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Salyer California Map

Explore Salyer, 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 Salyer, California

How to Use This Salyer, California Map

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

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.

CitySalyer
StateCalifornia (CA)
CountyTrinity County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezonePacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)
Latitude40.876768
Longitude-123.573501
Population389
Density28.5 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code95563
Area Code530
County SeatWeaverville
School DistrictKlamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District

About Salyer, California

Salyer is a locality in Trinity County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 389. The population density is 28.5 people per km². Salyer is located at 40.8768°N, 123.5735°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95563.

Salyer occupies a rugged, verdant corridor where the Trinity River carves a deep, serpentine path through the landscape. It lies 26.1 miles east of Arcata, CA (from Arcata, CA: bearing 86°T), and is situated 12.0 miles south-southeast of Hoopa. The surrounding terrain rises in steep, timbered slopes that gather the heavy, golden light of late afternoon, casting long shadows across the valley floor. Three miles away, the expanse of China Flat provides a brief, level reprieve from the surrounding incline, offering a sense of openness amidst the dense, enduring woodland. While the distant silhouette of the Klamath Mountains marks the horizon, the immediate character of Salyer is defined by the constant, rhythmic presence of the water and the quiet, deliberate pace of the seasons shifting through the trees.

Salyer remains deeply anchored within the Trinity, California Wild and Scenic River, a designation that preserves the integrity of the natural surroundings against the encroachment of modern industry. Historically, the rhythms of life here were forged by the labor of those drawn to the timber and the soil, establishing a legacy of self-reliance that persists in the quiet commerce and scattered homesteads of the present. The local economy persists as a modest affair, favoring the preservation of the landscape over large-scale development, which allows the area to retain an unassuming, authentic quietude. Residents move with a measured awareness of their place within the protected environment, where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the movement of the river or the wind shifting through the canopy.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Six Rivers National Forest (National Forest)locality lies within · 978k acres
  • Trinity, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 0.5 mi, 225° SW · 53k acres
  • Ironsides Museum (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 102° E
  • Trinity National Forest (National Forest) — 3.4 mi, 139° SE · 1.1M acres
  • Veterans Park (Local Park) — 5.1 mi, 333° NW
  • Bigfoot Statue (Public Artwork) — 5.2 mi, 326° NW
  • Trinity Alps Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.9 mi, 027° NE · 540k acres
  • Lacks Creek (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 14.0 mi, 308° NW
  • Hoopa Valley Museum (Museum) — 14.1 mi, 335° NW
  • Eagle Rock Lookout (Historic Ruins) — 15.7 mi, 124° SE
  • Redwood National Park (National Park) — 22.1 mi, 319° NW · 194k acres
  • Klamath, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 22.9 mi, 349° N · 52k acres
  • Russell Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 24.7 mi, 077° E
  • Charles Fulkerson Recital Hall (Theatre) — 26.4 mi, 270° W
  • John Van Duzer Theatre (Theatre) — 26.4 mi, 270° W
  • Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.7 mi, 266° W · 11k acres
  • The Arcata Sanctuary (Arts Centre) — 26.9 mi, 270° W
  • Shay Park Plaque (Monument) — 27.0 mi, 271° W
  • World's Tallest Totem Pole (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 280° W
  • Humboldt Bay Memorial (Monument) — 29.1 mi, 284° W
  • North Stairs Overlook (Viewpoint) — 29.2 mi, 280° W
  • California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 30.2 mi, 291° W · 8,946 acres
  • Hayfork Reservoir (Nature Reserve) — 30.2 mi, 135° SE
  • Blue Ox Millworks (Attraction) — 30.3 mi, 261° W
  • Humboldt Coastal Nature Center (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 268° W
  • Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum (Museum) — 30.9 mi, 261° W
  • Fishermans Memorial Statue (Monument) — 31.4 mi, 262° W
  • Discovery Museum (Museum) — 31.4 mi, 261° W
  • Marble Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 35.3 mi, 012° N · 225k acres
  • Whiskeytown Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 36.1 mi, 092° E · 202k acres

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About This Salyer Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Salyer, California. Coordinates: 40.876768, -123.573501. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Salyer includes the ZIP code (95563), telephone area code (530), county seat of Trinity County (Weaverville), and school district assignment (Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.