Explore Sisquoc, 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 Sisquoc, 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 Sisquoc.
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 | Sisquoc |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Santa Barbara County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 34.864702 |
| Longitude | -120.291546 |
| Population | 191 |
| Density | 33.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 93454 |
| Area Code | 805 |
| County Seat | Santa Barbara |
| School District | Blochman Union Elementary School District |
Sisquoc emerges from the dry, golden expanse of the inland plains as a quiet settlement defined by the stark, terrestrial beauty of Cat Canyon. It lies 8.2 miles east of Orcutt, CA (from Orcutt, CA: bearing 90°T), and is situated 10.2 miles southeast of Santa Maria. The landscape here is defined by the Sisquoc River, which tracks its path through the dust-colored earth, carving a subtle, seasonal life into the arid terrain. To the north, the horizon is dominated by the distant silhouette of the Coast Ranges, their jagged edges softened by a perpetual, hazy heat that vibrates above the scrubland. When the afternoon sun leans low, the light turns a deep, bruised amber, casting elongated shadows across the parched grasses and the sturdy, twisted limbs of ancient oaks that manage to thrive in the heat.
Los Flores Ranch Park offers a sprawling space of untamed natural growth just a few miles away, providing a stark contrast to the small, concentrated pockets of human activity. The economic pulse of Sisquoc remains tethered to the land, rooted in the rhythms of agriculture and the extraction of resources that have long defined this territory. Life moves with a deliberate pace, unbothered by the frantic energy of the distant urban corridors, while the presence of Twitchell Reservoir serves as a vital, shimmering anchor for the surrounding dry fields. People here hold a quiet respect for the fault lines and the shifting earth, living with the knowledge that the ground beneath them is as active and restless as the wind that stirs the dust in the late summer evenings.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sisquoc, California. Coordinates: 34.864702, -120.291546. 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 Sisquoc includes the ZIP code (93454), telephone area code (805), county seat of Santa Barbara County (Santa Barbara), and school district assignment (Blochman Union Elementary 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. |