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Poplar-Cotton Center California Map

Explore Poplar-Cotton Center, 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 Poplar-Cotton Center, California

How to Use This Poplar-Cotton Center, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Poplar-Cotton Center, 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 Poplar-Cotton Center.

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	Poplar-Cotton Center
State	California (CA)
County	Tulare County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	36.0577
Longitude	-119.1502
Population	2,370
Density	385.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	93258, 93257
Area Code	661
County Seat	Visalia
School District	Porterville Unified School District (9-12)

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About Poplar-Cotton Center, California

Poplar-Cotton Center is a locality in Tulare County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,370. The population density is 385.3 people per km². Poplar-Cotton Center is located at 36.0577°N, 119.1502°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 93258, 93257.

Poplar-Cotton Center spreads across the flat, sun-drenched floor of the Great Central Valley, where the horizon stretches wide and unobstructed under a vast, pale sky. It lies 7.5 miles west of Porterville, CA (from Porterville, CA: bearing 266°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west of East Porterville. The land here is an expanse of productive soil, marked by the rhythmic geometry of orchards and fields that drink deep from the Tule River, which flows only three miles to the north. In the quiet hours of late afternoon, the light turns a deep, honeyed amber, casting long shadows that emphasize the subtle, level texture of the terrain. While the jagged, distant peaks of the Sierra Nevada remain an elusive, hazy suggestion against the far eastern sky, the immediate landscape is defined by the modest, purposeful greenery of Poplar Park, a local sanctuary that offers a rare shaded respite amidst the open, sun-baked plains.

Generations of labor have defined the identity of Poplar-Cotton Center, a place built upon the quiet, persistent work of agriculture that dictates the turning of the seasons. The economy remains anchored to the harvest, with the surrounding acreage providing a steady, silent industry that sustains the pulse of the neighborhood. History here is measured not in monuments, but in the enduring lines of irrigation ditches and the steady growth of crops that thrive in the heat radiating from Fountain Springs Gulch, eight miles away. Life in Poplar-Cotton Center moves with a deliberate, tempered pace, far removed from the clamor of the urban world, finding its peace in the dry, cooling breezes that arrive after the sun dips behind the distant western reaches. Even the nearby waters of Lake Success, twelve miles off, serve as a distant reminder of the precious nature of hydration in this arid, fertile expanse.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Poplar Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 105° E
Porterville Sports Complex and OHV Park (Local Park) — 4.2 mi, 110° E
Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 6.9 mi, 086° E
Yaudanchi Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 9.4 mi, 093° E
World's Largest Olive (Public Artwork) — 10.5 mi, 014° N
Preston's Pride (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 303° NW
Pixley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.9 mi, 218° SW · 15k acres
Success Dam Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 13.4 mi, 088° E
Allensworth Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 14.2 mi, 220° SW
Treaty of 1851 (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 081° E
Galaxy Theatres (Cinema) — 15.7 mi, 319° NW
Charlotte Chichester Auditorium (Theatre) — 20.1 mi, 194° S
Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 20.4 mi, 082° E · 1.1M acres
Giant Sequoia National Monument (National Monument) — 20.9 mi, 075° E · 353k acres
Heritage Park Museum (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 194° S
Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.2 mi, 049° NE · 1,825 acres
McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 22.2 mi, 061° NE
Dry Creek Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 26.6 mi, 015° N
McFarland Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 26.9 mi, 189° S
Sequoia National Park (National Park) — 27.3 mi, 050° NE · 407k acres
Woody Rd (Attraction) — 30.0 mi, 145° SE
Golden Trout Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 30.3 mi, 060° NE · 305k acres
Trail of 100 Giants (Attraction) — 31.5 mi, 100° E
Checkpoint (Attraction) — 33.1 mi, 160° S
Metro 4 Cinema (Cinema) — 33.2 mi, 304° NW
Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 33.3 mi, 304° NW
Kings Art Center (Arts Centre) — 33.5 mi, 305° NW
Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 35.0 mi, 025° NE · 768k acres
Walkers Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 37.3 mi, 065° NE
Kings Canyon National Park (National Park) — 41.4 mi, 020° N · 459k acres

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