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Riverside California Map

Explore Riverside, 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 Riverside, California

How to Use This Riverside, California Map

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

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

Latitude	33.938143
Longitude	-117.393168
Population	314,998
Density	1497.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	95822, 92506, 95354, 92508
Area Code	408, 669, 909
County Seat	Eureka
School District	Riverside Unified School District

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About Riverside, California

Riverside is a locality in Humboldt County, California, United States. With a population of 314,998, Riverside is a major urban centre in California. The population density is 1497.2 people per km². Riverside is located at 33.9381°N, 117.3932°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Riverside is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 95822, 92506, 95354.

Riverside sprawls across a sun-drenched basin where the persistent influence of the Pacific drifts inland, carrying a cool, salt-tinged haze that softens the harshness of the dry, golden summer hills. It lies 5.9 miles east of Arcata, CA (from Arcata, CA: bearing 92°T), and is situated 8.9 miles southeast of McKinleyville. Mill Creek cuts through the terrain, a narrow artery providing a rare, cool reprieve as it winds toward the distant, shimmering expanse of Arcata Bay. Sullivan Gulch carves a shallow depression into the earth nearby, while the air maintains a crisp, coastal clarity that feels distinct from the interior heat. To the north, the distant silhouettes of the Klamath Mountains anchor the horizon, standing as silent sentinels over a landscape where the light at dusk turns the dusty grasses into a fleeting, metallic bronze. Residents find a modest patch of green at the City of Blue Lake Tot Lot, a quiet contrast to the vast, untamed reaches of the Arcata Community Forest that wait just beyond the suburban periphery.

Riverside carries the weight of a complex history, its identity shaped by the steady, rhythmic pulse of an economy that has shifted from early agricultural roots to a modern, interconnected sprawl. The proximity to the coast influences the daily pace, drawing a maritime dampness that mingles with the scent of pine and dry earth, an atmosphere that seems to suspend the hurried energy of the freeway. While Little Sand Island remains a remote point of interest for the observant traveler, the local life is defined by the steady navigation of neighborhood streets and the quiet maintenance of the land. Far from the reach of Big Lagoon, the inhabitants organize their lives around the cycles of the seasons, watching the fog roll in to reclaim the edges of the basin. There is a palpable sense of endurance here, an understanding that the fault lines beneath the soil and the shifting winds off the water are the true architects of the place.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Villegas Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 221° SW
Shamel Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 359° N
S/SGT Ysmael Villegas (Monument) — 0.4 mi, 221° SW
Chicago White Sox Redwood Tree (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 323° NW
Jessie C. Underwood (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 326° NW
Riverside (Public Artwork) — 1.1 mi, 348° N
Southern California Medical Museum (Museum) — 1.6 mi, 358° N
Pachappa Hill (Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 024° NE
Martha Mclean Anza Narrows (Attraction) — 2.8 mi, 311° NW
Arlington Heights Sports Park Picnic Area (Local Recreation) — 3.0 mi, 224° SW
Santa Ana River Wildlife Area (Local Conservation Area) — 3.2 mi, 309° NW
Ucr Arts (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 019° N
Camera Obscura (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 020° N
Mission Inn Museum (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 020° N
Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Park (Local Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 094° E
Regency Theater- University Village (Cinema) — 4.2 mi, 050° NE
Sycamore Canyon Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 102° E
Petrified Redwood Log (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 062° NE
Ghost Blasters (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 240° SW
Chudzikowski Home Site (Historic Ruins) — 5.3 mi, 259° W
Jurupa Mountains Discovery Center (Arts Centre) — 6.2 mi, 329° NW
World Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 6.5 mi, 254° W
Hidden Valley Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 6.6 mi, 284° W
Brandstater Gallery (Gallery) — 6.6 mi, 254° W
Hidden Valley Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 6.8 mi, 287° W
San Bernardino National Forest (National Forest) — 7.9 mi, 104° E · 683k acres
Cleveland National Forest (National Forest) — 12.3 mi, 213° SW · 426k acres
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 21.5 mi, 181° S · 40k acres
San Gabriel Mountains National Monument (National Monument) — 22.7 mi, 314° NW · 454k acres

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