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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	Sacramento 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	Sacramento
School District	Riverside Unified School District

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About Riverside, California

Riverside is a locality in Sacramento 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 stretches across a vast, sun-drenched plain where the light turns the dry grasses to the color of pale straw as the afternoon wanes. It lies 3.4 miles west of Lemon Hill, CA (from Lemon Hill, CA: bearing 272°T), and is situated 4.5 miles south-southwest of Sacramento. The Sacramento River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its steady flow providing a cool, dark contrast to the heat that radiates from the earth. To the far horizon, the blue silhouettes of the Coast Ranges rise against the sky, standing as silent sentinels over the flat expanse. Within the immediate reach of the terrain, Joseph Reichmuth Park offers a quiet expanse of open ground, while the nearby depression of the Putah Creek Sinks holds the memory of winter rains. A mile away, the stillness of Lake Greenhaven mirrors the shifting clouds, marking a point of stillness in a region defined by the slow, persistent movement of water and wind.

Riverside maintains a quiet industry rooted in the labor of the soil and the legacy of those who first broke this ground for the harvest. The rhythm of daily life here remains tethered to the cycles of the agricultural season, a tradition that persists even as modern commerce finds its footing in the local economy. Those who seek movement often turn toward the Jedediah Smith Trail, where the path tracks the quiet edges of the terrain, far from the frantic pace of larger hubs. There is a distinct, grounded character to Riverside that emerges in the way the architecture clings to the level land, favoring utility and endurance over ornamentation. In the cooling air of evening, the shadows lengthen across the fields, emphasizing the quiet persistence of a place that values the steady, unadorned work of the day.

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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