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Santa Catalina Island California Map

Explore Santa Catalina Island, 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 Santa Catalina Island, California

How to Use This Santa Catalina Island, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Santa Catalina Island, 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 Santa Catalina Island.

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	Santa Catalina Island
State	California (CA)
County	Los Angeles County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	33.388
Longitude	-118.418
Population	4,096
Density	55.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	90704
Area Code	818, 747
County Seat	Los Angeles

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About Santa Catalina Island, California

Santa Catalina Island is a locality in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,096. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Santa Catalina Island is located at 33.3880°N, 118.4180°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 90704.

Santa Catalina Island rises from the Pacific Ocean as a rugged spine of earth, defined by steep slopes that descend into sharp, sun-bleached canyons. It lies 24.7 miles south of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (from Rancho Palos Verdes, CA: bearing 184°T), and is situated 6.1 miles west-northwest of Avalon. The terrain is a complex mosaic of golden grass and resilient scrub, where the light at dusk turns the landscape into a deep, bruised violet before the fog rolls in from the water. Two miles from the open coastline, the air carries a distinct sharpness, cooling the heat that gathers in the high, dry ridges. To the interior, the land holds the quiet moisture of Buffalo Springs Reservoirs, which serves as a rare, reflective anchor in the arid topography. Far to the distance, the faint, jagged silhouette of Ribbon Rock suggests the vastness of the horizon, while the terrain closer at hand shifts toward the shadows of Cape Canyon, where the wind moves with an insistent, rhythmic purpose.

History clings to Santa Catalina Island through the remnants of mid-century ambition and the enduring influence of those who sought to shape its isolation into a destination. The local economy relies on the steady pulse of seasonal tourism, moving with a cadence dictated by the ferry schedules and the ebb of the tide. Beyond the harbor, the island maintains a character shaped by its protected status, preserving a wildness that defies the frantic pace of the mainland. Life here is defined by a certain self-reliance; the infrastructure is compact, and the daily rhythm is governed by the necessity of transporting goods and people across the water. It remains a place where the physical environment forces a confrontation with silence, leaving travelers to navigate a landscape that feels intentionally removed from the rest of the world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Santa Catalina Island (Conservation Area) — locality lies within
Long Point (Catalina Island) State Marine Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 2.3 mi, 031° NE
Offshore Island (Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 019° N
Whales Tail (Attraction) — 3.3 mi, 266° W
Blue Cavern (Catalina Island) Onshore State Marine Conservation Area (Marine Protected Area) — 3.6 mi, 329° NW
Salta Verde Point (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 183° S
Spouting Caves (Attraction) — 5.1 mi, 320° NW
Lone Tree Point (Viewpoint) — 5.2 mi, 147° SE
Perdition Caves (Attraction) — 5.3 mi, 320° NW
Cochise's Grave (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 117° SE
Avalon Theatre (Cinema) — 6.0 mi, 117° SE
Joe Machado Field (Local Recreation) — 6.1 mi, 129° SE
Sunken City (Historic Ruins) — 23.2 mi, 019° N
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 23.2 mi, 014° N · 8,946 acres
Fort MacArthur Museum (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 017° N
Stephen M. White (Public Artwork) — 23.5 mi, 019° N
Ocean Trails Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 23.8 mi, 010° N
Cabrillo Marina Plaza Oceanview Fountain (Theatre) — 24.0 mi, 019° N
Marilyn Ryan (Monument) — 24.2 mi, 010° N
Portuguese Bend Whaling Station (Monument) — 24.2 mi, 009° N
Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 24.5 mi, 005° N
Battery Barnes 240 (Historic Castle / Fort) — 24.7 mi, 001° N
Eddie Roque Studio Art (Gallery) — 25.3 mi, 018° N
Gallery 478 (Gallery) — 25.3 mi, 017° N
Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.4 mi, 039° NE · 1,777 acres
Channel Islands National Park (National Park) — 35.7 mi, 280° W · 315k acres
Cleveland National Forest (National Forest) — 50.8 mi, 058° NE · 426k acres
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 53.5 mi, 078° E · 40k acres
Angeles National Forest (National Forest) — 58.5 mi, 014° N · 662k acres
San Gabriel Mountains National Monument (National Monument) — 58.8 mi, 013° N · 454k acres

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