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Somerset California Map

Explore Somerset, 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 Somerset, California

How to Use This Somerset, California Map

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

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	Somerset
State	California (CA)
County	El Dorado County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	41.852371
Longitude	-121.991118
Population	1,200
Density	12.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	95667, 95684, 96058
Area Code	530
County Seat	Placerville

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About Somerset, California

Somerset is a locality in El Dorado County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,200. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Somerset is located at 41.8524°N, 121.9911°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95667, 95684, 96058.

Somerset occupies a quiet expanse of sloping terrain where the sun-drenched oak savanna meets the rugged, high-altitude character of the inland foothills. It lies 7.7 miles east-southeast of Diamond Springs, CA (from Diamond Springs, CA: bearing 115°T), and is situated 8.3 miles southeast of Placerville. The landscape is defined by the sharp descent of Long Ravine, a deep crease in the earth that channels the seasonal runoff toward the North Fork Cosumnes River, which flows just a mile from the center of Somerset. On the clearest afternoons, the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sierra Nevada rises against the eastern horizon, grounding the horizon in a stark, geologic permanence. The air here holds a crisp, dry clarity, particularly as the shadows stretch long and violet across the tall, golden grasses that characterize the open fields.

Agriculture remains the quiet pulse of Somerset, with rows of viticulture and orchards tracing the natural contours of the land in defiance of the stubborn, rocky soil. The proximity of the North Fork Cosumnes River Area of Critical Environmental Concern preserves a vital corridor of native flora, acting as a sanctuary for wildlife that moves through the brush between the nearby Perry Reservoir and the more expansive timberlands toward the Blodgett Experimental Forest. Life here moves in accordance with the turning of the seasons, dictated by the harvest cycles and the gradual shifting of light that defines the rural interior. It is a place where the history of early settlement is etched into the weathered wooden fences and the slow, deliberate pace of the modern day, maintaining a distinct character that remains largely untouched by the frantic acceleration of the distant, more populous valleys.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Butte Valley National Grassland (National Grassland) — locality lies within · 19k acres
Butte Valley Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 1.7 mi, 270° W
Klamath Other (National Forest) — 4.6 mi, 188° S · 690 acres
Klamath National Forest (National Forest) — 4.7 mi, 189° S · 1.7M acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 7.5 mi, 337° NW
Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.3 mi, 034° NE · 103k acres
Klamath River (Upper) (Wild & Scenic River) — 12.9 mi, 333° NW · 3,515 acres
Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.2 mi, 013° N · 8,443 acres
New Pokegama (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 316° NW
Potter's Mill (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 316° NW
Mt Shasta View Point (Viewpoint) — 19.6 mi, 214° SW
Lava Beds Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 20.6 mi, 105° E · 28k acres
Lava Beds National Monument (National Monument) — 20.6 mi, 105° E · 47k acres
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument (National Monument) — 21.0 mi, 300° NW · 171k acres
Soda Mountain Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 21.7 mi, 304° NW · 25k acres
Gillems Camp (Attraction) — 22.5 mi, 095° E
Fleener Chimneys (Attraction) — 22.7 mi, 106° E
Civilian Conservation Corps commemorative bell (Monument) — 22.9 mi, 073° E
Canby Cross (Attraction) — 23.2 mi, 096° E
Black Crater (Attraction) — 23.4 mi, 105° E
Coming Home (Public Artwork) — 24.5 mi, 211° SW
The Favell Museum (Museum) — 27.4 mi, 022° N
Railroad Museum (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 253° W
Siskiyou County Museum (Museum) — 34.5 mi, 255° W
Weed Museum (Museum) — 35.8 mi, 215° SW
Battle of Dry Lake (Registered Battlefield) — 37.1 mi, 106° E
Dunlop Ranch Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 38.9 mi, 326° NW
Sisson Museum (Museum) — 41.4 mi, 205° SW
Hay-Patton Rehearsal Center (Arts Centre) — 44.0 mi, 303° NW
Oregon Cabaaret Theater (Theatre) — 44.0 mi, 303° NW

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