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Rail Road Flat California Map

Explore Rail Road Flat, 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 Rail Road Flat, California

How to Use This Rail Road Flat, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Rail Road Flat, 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 Rail Road Flat.

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	Rail Road Flat
State	California (CA)
County	Calaveras County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	38.314374
Longitude	-120.507484
Population	316
Density	13.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	95248, 95245
Area Code	408, 669
County Seat	San Andreas
School District	Calaveras Unified School District

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About Rail Road Flat, California

Rail Road Flat is a locality in Calaveras County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 316. The population density is 13.4 people per km². Rail Road Flat is located at 38.3144°N, 120.5075°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95248, 95245.

Rail Road Flat occupies a quiet, rugged crease in the Sierra Nevada foothills, where the earth drops into the steep, shadowed contours of Two Dollar Gulch. It lies 29.3 miles southeast of Diamond Springs, CA (from Diamond Springs, CA: bearing 146°T), and is situated 7.6 miles south of Buckhorn. The landscape is defined by the sharp, persistent descent toward the South Fork Mokelumne River, a waterway that carved its path through these slopes long before human hands arrived to alter the soil. Massive stands of timber define the horizon, marking the edge of the nearby Stanislaus National Forest, while the air carries a dry, pine-scented weight that lingers long after the sun dips behind the western ridges. On the outskirts, the heat of the afternoon light turns the tall grasses to a brittle, pale straw, revealing the raw, rocky skeleton of the terrain.

Rail Road Flat emerged from the frantic pulse of the mid-nineteenth century, built upon the hard labor of miners who sifted the earth for gold before the economy shifted toward the slower, deliberate work of timber harvesting and agriculture. While the echoes of the gold rush remain in the weathered geology of the surrounding slopes, the pace of life today is dictated by the seasonal shifts of the forest rather than the rush of fortune. Residents move with a quiet autonomy, their lives shaped by the proximity to Mount Zion State Forest and the long, winding roads that connect these isolated pockets of habitation to the wider world. It is a place where the history of extraction has softened into a steady, rural endurance, leaving behind a landscape that feels both reclaimed by the wilderness and stubbornly held by those who dwell within its folds.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Stanislaus National Forest (National Forest) — 3.9 mi, 061° NE · 901k acres
Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 6.5 mi, 305° NW · 2,737 acres
North Fork Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 7.1 mi, 350° N · 2,970 acres
San Antonio Falls Overlook (Viewpoint) — 7.7 mi, 121° SE
California Caverns (Attraction) — 7.7 mi, 181° S
Mollie Joyce Park (Local Park) — 8.6 mi, 332° NW
Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 9.2 mi, 008° N · 703k acres
Sierra Nevada Logging Museum (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 111° E
Amador County Model Railroad Museum (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 310° NW
Calaveras Big Trees State Park (State Park) — 10.5 mi, 106° E
Campfire Center (Attraction) — 11.1 mi, 103° E
Big Stump (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 103° E
Mercer Caverns (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 172° S
Metropolitan Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 12.4 mi, 229° SW
Calaveras County Historical Museum (Museum) — 12.4 mi, 229° SW
Murphys (Monument) — 12.5 mi, 169° S
Black Bart Playhouse (Theatre) — 12.6 mi, 169° S
New Hogan Lake (Recreation Area) — 12.8 mi, 237° SW
New Melones (Resource Management Area) — 13.4 mi, 150° SE
Tailing Wheel No. 3 (Historic Ruins) — 14.8 mi, 283° W
Flume Tressel Piers (Historic Ruins) — 14.9 mi, 283° W
Change House Museum and Gift Shop (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 284° W
Vallecito Western Mine (Monument) — 15.3 mi, 179° S
Mark Twain Monument (Monument) — 16.8 mi, 187° S
Sutter Creek Theatre (Theatre) — 16.9 mi, 289° W
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 17.5 mi, 163° S
3 Fish Studios (Gallery) — 18.6 mi, 293° NW
Mokelumne Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 20.8 mi, 051° NE · 104k acres
Carson-Iceberg Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 28.2 mi, 071° E · 159k acres
Yosemite National Park (National Park) — 38.8 mi, 117° SE · 743k acres

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