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Santa Margarita California Map

Explore Santa Margarita, 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 Margarita, California

How to Use This Santa Margarita, California Map

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

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 Margarita
State	California (CA)
County	San Luis Obispo County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	35.389973
Longitude	-120.609057
Population	1,291
Density	964.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93453
Area Code	805
County Seat	San Luis Obispo
School District	Atascadero Unified School District

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About Santa Margarita, California

Santa Margarita is a locality in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,291. The population density is 964.1 people per km². Santa Margarita is located at 35.3900°N, 120.6091°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93453.

Santa Margarita unfolds across a landscape of tinder-dry oak savanna where the Yerba Buena Creek carves a deliberate, seasonal path through the earth. It lies 7.7 miles south-southeast of Atascadero, CA (from Atascadero, CA: bearing 153°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north-northeast of San Luis Obispo. The terrain rises into wide, sun-bleached plains that stretch toward the distant silhouette of the Coast Ranges, their peaks occasionally softened by the haze of inland heat. Four miles to the north, the waters of Orange Flat gather in the quiet expanse of the basin, reflecting a sky that shifts from a pale, bleached blue at midday to an intense, honeyed amber as the sun dips behind the western ridges. Within the immediate footprint of the village, Santa Margarita Community Park provides a green anchor for the local flora, where the scent of dry grass and sun-warmed bark hangs heavy in the stillness of the afternoon.

History clings to the quiet architecture of Santa Margarita, where the legacy of the old stagecoach route lingers in the weathered wood and sturdy stone of the commercial center. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the land, defined by the seasonal cycles of cattle ranching and the slow, persistent growth of vineyards that thrive in the Mediterranean-inflected air of Miller Flat. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that has long prioritized the shade of a wide porch over the frantic speed of the modern thoroughfare. It is a locality defined by its isolation from the bustle of the coast, finding its own character in the quietude of the oak-studded hills and the steady, unhurried pulse of a rural existence that values the endurance of the soil above all else.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Santa Margarita Community Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 056° NE
Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 2.0 mi, 192° S · 1.8M acres
Santa Lucia Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 2.0 mi, 192° S · 21k acres
Santa Lucia Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 2.2 mi, 181° S · 2,025 acres
Salinas River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 2.3 mi, 090° E
Cuesta Ridge Botanical Area (National Scenic Byway) — 2.8 mi, 238° SW
Black Butte Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 3.5 mi, 178° S
Stenner Spring Open Space (Local Recreation) — 4.0 mi, 218° SW
Serenity Swing / Tree of Life (Viewpoint) — 5.1 mi, 205° SW
Sun Dial (Public Artwork) — 5.7 mi, 206° SW
The P (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 202° S
Robert Hoover Herbarium (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 205° SW
Cal Poly Art Gallery (Gallery) — 6.9 mi, 206° SW
The Bent of The Tau Beta Pi Association - CA Mu Chapter (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 207° SW
Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club Tower Commemoration (Monument) — 6.9 mi, 206° SW
The Berg Gallery (Gallery) — 6.9 mi, 207° SW
Reservoir Creek Falls (Attraction) — 6.9 mi, 189° S
Motel Inn (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 198° S
Central Coast Veterans Memorial (Museum) — 7.4 mi, 199° S
Colony Cinemas (Cinema) — 7.4 mi, 335° NW
Atascadero Historical Museum (Museum) — 7.6 mi, 335° NW
Morro Bay State Park (State Park) — 7.7 mi, 218° SW
Boyd & Bradley Art Studio (Arts Centre) — 7.7 mi, 334° NW
Anam-Cre Pottery Studio (Arts Centre) — 7.8 mi, 200° S
San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre (Theatre) — 8.0 mi, 202° S
Palm Theatre (Theatre) — 8.1 mi, 202° S
Downtown Centre Cinemas (Cinema) — 8.2 mi, 201° S
Black Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 12.4 mi, 094° E · 10k acres
Los Padres Other (National Forest) — 13.0 mi, 119° SE · 895 acres
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 15.9 mi, 199° S · 8,946 acres

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