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Richvale California Map

Explore Richvale, 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 Richvale, California

How to Use This Richvale, California Map

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

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

Latitude	39.493775
Longitude	-121.744698
Population	234
Density	97.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	95965, 95974
Area Code	530
County Seat	Oroville
School District	Biggs Unified School District

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About Richvale, California

Richvale is a locality in Butte County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 234. The population density is 97.5 people per km². Richvale is located at 39.4938°N, 121.7447°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95965, 95974.

Richvale asserts its presence upon the flat, expansive floor of the valley, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Coast Ranges. It lies 10.1 miles west of Oroville, CA (from Oroville, CA: bearing 262°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-northwest of Gridley. Water defines the character of the terrain, channeled through the Gravity Lateral just a mile away, which draws life across the parched earth to sustain the thirsty fields. Only three miles distant, the still, reflective surface of Thermalito Afterbay mirrors the vast, cloudless sky, while the nearby Oroville Wildlife Area offers a sanctuary where the tall grasses sway in the rhythmic, warm drafts of the afternoon. The air here holds the scent of dry soil and ripening grain, a heavy, golden stillness that settles over the land as the sun dips toward the edge of the world.

Richvale remains a place of quiet industry, where the labor of the harvest dictates the pulse of the days and the seasons dictate the movement of the people. Generations have worked this soil, transforming the plains into a mosaic of agricultural bounty that defines the local economy and the steady, unadorned way of life. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the landscape occasionally dips into the subtle, quiet depression of Beatson Hollow, a reminder of the ancient shifts in the earth that shaped this region. History here is not written in grand monuments but in the persistent, patient maintenance of the irrigation lines and the enduring dedication to the crops that rise from the silt, ensuring that the identity of Richvale remains tethered to the cycles of planting and the patient, deliberate labor of the field.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Oroville Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 085° E
Durham Recreation and Park District 3 (Local Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 344° N
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.1 mi, 080° E
Clay Pit State Vehicular Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 6.4 mi, 100° E
Upper Butte Basin Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 213° SW
Ranch View (Viewpoint) — 10.1 mi, 053° NE
Bath House Museum (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 081° E
North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 305° NW · 2,771 acres
Steve Thompson North Central Valley Wildlife Management Area (National Conservation Area) — 10.7 mi, 305° NW · 2,771 acres
Beatson Falls (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 052° NE
Beatson Corral (Historic Ruins) — 11.4 mi, 054° NE
World Trade Center artifact (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 025° NE
Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 11.9 mi, 026° NE
Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.4 mi, 282° W · 21k acres
Phantom Falls (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 050° NE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013 (Monument) — 16.4 mi, 348° N
Chico Art Center (Arts Centre) — 16.8 mi, 341° N
Phagna Norapamok Memorial (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 343° N
National Yo-Yo Museum (Museum) — 17.0 mi, 343° N
Wildcat Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 17.0 mi, 342° N
Janet Turner Print Museum (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 342° N
Vertebrate Museum (Museum) — 17.2 mi, 342° N
Museum of Northern California Art (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 342° N
Plumas National Forest (National Forest) — 18.3 mi, 054° NE · 1.2M acres
Lassen National Forest (National Forest) — 19.3 mi, 050° NE · 1.1M acres
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.1 mi, 262° W · 22k acres
Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 25.5 mi, 161° S
Feather, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 25.7 mi, 064° NE · 24k acres
Lake of the Woods State Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 34.5 mi, 165° S
Purdon Crossing (Attraction) — 39.0 mi, 107° E

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