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Paloma California Map

Explore Paloma, 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 Paloma, California

How to Use This Paloma, California Map

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

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

Latitude	38.259361
Longitude	-120.763269
Population	450
Density	22.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95252
Area Code	408, 669
County Seat	San Andreas
School District	Calaveras Unified School District

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About Paloma, California

Paloma is a locality in Calaveras County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 450. The population density is 22.3 people per km². Paloma is located at 38.2594°N, 120.7633°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95252.

Paloma occupies a quiet expanse of land where the golden grasses of the foothills lean into the rhythmic heat of the afternoon. It lies 29.1 miles east-northeast of Lodi, CA (from Lodi, CA: bearing 72°T), and is situated 6.2 miles south of Jackson. Youngs Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the terrain, its water reflecting the pale, bleached sky as it winds toward the nearby basin of Rich Gulch. To the east, the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sierra Nevada marks the horizon, a constant reminder of the high country beyond these sun-drenched plains. The air here holds a dry, mineral clarity, particularly when the light shifts at dusk to cast long, violet shadows across the oak-studded slopes that rise toward the timbered canopy of Mount Zion State Forest.

Paloma emerged from the rugged pulse of a frontier economy, tethered to the extraction of earth and the slow, deliberate cultivation of the soil. While the fervor of earlier industry has faded into the quietude of the present, the landscape remains defined by the proximity of Pardee Reservoir and the expansive reach of New Hogan Lake, which serve as reservoirs of stillness in a landscape otherwise marked by the seasonal cycle of drought and bloom. Life in Paloma moves with the steady, unadorned pace of a place that has learned to rely on the land’s own stubborn resilience. It is a quiet geography, indifferent to the noise of the world, where the primary concerns are the level of the creek and the slow turn of the seasons across the open, unchanging ground.

Nearby Outdoor Places

New Hogan Lake (Resource Management Area) — 3.9 mi, 170° S
Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 4.2 mi, 035° NE · 2,737 acres
Veteran's Memorial Park (Local Park) — 4.3 mi, 051° NE
Pardee Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 5.3 mi, 281° W
Camanche Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 5.4 mi, 260° W
Metropolitan Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 6.2 mi, 134° SE
Calaveras County Historical Museum (Museum) — 6.2 mi, 134° SE
Amador County Museum (Museum) — 6.3 mi, 355° N
Ione Manzanita Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 6.7 mi, 264° W
Ione Tertiary Oxisol Soil Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 6.9 mi, 284° W
Impound Dam Overlook (Viewpoint) — 7.1 mi, 356° N
Tailing Wheel No. 3 (Historic Ruins) — 7.2 mi, 355° N
Flume Tressel Piers (Historic Ruins) — 7.2 mi, 355° N
Kennedy Gold Mine (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 353° N
Change House Museum and Gift Shop (Museum) — 7.6 mi, 353° N
Sutter Creek Theatre (Theatre) — 9.5 mi, 347° N
Sutter Gold Mine (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 346° N
North Fork Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.0 mi, 045° NE · 2,970 acres
Iron Ivan (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 305° NW
3 Fish Studios (Gallery) — 11.5 mi, 343° N
Historic Joseph H. Thomas House (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 343° N
The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown (Attraction) — 13.4 mi, 339° N
Claypipers Theatre (Theatre) — 13.5 mi, 338° N
Local (Gallery) — 16.0 mi, 343° N
Chew Kee Store (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 001° N
Mark Twain Monument (Monument) — 17.6 mi, 137° SE
Stanislaus National Forest (National Forest) — 18.3 mi, 069° E · 901k acres
Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 21.1 mi, 032° NE · 703k acres
Mokelumne Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 34.5 mi, 061° NE · 104k acres
Yosemite National Park (National Park) — 50.4 mi, 108° E · 743k acres

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