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Red Mountain California Map

Explore Red Mountain, 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 Red Mountain, California

How to Use This Red Mountain, California Map

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

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	Red Mountain
State	California (CA)
County	San Bernardino County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	35.358297
Longitude	-117.616726
Population	480
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93558
Area Code	760
County Seat	San Bernardino

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About Red Mountain, California

Red Mountain is a locality in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Red Mountain is located at 35.3583°N, 117.6167°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93558.

Red Mountain commands a stark, arid prominence where the earth asserts itself in shades of rusted iron and bleached shale. It lies 18.5 miles south of Ridgecrest, CA (from Ridgecrest, CA: bearing 171°T), and is situated 26.3 miles northeast of California City. The landscape here is characterized by the expansive, open austerity of the Fremont-Kramer Area of Critical Environmental Concern, a vast expanse of desert scrub and creosote that stretches toward the horizon under a relentless, crystalline sky. To the north, the distant peaks of the Sierra Nevada offer a jagged, snow-dusted silhouette that serves as a silent guardian against the encroaching clouds. The land remains rugged and uncompromising, defined by the dry, sun-scorched basins and the subtle shifts of wind-blown dust that track across the open plains. When the light of late afternoon strikes the ground, the shadows lengthen into deep indigo, revealing the quiet, skeletal geometry of the desert floor.

Red Mountain retains a distinct character forged by the remnants of historical mining endeavors that once drew prospectors to the promise of subterranean wealth. The local economy persists with a quiet resilience, tethered to the rhythms of an inland life far removed from the damp, distant coast. Beyond the immediate vicinity, the drainage of Teagle Wash marks the terrain with a faint, ephemeral path, while the hollowed depression of Phoenix Gulch provides a subtle variation in the elevation of the surrounding desert. Although Central Park Lake lies miles away, the sense of thirst is a constant companion in this climate, shaping the patterns of daily work and the cautious stewardship of sparse resources. Life in Red Mountain moves at a deliberate, measured pace, reflecting a community that has learned to thrive in an environment where the sun dictates the hours and the silence is as vast as the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Fremont-Kramer Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 0.3 mi, 037° NE
The Rand Desert Museum (Museum) — 2.3 mi, 287° W
Mohave Ground Squirrel Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 3.0 mi, 044° NE
Golden Valley Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 3.4 mi, 035° NE · 38k acres
X-15 Memorial (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 012° N
Fremont Valley Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.8 mi, 331° NW
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 6.3 mi, 351° N
West Mojave Desert Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 148° SE
Grass Valley Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 13.2 mi, 095° E · 33k acres
Burro Schmidt Tunnel (Attraction) — 14.9 mi, 283° W
Red Rock Canyon State Park (State Park) — 15.8 mi, 271° W
Bickel Camp (Historic Ruins) — 16.1 mi, 290° W
Cudahy camp (Historic Ruins) — 17.8 mi, 282° W
Moment of Engagement (Public Artwork) — 18.4 mi, 350° N
Maturango Museum (Museum) — 19.0 mi, 351° N
Husky Monument (Monument) — 19.5 mi, 120° SE
Red cliffs trail (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 271° W
Ridgecrest Cinema (Cinema) — 20.4 mi, 351° N
F-4 Phantom II - NWC China Lake 1374 (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 352° N
Plane (Attraction) — 20.5 mi, 353° N
China Lake Museum (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 356° N
Naval Museum of Armament & Technology (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 356° N
Josephine Stephens Bishop (Monument) — 22.1 mi, 260° W
Rio Tinto Borax Mine Visitor Center (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 190° S
Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 28.1 mi, 308° NW · 1.1M acres
Airplane graveyard viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 35.5 mi, 237° SW
Death Valley National Park (National Park) — 41.3 mi, 043° NE · 3.4M acres
Screen 2 (Cinema) — 47.1 mi, 130° SE

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