Explore Sebastopol, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sebastopol, 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 Sebastopol.
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 | Sebastopol |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Nevada County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 38.400003 |
| Longitude | -122.827586 |
| Population | 7,521 |
| Density | 1543.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 95960, 95472 |
| Area Code | 530, 408, 669 |
| County Seat | Nevada City |
| School District | West Sonoma County Union High School District |
Sebastopol anchors itself amidst a landscape of deep, loamy soil where the light shifts from a sharp, clear brilliance at midday to a soft, amber glow that settles into the creases of the earth by dusk. It lies 10.4 miles north-northwest of Grass Valley, CA (from Grass Valley, CA: bearing 342°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-northeast of Lake Wildwood. The terrain here is defined by a slow, deliberate cadence of undulating ground, marked by the presence of Marys Ravine just a mile away, which carves a quiet, shadowed corridor through the surrounding woodland. The proximity to Tahoe National Forest lends a persistent scent of pine and damp humus to the air, while the Middle Yuba River traces a path through the nearby wilderness, its movement providing a steady, low-frequency hum beneath the sounds of daily life. In the distance, the jagged, snow-dusted spine of the Sierra Nevada creates a formidable, static boundary against the sky, grounding the view in a sense of vast, geologic permanence.
Sebastopol carries the weight of a long agricultural legacy, having shifted from early fruit orchards to a modern economy that favors independent craft and local cultivation. The rhythm of the days is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the cycle of harvest, a heritage that persists despite the modern pace of life. Residents often navigate the local landscape with an intimate knowledge of the nearby New Bullards Bar Reservoir, a body of water that acts as a vital, reflective center for the regional hydrology. Whether walking through the town center or venturing toward the South Yuba Trail, there is a palpable sense of a community that has quietly organized its existence around the specific, rugged character of the inland hills. This version of Sebastopol remains defined not by grand monuments, but by the persistent, unpretentious labor of those who work the land and the quiet beauty of the shadows lengthening across the fields as evening approaches.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sebastopol, California. Coordinates: 38.400003, -122.827586. 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 Sebastopol includes the ZIP code (95960, 95472), telephone area code (530, 408, 669), county seat of Nevada County (Nevada City), and school district assignment (West Sonoma County Union High 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |