
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 1.7 mi, 217° SW
Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.7 mi, 217° SW · 3,211 acres
Border Field State Park (State Park) — 1.9 mi, 202° S
Chopper, The Navy Seal Dog (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 258° W
Tijuana River Mouth State Marine Conservation Area (Marine Protected Area) — 3.1 mi, 247° SW
The FRONT (Gallery) — 3.1 mi, 134° SE
Silver Strand State Beach (State Park) — 3.4 mi, 302° NW
City of Chula Vista Open Space (Local Recreation) — 3.5 mi, 028° NE
BLK Box Gallery and Creative Center (Gallery) — 3.7 mi, 131° SE
OnStage Playhouse (Theatre) — 4.0 mi, 004° N
Games of Skill (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 087° E
Rosita's Harmony Hills (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 087° E
Dance Party (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 087° E
Sesame Street Neighborhood (Attraction) — 4.3 mi, 086° E
San Diego Electric Railway Association & National City Depot Museum (Museum) — 5.5 mi, 343° N
Bonita Museum & Cultural Center (Museum) — 6.1 mi, 028° NE
Museum of American Treasures (Museum) — 6.9 mi, 355° N
AMC Otay Ranch 12 (Cinema) — 7.5 mi, 067° NE
Navy Base San Diego Theater (Cinema) — 7.5 mi, 339° N
Ice House Museum (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 321° NW
Otay Mountain Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 9.6 mi, 084° E · 17k acres

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