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Petrolia California Map

Explore Petrolia, 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 Petrolia, California

How to Use This Petrolia, California Map

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

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

Latitude	40.325413
Longitude	-124.286993
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95558
Area Code	530
County Seat	Eureka

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About Petrolia, California

Petrolia is a locality in Humboldt County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Petrolia is located at 40.3254°N, 124.2870°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95558.

Petrolia anchors itself to the alluvial floor of a deep, green basin where the North Fork Mattole River carves a path toward the Pacific Ocean. It lies 20.0 miles south-southwest of Fortuna, CA (from Fortuna, CA: bearing 200°T), and is situated 15.3 miles southwest of Rio Dell. The topography here is defined by the sharp, abrupt collision of land and water, where the air is perpetually salted by the spray from Hair Seal Rock and the heavy, brine-thickened currents of the coast. To the east, the landscape rises in steep, defiant gradients, while the immediate surroundings are broken by the sudden drop of Jeffry Gulch. Sunlight in this corner of the world possesses a sharp, clarifying quality, turning the summer grass into a brittle, golden mantle that shimmers against the dark, encroaching shadows of the distant Coast Ranges. Even in the quietest hours, one feels the latent, seismic energy of a land that has been fractured and folded, a place where the earth itself seems to hold its breath under the weight of an immense, shifting horizon.

Petrolia emerged from the nineteenth-century promise of subterranean wealth, its name forever tethered to the early, frantic search for oil that once defined its local economy. While the derricks have long since vanished, the spirit of the place transitioned into a rugged, agrarian persistence, with the Mattole River serving as a Wild and Scenic River that dictates the pace and rhythm of life for those who remain. Residents find their livelihood in the stubborn cultivation of the soil, often looking toward the nearby Rockefeller Redwood Forest or the protected expanses of the Mattole River for a sense of permanence that the volatile geology of the region denies. The local character is marked by a quiet, self-reliant endurance, a detachment from the frantic pace of larger centers that leaves the inhabitants to observe the seasonal migrations of wildlife and the slow, rhythmic pulse of the tides. Near the still waters of Joel Flat, the history of the region is whispered in the silence, a quiet testament to a community that has learned to thrive in the margins of a wild and uncompromising terrain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

George C. Lindley Memorial Bridge (Attraction) — 0.8 mi, 166° S
Mattole River (Wild & Scenic River) — 1.8 mi, 192° S · 1,498 acres
Mill Creek (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 2.0 mi, 192° S
King Range Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 2.1 mi, 173° S · 43k acres
Mattole Beach Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 2.3 mi, 226° SW
King Range National Conservation Area (National Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 226° SW · 62k acres
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 3.4 mi, 268° W · 8,946 acres
Rocks and Islands Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 4.2 mi, 241° SW · 6 acres
Mattole Canyon State Marine Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 4.6 mi, 270° W
Sea Lion Gulch State Marine Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 6.4 mi, 201° S
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 6.7 mi, 078° E
Humboldt Redwoods State Park (State Park) — 10.8 mi, 083° E
Honeydew Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.3 mi, 149° SE · 5,829 acres
Sam Helwer (Viewpoint) — 15.5 mi, 057° NE
Flat Iron Tree (Attraction) — 15.6 mi, 084° E
Wreck of Northerner Historical Mark (Monument) — 17.2 mi, 349° N
Veteran memorial hall (Monument) — 17.9 mi, 005° N
The Immortal Tree (Attraction) — 17.9 mi, 069° E
Rockefeller Redwood Forest (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 087° E
Dyerville Giant (Attraction) — 19.1 mi, 085° E
Giant Wooden Cross (Public Artwork) — 20.3 mi, 021° N
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 25.3 mi, 010° N
The Studio of Dance Arts (Arts Centre) — 33.4 mi, 010° N
Discovery Museum (Museum) — 33.5 mi, 011° N
North Coast Repertory Theater (Theatre) — 33.5 mi, 011° N
North Coast Dance (Arts Centre) — 33.5 mi, 011° N
Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum (Museum) — 33.9 mi, 012° N
Humboldt Coastal Nature Center (Museum) — 37.3 mi, 010° N
Arcata Playhouse (Theatre) — 39.0 mi, 015° N
Ironsides Museum (Museum) — 55.0 mi, 047° NE

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