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Round Valley California Map

Explore Round Valley, 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 Round Valley, California

How to Use This Round Valley, California Map

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

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	Round Valley
State	California (CA)
County	Inyo County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	37.414163
Longitude	-118.572273
Population	482
Density	13.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93514
Area Code	760
County Seat	Independence
School District	Bishop Unified School District (9-12)

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About Round Valley, California

Round Valley is a locality in Inyo County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 482. The population density is 13.3 people per km². Round Valley is located at 37.4142°N, 118.5723°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93514.

Round Valley holds the quiet, arid stillness of a high-altitude basin where the earth seems to exhale under the weight of an immense, cloudless sky. It lies 63.7 miles northeast of Heights, CA (from Heights, CA: bearing 46°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west-northwest of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek. Pine Creek cuts a thin, silver ribbon through the sagebrush, its path marking the lifeblood of a landscape that stretches toward the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sierra Nevada on the horizon. The air here carries a sharp, resinous clarity, thin enough to make the transition from the golden light of late afternoon to the sudden, cooling shadows of dusk feel like a physical weight. Only sixteen miles away, the frozen, ancient presence of Goethe Glacier acts as a silent sentinel over the region, reminding the traveler of the slow, grinding forces that once shaped these dry, expansive plains.

Inyo National Forest borders the eastern edge of Round Valley, providing a vast, wooded expanse that contrasts with the spare, open character of the valley floor. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, defined by the irrigation of fields and the steady maintenance of rural life near the waters of Pleasant Valley Reservoir. History lingers in the architecture of the homesteads and the quiet, dusty roads that trace the contours of the basin, reflecting a heritage built upon resilience and the slow work of the seasons. Life in Round Valley moves with a deliberate, measured pace, where the primary concerns are the cycle of the frost, the health of the grazing land, and the enduring, solitary beauty of an inland world defined by its own stark, elemental geography.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Volcanic Tablelands Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 2.9 mi, 083° E · 13k acres
John Muir Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 3.2 mi, 214° SW · 654k acres
Inyo National Forest (National Forest) — 3.2 mi, 214° SW · 2.0M acres
Mayfield Canyon Battleground (Registered Battlefield) — 4.2 mi, 302° NW
Lower Rock Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 5.0 mi, 343° N · 538 acres
Fish Slough Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 6.9 mi, 035° NE · 15k acres
Bishop Creek Battleground (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 135° SE
Sherwin Grade Northbound Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 7.2 mi, 352° N
Buttermilk Country Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.3 mi, 192° S
Fish Slough (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.5 mi, 049° NE
Log Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 8.8 mi, 257° W
Sierra National Forest (National Forest) — 10.1 mi, 222° SW · 1.3M acres
American Mule Museum (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 108° E
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 10.3 mi, 345° N
Inyo Council for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 10.4 mi, 111° E
C5 Studios Community Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 10.4 mi, 110° E
Tom's Place Monument (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 330° NW
Chidago Canyon Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 13.8 mi, 038° NE
Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 15.2 mi, 203° SW · 768k acres
Kings Canyon National Park (National Park) — 15.2 mi, 203° SW · 459k acres
John Muir Rock (Attraction) — 19.4 mi, 226° SW
Rock Monster (Attraction) — 21.0 mi, 187° S
Hot Creek Geological Site (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 321° NW
Methuselah (Attraction) — 22.4 mi, 096° E
Mammoth Museum (Museum) — 26.3 mi, 306° NW
Minaret Cinemas (Cinema) — 26.5 mi, 306° NW
Julia E. Townsend Memorial (Monument) — 27.0 mi, 302° NW
Death Valley National Park (National Park) — 35.1 mi, 116° SE · 3.4M acres
Ponderosa Victory Circle (Theatre) — 47.3 mi, 204° SW
Paiute Mural (Public Artwork) — 52.6 mi, 154° SE

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