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Point Arena California Map

Explore Point Arena, 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 Point Arena, California

How to Use This Point Arena, California Map

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

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	Point Arena
State	California (CA)
County	Mendocino County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	38.908798
Longitude	-123.693073
Population	460
Density	130.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	95468
Area Code	408, 669
County Seat	Ukiah
School District	Arena Union Elementary School District

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About Point Arena, California

Point Arena is a locality in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 460. The population density is 130.1 people per km². Point Arena is located at 38.9088°N, 123.6931°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Point Arena is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 95468.

Point Arena anchors itself upon a rugged shelf where the relentless churn of the Pacific Ocean defines the horizon. It lies 30.9 miles west-southwest of Ukiah, CA (from Ukiah, CA: bearing 238°T), and is situated 53.5 miles west-northwest of Windsor. Point Arena Creek carves a path through the earth, its cool current threading past the Centennial Plaza Memorial Garden before surrendering to the salt air only a mile from the breakers. The landscape holds the tension of the tectonic plates, a quiet severity expressed in the way the wind strips the vegetation toward the east. Beyond the immediate bluffs, the terrain yields to the distant silhouettes of the Coast Ranges, while the jagged forms of Sea Lion Rocks rise from the surf like broken teeth. Here, the light at dusk possesses a bruised, violet quality, turning the grasses into filaments of copper against the darkening tide.

History clings to Point Arena in the weathered siding of its buildings and the remnants of an economy once bound to the timber industry and the nearby Garcia River Forest. The rhythms of the day are measured by the shifting fog that rolls in from the water, cooling the heat of the afternoon and settling over the streets like a damp, grey wool. Local life remains tethered to the sea and the solitude of the land, far removed from the bustle of the distant agricultural Central Valley. Travelers occasionally pause to find quietude near Schooner Gulch, yet the true character of Point Arena is found in its endurance, a persistent pulse that beats steadily even as the long summer sun bleaches the hills toward a brittle, tinder-dry gold.

Nearby Outdoor Places

B Bryan Preserve (Attraction) — 0.3 mi, 044° NE
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 0.7 mi, 326° NW · 8,946 acres
California Coastal National Monument - Point Arena-Stornetta Unit (Marine Protected Area) — 0.7 mi, 326° NW
Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 0.7 mi, 199° S
Pelican Bluffs Reserve (Conservation Area) — 0.8 mi, 160° S
Fifteen Japanese from Yawatahama (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 293° NW
Stornetta Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 1.2 mi, 342° N
Garcia River (Wild & Scenic River) — 2.5 mi, 329° NW · 466 acres
Manchester State Park (State Park) — 3.0 mi, 346° N
Schooner Gulch State Beach (State Park) — 3.2 mi, 143° SE
Point Arena Lighthouse (Monument) — 4.1 mi, 321° NW
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 7.9 mi, 066° NE
Gualala River Forest (Conservation Area) — 12.0 mi, 106° E
The Bane Bill (Monument) — 15.9 mi, 138° SE
Hermit Hut (Historic Ruins) — 16.3 mi, 046° NE
Harbor seal pupping area (Viewpoint) — 16.9 mi, 138° SE
Rebecca Johnson Art (Gallery) — 18.2 mi, 027° NE
Pepperwood Pottery (Gallery) — 18.2 mi, 026° NE
Anderson Valley History Museum (Museum) — 18.5 mi, 063° NE
Green Cove Seal Rookery (Nature Reserve) — 19.2 mi, 137° SE
Playing With Auntie (Totem 7 of 8) (Public Artwork) — 25.6 mi, 348° N
Ford House Visitors Center (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 348° N
Prentice Gallery (Gallery) — 28.0 mi, 348° N
Mendocino Art Center (Arts Centre) — 28.1 mi, 348° N
Ukiah U sign (Attraction) — 29.6 mi, 055° NE
Ukiah Players Theatre (Theatre) — 30.7 mi, 055° NE
Historic Garzini Winery (Historic Ruins) — 35.0 mi, 052° NE
Seabiscuit's Grave and Statue (Attraction) — 35.1 mi, 036° NE
Mendocino National Forest (National Forest) — 44.8 mi, 049° NE · 929k acres
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument (National Monument) — 47.8 mi, 070° E · 598k acres

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