Post Mountain California Map

About Post Mountain, California

Post Mountain is a locality in Trinity County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,032. The population density is 94.3 people per km². Post Mountain is located at 40.4159°N, 123.2316°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96041.

Post Mountain occupies a rugged expanse of high-elevation terrain where the air thins into a crisp, pine-scented clarity. It lies 45.1 miles west-southwest of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 256°T), and is situated 9.3 miles south-southwest of Hayfork. Post Creek carves a serpentine path through the landscape, its cold, clear waters carving deep into the earth of Road Gulch before meandering past the slopes that define the local topography. Dense timber stands as a silent sentinel in the Trinity National Forest, which envelopes the landscape in a vast, verdant hold. During the height of the summer, the grasses turn to a brittle, gilded straw, catching the slanted afternoon light that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped behind the distant, jagged silhouettes of the Klamath Mountains.

Historical rhythms in Post Mountain have long been dictated by the extraction of timber and the slow, deliberate pace of mountain life. The economy remains tethered to the land, drawing from the surrounding woods and the challenging, unyielding soil that demands a particular grit from those who choose to reside here. Far from the frantic pulse of urban centers, the local experience is defined by the Tule Divide Trail, which offers a solitary passage through the wilderness, and the quiet, hidden presence of Hell to Find Lake, resting in its remote basin eight miles away. Life here moves with the deliberate, seasonal crawl of the wild, where the isolation is not a lack of connection but a profound, quiet alignment with the geology and the enduring, weathered character of the forest.

About This Post Mountain Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Post Mountain, California. Coordinates: 40.415949, -123.231604. 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 Post Mountain includes the ZIP code (96041), telephone area code (530), county seat of Trinity County (Weaverville), and school district assignment (Mountain Valley Unified School District).

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.