Enter your search query in the box below.

Palo Verde California Map

Explore Palo Verde, 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 Palo Verde, California

How to Use This Palo Verde, California Map

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

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	Palo Verde
State	California (CA)
County	Imperial County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	33.427843
Longitude	-114.727095
Population	152
Density	101.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	94303, 92266
Area Code	510, 714
County Seat	El Centro
School District	San Pasqual Valley Unified School District

🌦 Goto Palo Verde Weather Page: Palo Verde, California — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Palo Verde, California

Palo Verde is a locality in Imperial County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 152. The population density is 101.2 people per km². Palo Verde is located at 33.4278°N, 114.7271°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 94303, 92266.

Palo Verde occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse of desert floor where the horizon stretches thin and taut under an uncompromising sky. It lies 14.5 miles south-southwest of Blythe, CA (from Blythe, CA: bearing 213°T), and is situated 30.7 miles southwest of Colorado River Indian Reservation. The earth here is a mosaic of parched silt and resilient scrub, defined by the stark silhouette of the Palo Verde Mountains rising eight miles to the west, their ridgelines sharp enough to cut the hazy light of late afternoon. A mile from the center, the Outfall Drain cuts a quiet, sluggish path through the dust, a necessary artery in a landscape that otherwise thirsts for moisture. To the south, the Mule Mccoy Linkage Area of Critical Environmental Concern preserves a fragile, silent corridor for the desert’s elusive inhabitants, while the distant, arid depression of Coon Hollow sits seven miles away, holding the stillness of a place forgotten by time.

Palo Verde persists as a testament to the stubborn human will to cultivate life from the heat, its economy anchored firmly in the cycles of the earth and the seasonal rhythms of the fields. The nearby presence of Davis Lake, eight miles distant, serves as a reminder of the precious nature of water in a region where the sun dictates the pace of every hour. Days in Palo Verde move with a slow, deliberate gravity, marked by the shifting shadows of the scrub and the persistent, dry heat that seems to settle into the very marrow of the structures scattered across the plain. There is a singular beauty in the way the twilight deepens the color of the sand to a bruised purple, turning the raw, exposed ground into a place of quiet reflection before the stars emerge in a cold, brilliant display.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Palo Verde County Park (Local Park) — 1.7 mi, 177° S
Cibola Valley Conservation and Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 130° SE
State Trust Land (State Resource Management Area) — 2.2 mi, 138° SE
Mule Mccoy Linkage Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 2.3 mi, 280° W
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 2.8 mi, 218° SW
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.8 mi, 162° S · 31k acres
Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 4.4 mi, 207° SW · 42k acres
Chuckwalla Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.7 mi, 207° SW
Mojave Desert Land Trust (Conservation Area) — 8.7 mi, 195° S
Milpitas Wash Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 10.8 mi, 204° SW · 18k acres
Port Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 14.7 mi, 031° NE
Palo Verde Historical Museum (Museum) — 14.7 mi, 031° NE
Donald Duck Overlook (Viewpoint) — 27.7 mi, 171° S
Blythe Intaglios (Historic Ruins) — 27.9 mi, 023° NE
Windmill Water Pump (Historic Ruins) — 28.0 mi, 169° S
1930's Colorado River Work Boat (Attraction) — 28.7 mi, 167° S
Ampitheater (Theatre) — 28.7 mi, 167° S
Lower Mill (Attraction) — 28.9 mi, 165° S
Upper Mill Site (Attraction) — 29.0 mi, 166° S
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.7 mi, 114° SE · 1.3M acres
Spiral Labyrinth (Attraction) — 32.1 mi, 097° E
Hi Jolly Monument (Monument) — 32.7 mi, 060° NE
Joshua Tree National Park (National Park) — 41.6 mi, 312° NW · 784k acres
Poston Memorial Monument (Monument) — 43.0 mi, 026° NE
East Jesus (Public Artwork) — 44.2 mi, 255° W
Camp Coxcomb (Monument) — 44.7 mi, 318° NW
Bureau of Reclamation (Museum) — 48.8 mi, 173° S
Yuma Territory Live Steamers (Museum) — 49.0 mi, 172° S
Bouse Museum (Museum) — 54.3 mi, 050° NE
ICC museo UABC (Museum) — 67.5 mi, 219° SW

Latest News: Palo Verde

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News