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Sea Ranch California Map

Explore Sea Ranch, 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 Sea Ranch, California

How to Use This Sea Ranch, California Map

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

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	Sea Ranch
State	California (CA)
County	Sonoma County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	38.725274
Longitude	-123.458314
Population	1,169
Density	28.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95497
Area Code	408, 669
County Seat	Santa Rosa
School District	Horicon Elementary School District

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About Sea Ranch, California

Sea Ranch is a locality in Sonoma County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,169. The population density is 28.0 people per km². Sea Ranch is located at 38.7253°N, 123.4583°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95497.

Sea Ranch occupies a rugged stretch of coastline where the Pacific light fractures against cedar-shingled structures that seem to emerge organically from the tall, wind-battered grasses. It lies 32.4 miles west-northwest of Healdsburg, CA (from Healdsburg, CA: bearing 283°T), and is situated 32.8 miles south-southwest of Ukiah. Sharp salt air defines the perimeter of Stengel Beach, where the tide pulls at the shoreline with a rhythmic, insistent gravity, and the horizon is punctuated only by the distant silhouette of Gualala Point Island. Inland, the landscape softens into the verdant, shaded corridors of the South Fork Gualala River, which winds through a dense corridor of vegetation before meeting the sea. Though the distant Coast Ranges remain veiled in a perpetual, shifting shroud of fog, the immediate terrain retains a raw, unmanicured character that respects the elemental force of the wind and the relentless, scouring reach of the ocean.

Sea Ranch functions as a singular exercise in environmental preservation, a place where the architectural philosophy demands that human dwellings defer to the wilder intentions of the land. Historically, the ground transitioned from grazing pastures to a planned development that prioritized the preservation of the open meadows and the natural drainage patterns of the basin known as Cox Opening. While the local economy is modest and largely centered on the stewardship and maintenance of these shared landscapes, the true value of the region lies in its quiet adherence to a design aesthetic that refuses to compete with the dramatic scale of the cliffs. Even when the temperature drops and the sea spray turns the afternoon gray, the presence of the nearby Garcia River Forest adds a deep, coniferous resonance to the atmosphere, grounding the daily rhythm of life in the enduring, patient growth of the timber.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sea Ranch Trail Access (Local Recreation) — 0.4 mi, 201° S
Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 0.5 mi, 212° SW
Stengel Beach (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 173° S
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 0.6 mi, 205° SW · 8,946 acres
Shell Beach (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 292° W
Harbor seal pupping area (Viewpoint) — 1.3 mi, 275° W
Green Cove Seal Rookery (Nature Reserve) — 1.5 mi, 166° S
The Bane Bill (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 293° NW
Stewarts Point State Marine Reserve (Marine Protected Area) — 3.5 mi, 180° S
AIA 25 Year Award (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 154° SE
Gualala River Forest (Conservation Area) — 4.1 mi, 018° N
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 4.6 mi, 005° N
Harold Richardson Redwoods Reserve (Conservation Area) — 5.2 mi, 147° SE
Salt Point State Park (State Park) — 8.5 mi, 142° SE
Galbreath Wildlands Preserve (State Conservation Area) — 13.7 mi, 040° NE
Peace Totem (Public Artwork) — 16.5 mi, 144° SE
B Bryan Preserve (Attraction) — 17.9 mi, 316° NW
Windmill (Monument) — 18.5 mi, 142° SE
Manchester State Park (State Park) — 20.6 mi, 321° NW
Anderson Valley History Museum (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 010° N
Hermit Hut (Historic Ruins) — 24.0 mi, 358° N
J. Rickards Winery (Attraction) — 27.4 mi, 088° E
Redwood Forest Theater (Theatre) — 27.5 mi, 118° SE
Christopher Queen Galleries (Gallery) — 28.8 mi, 130° SE
Duncans Mills Depot Museum (Museum) — 28.8 mi, 131° SE
Rebecca Johnson Art (Gallery) — 29.1 mi, 352° N
Lifvendahl (Gallery) — 29.3 mi, 122° SE
Monte Rio Theater (Cinema) — 30.0 mi, 126° SE
Curtain Call Theatre (Theatre) — 30.1 mi, 126° SE
Korbel Museum (Museum) — 30.6 mi, 119° SE

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