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Rio Oso California Map

Explore Rio Oso, 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 Rio Oso, California

How to Use This Rio Oso, California Map

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

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	Rio Oso
State	California (CA)
County	Sutter County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	38.951823
Longitude	-121.530974
Population	372
Density	22.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95674
Area Code	530
County Seat	Yuba City
School District	East Nicolaus Joint Union High School District

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About Rio Oso, California

Rio Oso is a locality in Sutter County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 372. The population density is 22.1 people per km². Rio Oso is located at 38.9518°N, 121.5310°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95674.

Rio Oso occupies a quiet stretch of flat, sun-drenched earth where the Bear River carves its path through the silt and sediment of the valley floor. It lies 9.3 miles south of Olivehurst, CA (from Olivehurst, CA: bearing 177°T), and is situated 4.2 miles south of Plumas Lake. The land here spreads out in a wide, uncomplicated expanse, defined by the seasonal rhythm of the soil and the intense, unfiltered clarity of the afternoon sun. Vegetation thins into an open savanna of drought-hardy oaks that cast sharp, dark shadows against the pale, dried grasses of late summer. Far to the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Coast Ranges marks the edge of the sky, serving as a distant reminder of the vast, varied terrain that separates this inland basin from the heavy moisture of the coast. Only a mile away, the quiet grounds of Plumas Ranch Park offer a reprieve of shade, providing a still sanctuary that contrasts with the relentless, open exposure of the surrounding fields.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of Rio Oso, dictating the cycles of labor and the heavy, dust-stirred air that follows the movement of machinery during harvest. The economy here is tied to the fertility of the river-fed plains, where orchards and row crops thrive under a sky that seems larger than the earth beneath it. This landscape has long been shaped by the presence of the Bear River, which provides the lifeblood for the local growers and keeps the land from succumbing entirely to the parched heat of the interior. While the region is removed from the busier corridors of the state, the pace of life remains tethered to the land’s productivity, a reality that persists even as the modern world encroaches. Whether watching the light fade behind the distant ridges or observing the irrigation lines trace silver patterns across the dark loam, one senses that the character of Rio Oso is defined by its endurance and its quiet, steady reliance on the water that sustains it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Plumas Ranch Park (Local Park) — 1.9 mi, 335° NW
Feather River Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.0 mi, 256° W
Bear River Park (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 341° N
Lake of the Woods State Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 2.4 mi, 264° W
Bobelaine Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 2.7 mi, 262° W
South Sutter Baseball Fields (Local Recreation) — 2.8 mi, 195° S
Ken Poerner Rivers Overlook (Viewpoint) — 2.8 mi, 254° W
Sutter Bypass Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.6 mi, 231° SW
Starbend Fishing Access (State Recreation Area) — 4.8 mi, 325° NW
Toyota Amphitheatre (Theatre) — 5.6 mi, 010° N
Plumas Lake Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 5.7 mi, 346° N
Leahn Joshua Halprin Lagoon (Monument) — 11.2 mi, 339° N
WWII German Prisoner of War Cell Block (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 033° NE
Sutter National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.9 mi, 298° NW · 5,234 acres
Joiner Park (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 108° E
Cotton Rosser Arena Pavilion (Theatre) — 13.3 mi, 344° N
Lincoln Museum (Museum) — 13.5 mi, 108° E
The Gift (Public Artwork) — 13.5 mi, 108° E
Mary Aaron Memorial Museum (Museum) — 13.6 mi, 347° N
Sutter County Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 337° NW
Roseville Utility Exploration Center (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 140° SE
Roseville Telephone Museum (Museum) — 19.3 mi, 136° SE
Roseville Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 19.4 mi, 137° SE
Cinemark Movie 5 (Cinema) — 23.8 mi, 212° SW
McCann Stadium (Stadium) — 25.0 mi, 100° E
United Artist Arden Fair 6 (Cinema) — 25.0 mi, 167° S
General Gomez Arts (Gallery) — 25.1 mi, 098° E
Plumas National Forest (National Forest) — 34.3 mi, 033° NE · 1.2M acres
Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 35.1 mi, 090° E · 703k acres
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument (National Monument) — 38.6 mi, 238° SW · 598k acres

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