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Sawyers Bar California Map

Explore Sawyers Bar, 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 Sawyers Bar, California

How to Use This Sawyers Bar, California Map

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

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	Sawyers Bar
State	California (CA)
County	Siskiyou County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	41.297359
Longitude	-123.13032
Population	280
Density	2.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	96027
Area Code	530
County Seat	Yreka

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About Sawyers Bar, California

Sawyers Bar is a locality in Siskiyou County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Sawyers Bar is located at 41.2974°N, 123.1303°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96027.

Sawyers Bar maintains a quiet existence deep within the rugged, forested folds of the Klamath National Forest, where the North Fork Salmon River carves a path through the steep, timbered slopes of the Klamath Mountains. It lies 56.0 miles east-northeast of McKinleyville, CA (from McKinleyville, CA: bearing 64°T), and is situated 33.0 miles east-northeast of Hoopa. The landscape is defined by the sharp, dramatic relief of Jessups Gulch, where the earth drops away into narrow, shadowed pockets that hold the cool air of the high country long after the sun has crested the ridges. The ground here is heavy with the scent of pine needles and damp earth, a place where the light filters through the canopy in thin, slanted shafts that illuminate the dust motes dancing over the dark, rushing water of the riverbed. It is a terrain of immense verticality, where the horizon is perpetually crowded by jagged peaks and the persistent, unyielding grip of the forest.

Sawyers Bar emerged from the frenetic energy of the gold rush, its history etched into the scarred embankments and the remnants of sluice boxes that once populated the riverbanks. While the fever of extraction has long since faded, the economy of Sawyers Bar remains tethered to the land, shifting from the volatile promise of precious metals to the quiet stewardship of the surrounding wilderness. Life here proceeds with a deliberate, measured pace, influenced by the seasonal rhythms of the Klamath National Forest and the occasional traveler seeking the solitude of the Tanners Peak Trail. In the stillness of an autumn evening, the air grows sharp and thin, and the echoes of the river seem to carry the weight of a century, grounding the few who remain in a landscape that neither forgets its past nor rushes toward an uncertain future.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Klamath National Forest (National Forest) — 0.0 mi, 316° NW · 1.7M acres
Klamath, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 0.1 mi, 175° S · 52k acres
Marble Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 3.6 mi, 004° N · 225k acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 6.7 mi, 160° S
Russian Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.0 mi, 104° E · 13k acres
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 8.8 mi, 034° NE · 1,886 acres
Sugar Creek Research Natural Area (Research Natural Area) — 8.8 mi, 088° E
Shasta National Forest (National Forest) — 11.9 mi, 132° SE · 1.2M acres
Informal Old Etna Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 15.0 mi, 046° NE
Graffiti Gate (Public Artwork) — 15.4 mi, 046° NE
Robert Roosevelt Quigley (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 048° NE
Ormond Edward Quigley (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 048° NE
Marble Rim Gallery (Gallery) — 16.5 mi, 048° NE
Trinity, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 21.5 mi, 211° SW · 53k acres
Stamp mill (Historic Ruins) — 21.6 mi, 106° E
Oro Fino Historic Plaque (Monument) — 22.3 mi, 029° NE
Russell Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 23.7 mi, 178° S
Whiskeytown Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 26.5 mi, 125° SE · 202k acres
Sugar pine river access (Attraction) — 27.9 mi, 008° N
Scott Museum (Museum) — 31.1 mi, 133° SE
Hoopa Valley Museum (Museum) — 33.2 mi, 241° SW
Ironsides Museum (Museum) — 35.9 mi, 215° SW
The People's Center (Museum) — 36.5 mi, 339° N
Smith River National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 36.8 mi, 309° NW · 330k acres
Siskiyou County Museum (Museum) — 38.9 mi, 041° NE
Redwood National Park (National Park) — 39.1 mi, 253° W · 194k acres
Trinity Theatre (Cinema) — 40.3 mi, 166° S
Highland Art Center (Arts Centre) — 40.4 mi, 166° S
1727 Class M6 (Attraction) — 44.6 mi, 096° E
Big Tree (Attraction) — 46.1 mi, 277° W

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