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Platina California Map

Explore Platina, 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 Platina, California

How to Use This Platina, California Map

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

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

Latitude	40.359594
Longitude	-122.894741
Population	13
Density	2.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	96076
Area Code	530
County Seat	Redding
School District	Igo, Ono, Platina Union Elementary School District

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About Platina, California

Platina is a locality in Shasta County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 13. The population density is 2.4 people per km². Platina is located at 40.3596°N, 122.8947°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96076.

Platina persists as a quiet enclave defined by the rugged topography of Platinum Gulch, where the earth yields to the persistent, winding course of the Middle Fork Cottonwood Creek. It lies 30.7 miles west-southwest of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 239°T), and is situated 32.0 miles west of Anderson. The landscape is dominated by an intricate network of ridges and depressions, a terrain that demands a deliberate pace from any traveler navigating its slopes. In the late afternoon, the light here takes on a heavy, amber quality, illuminating the brush and oak savanna that cling to the dry, stony soil. While the distant, snow-dusted peaks of the Cascade Range provide a jagged silhouette against the horizon, the immediate focus remains on the intimate scale of the gulch and the riparian corridor of the Middle Fork Cottonwood Creek, which serves as a vital, protected artery for the local wilderness.

Platina carries the weight of a history rooted in the pursuit of mineral wealth, a legacy that remains visible in the scarred, quiet earth of the local landscape. The economy has long since shifted away from the frantic pace of early extraction, settling into a rhythm dictated by the land’s natural capacity rather than industrial output. Residents maintain a connection to the stillness of the region, perhaps venturing toward Philpot Lake for moments of solitude or tracking the elevation changes along the Bluford Trail. Life in Platina is marked by the seasonal pulse of the climate, where the transition from spring green to the brittle, golden hues of late summer dictates the cycle of work and rest. It is a place where the stillness is not an absence of activity, but a deliberate choice to exist in alignment with the slow, geological clock of the interior highlands.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Middle Fork Cottonwood Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — locality lies within · 3,963 acres
Trinity National Forest (National Forest) — 1.0 mi, 282° W · 1.1M acres
Beegum Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 1.1 mi, 156° SE · 1,309 acres
Chanchelulla Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.7 mi, 341° N · 8,022 acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 8.2 mi, 044° NE
Shasta National Forest (National Forest) — 10.8 mi, 360° N · 1.2M acres
Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 11.1 mi, 196° S · 184k acres
Yolla Bolly Contiguous Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 17.6 mi, 167° S · 592 acres
Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 18.4 mi, 035° NE · 42k acres
Hayfork Reservoir (Nature Reserve) — 20.2 mi, 315° NW
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 22.8 mi, 066° NE
Reading Bar Overlook (Viewpoint) — 22.8 mi, 067° NE
Kennedy Memorial Plaque (Monument) — 25.2 mi, 048° NE
Jake Jackson Memorial Museum (Museum) — 25.7 mi, 355° N
Highland Art Center (Arts Centre) — 25.8 mi, 355° N
Indian Dick Forest Service Station (Historic Ruins) — 26.3 mi, 201° S
Pioneer Baby's Grave (Monument) — 26.8 mi, 051° NE
Clear Creek Gold Discovery Historical Marker (Monument) — 28.9 mi, 069° E
Girl and the Wolf (Public Artwork) — 30.4 mi, 059° NE
Art Gallery (Gallery) — 31.6 mi, 059° NE
Turtle Bay Bird Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 31.8 mi, 060° NE
Eagle Rock Lookout (Historic Ruins) — 35.1 mi, 320° NW
Palo Cedro Video (Cinema) — 37.3 mi, 068° E
Shasta Lake Ranger Station (Attraction) — 37.6 mi, 051° NE
Prime Cinemas (Cinema) — 37.7 mi, 111° E
Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.4 mi, 111° E · 21k acres
Lake Shasta Caverns (Attraction) — 43.6 mi, 045° NE
Scott Museum (Museum) — 44.5 mi, 013° N
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument (National Monument) — 51.6 mi, 184° S · 598k acres

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