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Ross California Map

Explore Ross, 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 Ross, California

How to Use This Ross, California Map

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

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

Latitude	37.963821
Longitude	-122.561614
Population	2,338
Density	579.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	95472, 94957
Area Code	408, 669, 510
County Seat	Santa Rosa
School District	Tamalpais Union High School District

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About Ross, California

Ross is a locality in Sonoma County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,338. The population density is 579.4 people per km². Ross is located at 37.9638°N, 122.5616°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Ross is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 95472, 94957.

Ross sits within a sheltered valley floor where the afternoon light thickens, turning the air into a pale, golden suspension that settles over the oak-dappled landscape. It lies 7.2 miles south-southwest of Windsor, CA (from Windsor, CA: bearing 212°T), and is situated 9.4 miles west of Santa Rosa. Green Valley Creek traces a quiet path through the low-lying terrain, its banks providing a cool, shaded corridor for the local flora while the Atascadero Creek Marsh Ecological Reserve preserves the damp, quiet pulse of the valley bottom. Beyond the immediate canopy, the land rises into gentle, tinder-dry slopes that define the horizon, their contours softened by the shadows of passing clouds. The atmosphere here carries a weight of silence, broken only by the rustle of dry grasses or the sudden, sharp call of a bird navigating the dense thickets near the water.

Ross maintains a character defined by its quiet residential estates and a deeply ingrained sense of privacy that has persisted since its early days as a collection of pastoral land grants. The local economy is largely absent of industry, favoring instead the preservation of historic architecture and the maintenance of a deliberate, slow-moving pace that keeps the modern rush at a distance. Residents move through their days with a steady, practiced ease, often walking the shaded lanes that wind toward the distant foothills, far from the frantic energy of the larger urban centers. While the distant Coast Ranges remain a hazy, jagged silhouette on the far horizon, the life of Ross remains focused inward, centered on the preservation of its wooded privacy and the quiet, enduring rhythm of its seasonal change.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross (Attraction) — 0.4 mi, 113° SE
Natalie Coffin Greene Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 250° W
Ross Lands 001 (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 268° W
Marin Municipal Water District Watershed (Local Resource Management Area) — 0.7 mi, 219° SW
Baltimore Canyon Open Space Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 198° S
San Rafael Open Space (Nature Reserve) — 1.4 mi, 090° E
Terra Linda/Sleepy Hollow Divide Open Space Preserve (Local Conservation Area) — 1.6 mi, 021° N
Marin County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 1.9 mi, 066° NE
Tamalpais Maiden (Public Artwork) — 2.4 mi, 120° SE
Mount Tamalpais State Park (State Park) — 2.4 mi, 201° S
The Rosebowl (Monument) — 2.5 mi, 143° SE
Golden Gate National Recreation Area (Marine Protected Area) — 2.6 mi, 201° S
Sitting Bull Rock and memorial (Monument) — 2.7 mi, 192° S
Giant Picnic Table (Attraction) — 2.9 mi, 122° SE
Slide House (Attraction) — 2.9 mi, 123° SE
Corte Madera Marsh State Marine Park (Marine Protected Area) — 3.1 mi, 120° SE
Showcase Theatre (Theatre) — 3.2 mi, 031° NE
Bartolini Gallery (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 031° NE
Mayor's Lookout (Viewpoint) — 3.6 mi, 164° S
China Camp State Park (State Park) — 3.9 mi, 053° NE
Music Stand (Monument) — 4.0 mi, 230° SW
Nike Missile Site (Attraction) — 4.0 mi, 054° NE
Muir Woods National Monument (National Monument) — 4.2 mi, 190° S · 527 acres
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 4.5 mi, 053° NE
Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.5 mi, 089° E · 598 acres
Marinship Exhibit (Museum) — 7.8 mi, 152° SE
Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 8.1 mi, 135° SE
Point Reyes National Seashore (National Lakeshore) — 8.1 mi, 262° W · 135k acres
IDESST Sausalito Portuguese Cultural Center (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 151° SE
The Phoenix Collection Tea Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 294° NW

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