Piercy California Map

About Piercy, California

Piercy is a locality in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Piercy is located at 39.9663°N, 123.7953°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95587, 95467.

Piercy emerges from the dense, verdant shadows of the northern canopy where the South Fork Eel River carves a serpentine path through the terrain. It lies 47.6 miles south-southeast of Fortuna, CA (from Fortuna, CA: bearing 156°T), and is situated 36.0 miles north of Fort Bragg. The air here holds a heavy, damp stillness, carrying the scent of damp earth and decaying needles that marks the transition between the deep timberlands and the open, golden grasses of the inland basins. Nearby, the quiet expanse of Settlers Meadow provides a brief, flat respite from the rugged topography, while the distant, jagged silhouette of the Coast Ranges looms on the horizon as a constant, fading blue boundary. Travelers often pause at the nearby Reynolds Wayside Campgrounds, where the scale of the ancient forest makes the human footprint feel fleeting and small.

Piercy exists as a quiet outpost where the rhythms of the land have long dictated the pace of labor and life. The economy has historically remained tethered to the timber that defines the surrounding woods, though the quietude of the modern day suggests a shift toward a more watchful, preservationist spirit. Those who venture out find the terrain reveals its secrets slowly, whether one is listening to the distant, rhythmic rush of Mill Creek Falls or tracing the worn, leaf-strewn path of the Tan Oak Springs Trail. Even the water at Lewis Opening, sitting tucked away in the quiet backcountry, reflects the same somber, muted light that characterizes the afternoon in Piercy, grounding the locality in a persistent, natural solitude.

About This Piercy Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Piercy, California. Coordinates: 39.966259, -123.795302. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Piercy includes the ZIP code (95587, 95467), telephone area code (530, 408, 669), county seat of Mendocino County (Ukiah), and school district assignment.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.