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Pike California Map

Explore Pike, 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 Pike, California

How to Use This Pike, California Map

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

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

Latitude	39.427843
Longitude	-120.999682
Population	159
Density	14.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95960
Area Code	530
County Seat	Downieville
School District	Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified School District

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About Pike, California

Pike is a locality in Sierra County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 159. The population density is 14.2 people per km². Pike is located at 39.4278°N, 120.9997°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95960.

Pike occupies a rugged expanse of high-elevation woodland where the air holds a thin, pine-scented clarity. It lies 15.6 miles north-northeast of Grass Valley, CA (from Grass Valley, CA: bearing 12°T), and is situated 17.9 miles northeast of Lake Wildwood. This landscape is defined by the dense, evergreen canopy of the Tahoe National Forest, which envelopes Pike in a quiet, sprawling embrace of timber and shadow. A mile to the east, the terrain dips toward the basin of Chalk Flat, while the waters of Grizzly Creek cut a steady, rhythmic path through the forest floor nearby. The light here arrives unfiltered and sharp, catching the jagged textures of the bark and the deep, silent verdure of the needle-strewn ground, creating a solitude that feels both ancient and immediate.

Pike emerged from the fervor of California’s mid-nineteenth-century mineral extraction, a history still legible in the scarred earth and the scattered, weathered relics left behind by those who searched the hills for promise. Today, the local economy has shifted from the intensity of the mines to the quiet stewardship of the land, with the nearby New Bullards Bar Reservoir serving as a primary anchor for the regional hydrology and landscape. Residents who favor the solitude of the interior often find their way toward the Long Point Trail, tracing paths that offer a vantage over the expansive, timbered ridges that define this territory. Life in Pike moves with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the seasonal transition of the woods and the enduring presence of the Sierra Nevada visible as a distant, snow-dusted silhouette against the far horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tahoe National Forest (National Forest) — 0.4 mi, 000° N · 895k acres
New Bullards Bar Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 4.8 mi, 283° W
West Diggins Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 5.8 mi, 137° SE
North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, California Registered Historical Landmark No. 852 (Monument) — 6.2 mi, 131° SE
South Yuba River State Park (State Park) — 6.3 mi, 176° S
Edwards Crossing (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 173° S
Illinois Bar (Attraction) — 6.8 mi, 164° S
Emerald Pool (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 194° S
China Dam (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 195° S
Plumas National Forest (National Forest) — 7.2 mi, 337° NW · 1.2M acres
Rice's Crossing Preserve (Conservation Area) — 8.0 mi, 247° SW
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 8.7 mi, 347° N
Challenge Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 9.8 mi, 282° W
Scott’s Flat Trail (Monument) — 10.2 mi, 163° S
Stamp Mill (Historic Ruins) — 11.4 mi, 185° S
Firehouse Number 1 Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 185° S
Mystic Theater (Theatre) — 11.4 mi, 185° S
Site of Old Wells Fargo Building (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 185° S
Providence Mine (Historic Ruins) — 11.8 mi, 190° S
Yuba Theatre (Theatre) — 12.9 mi, 045° NE
Downieville Museum (Museum) — 13.0 mi, 045° NE
North Star Museum (Museum) — 15.6 mi, 194° S
Frank C. Reilly Museum (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 003° N
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 18.3 mi, 298° NW
North Fork American, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 19.7 mi, 157° SE · 12k acres
Feather Falls Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 20.0 mi, 324° NW
Feather, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 21.0 mi, 315° NW · 24k acres
Kentucky Mine Historic Park and Museum (Museum) — 22.5 mi, 063° NE
Bucks Lake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.6 mi, 346° N · 24k acres
"snowshoe" Thompson (Public Artwork) — 35.2 mi, 100° E

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