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Parkfield California Map

Explore Parkfield, 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 Parkfield, California

How to Use This Parkfield, California Map

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

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

Latitude	35.899686
Longitude	-120.432654
Population	18
Density	1.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93451
Area Code	805
County Seat	Salinas

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About Parkfield, California

Parkfield is a locality in Monterey County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 18. The population density is 1.0 people per km². Parkfield is located at 35.8997°N, 120.4327°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93451.

Parkfield sits in a quiet hollow where the earth’s crust remains perpetually restless, defined by the persistent presence of Little Cholame Creek. It lies 17.1 miles south-southwest of Coalinga, CA (from Coalinga, CA: bearing 194°T), and is situated 18.5 miles west-southwest of Avenal. This landscape is a mosaic of tawny, sun-bleached grasses and ancient oak trees that cast long, thin shadows across the cracked, arid soil. To the west, the distant summits of the Coast Ranges catch the fading light, turning a deep, bruised violet as the heat of the day dissipates into the cooling air. Joaquin Canyon lies just a mile away, its steep, shadowed walls acting as a reminder of the seismic forces that have shaped this terrain into a series of rugged, folding ridges that seem to ripple toward the horizon.

Parkfield serves as a living laboratory for geologists, who arrive from around the globe to study the subtle movements of the land beneath their feet. The local economy is grounded in the quiet endurance of ranching, with cattle grazing on the expansive prairie that stretches toward the Panoche/coalinga Area of Critical Environmental Concern. Life in Parkfield moves at the pace of the seasons, governed by the slow growth of forage and the unpredictable rhythms of the fault line. There is a singular, stark beauty in the way the light reflects off the sparse vegetation at dusk, illuminating a landscape that is both harsh and profoundly peaceful, far removed from the frantic pace of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Panoche/coalinga Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 10.8 mi, 037° NE
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 12.4 mi, 012° N
Curry Mountain Public Access (State Recreation Area) — 13.1 mi, 355° N
James Dean Memorial (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 148° SE
R C Baker Memorial Museum (Museum) — 16.9 mi, 014° N
Kettleman Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 17.9 mi, 060° NE
Mission San Miguel Arcángel (Museum) — 18.3 mi, 234° SW
Caltrans Fallen Workers Memorial District (Monument) — 22.0 mi, 053° NE
White Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 23.0 mi, 350° N · 3,908 acres
Park Cinemas (Cinema) — 23.8 mi, 217° SW
Franklin Hot Springs (Attraction) — 24.5 mi, 209° SW
Creston-Eureka Grade (Viewpoint) — 29.1 mi, 202° S
Bee Rock (Attraction) — 30.4 mi, 251° W
San Benito River (Wild & Scenic River) — 30.9 mi, 344° N · 5,820 acres
Boyd & Bradley Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 31.2 mi, 205° SW
Atascadero Historical Museum (Museum) — 31.2 mi, 205° SW
Colony Cinemas (Cinema) — 31.3 mi, 205° SW
Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 31.7 mi, 180° S · 1.8M acres
New Narrows (Attraction) — 31.8 mi, 246° SW
Oak Shores Marina (Attraction) — 32.9 mi, 252° W
Vehicle (Historic Ruins) — 37.8 mi, 339° N
Exploratory Mine Shaft (Historic Ruins) — 38.0 mi, 339° N
Lemoore Naval Air Station (Monument) — 38.4 mi, 050° NE
Santa Lucia Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 38.6 mi, 196° S · 21k acres
Machesna Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 40.4 mi, 165° S · 19k acres
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 41.1 mi, 219° SW · 8,946 acres
Water Tanks (Public Artwork) — 42.2 mi, 197° S
Robert Hoover Herbarium (Museum) — 43.2 mi, 197° S
Carrizo Plain National Monument (National Monument) — 49.9 mi, 149° SE · 247k acres
Pinnacles National Park (National Park) — 53.7 mi, 312° NW · 27k acres

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