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Richfield California Map

Explore Richfield, 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 Richfield, California

How to Use This Richfield, California Map

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

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	Richfield
State	California (CA)
County	Tehama County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	39.974879
Longitude	-122.176656
Population	309
Density	218.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	96021
Area Code	530
County Seat	Red Bluff
School District	Corning Union High School District

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About Richfield, California

Richfield is a locality in Tehama County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 309. The population density is 218.1 people per km². Richfield is located at 39.9749°N, 122.1767°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96021.

Richfield anchors itself upon a landscape where the earth opens into wide, sun-drenched plains, defined primarily by the persistent, winding path of Thomes Creek. It lies 14.4 miles south-southeast of Red Bluff, CA (from Red Bluff, CA: bearing 167°T), and is situated 3.3 miles north of Corning. The air here holds the dry, toasted scent of grass and baked soil, a reminder that the distant, hazy peaks of the Cascade Range are a world away from the immediate, flat horizon. Three miles to the north, the quiet expanse of Yost Park offers a reprieve of shade, while the broader geography shifts toward the gentle depressions of Acorn Hollow. As daylight fades, the shadows lengthen across the hard-packed ground, turning the fields a deep, bruised purple that contrasts sharply against the pale, bleached sky.

Richfield grew from the necessity of the land, its economy long tied to the rhythms of agriculture that draw life from the local water table and the seasonal pulse of the creek. Unlike the more crowded regions to the west, life here moves with a deliberate, singular focus, where the labor of the day is measured by the steady turning of irrigation pivots and the maintenance of rural infrastructure. Seven miles toward the basin of Acorn Hollow, the terrain hints at the ancient shifts of the earth, yet the daily business remains firmly rooted in the present, with residents often making the ten-mile trek to the quiet waters of Soto Lake for a rare moment of stillness. The character of the place is found in this quiet endurance, a pattern of living that persists without fanfare under the vast, open canopy of the inland sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Yost Park (Local Park) — 2.9 mi, 180° S
Northside Park (Local Park) — 3.0 mi, 187° S
Thomes Creek Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 285° W
Corning Community Park and Skate Park (Local Recreation) — 3.6 mi, 191° S
Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.3 mi, 050° NE · 21k acres
Tehama County Museum (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 038° NE
Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 5.3 mi, 134° SE
Gray Davis Dye Creek Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.7 mi, 038° NE
Mendocino National Forest (National Forest) — 8.5 mi, 187° S · 929k acres
Mill Creek (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.5 mi, 056° NE
Prime Cinemas (Cinema) — 13.5 mi, 349° N
Fountain (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 358° N
Monolith (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 358° N
Portal (Monument) — 14.5 mi, 359° N
Alta Schmidt House Museum (Museum) — 16.0 mi, 183° S
Lassen National Forest (National Forest) — 17.4 mi, 073° E · 1.1M acres
Ishi Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 17.4 mi, 073° E · 42k acres
Sacramento River (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.6 mi, 360° N · 8,248 acres
Irving Finch River Access (Viewpoint) — 18.2 mi, 148° SE
Museum of Northern California Art (Museum) — 24.1 mi, 133° SE
Vertebrate Museum (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 134° SE
Chico State Flame (Public Artwork) — 24.4 mi, 134° SE
Janet Turner Print Museum (Museum) — 24.5 mi, 134° SE
Chico Art Center (Arts Centre) — 24.7 mi, 135° SE
Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 36.0 mi, 129° SE
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 39.6 mi, 335° NW
Palo Cedro Video (Cinema) — 40.8 mi, 355° N
Phantom Falls (Attraction) — 41.3 mi, 127° SE
Beatson Falls (Attraction) — 41.3 mi, 130° SE
Beatson Corral (Historic Ruins) — 41.7 mi, 129° SE

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