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Stirling City California Map

Explore Stirling City, 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 Stirling City, California

How to Use This Stirling City, California Map

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

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	Stirling City
State	California (CA)
County	Butte County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	39.907661
Longitude	-121.528028
Population	284
Density	93.2 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	95954, 95978
Area Code	530
County Seat	Oroville
School District	Paradise Unified School District

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About Stirling City, California

Stirling City is a locality in Butte County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 284. The population density is 93.2 people per km². Stirling City is located at 39.9077°N, 121.5280°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95954, 95978.

Stirling City claims its place upon a high, rugged plateau where the air grows thin and pine-scented under the weight of an immense, cloudless sky. It lies 20.6 miles northeast of Chico, CA (from Chico, CA: bearing 53°T), and is situated 7.1 miles north-northeast of Magalia. The horizon catches the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range, a reminder of the tectonic ambition that pushed this earth upward long ago. Closer at hand, the landscape breaks into the quiet, scrub-dotted expanse of Jackass Flat, where the sun bleaches the grasses to a pale, brittle straw by mid-summer. Moisture gathers in the nearby depths of the West Branch Feather River, a persistent silver thread cutting through the stone, while the dark, still waters of Breedlove Reservoir offer a mirror to the soaring hawks. Beyond the cleared edges of the settlement, the vast, shadowed timber stands of Lassen National Forest stretch out, cooling the afternoon and holding the silence of the high country in their grip.

Stirling City rose from the earth as a creature of the timber industry, its early rhythm dictated by the sharp bite of the saw and the heavy movement of logs. The economy here has long been a conversation between the people and the woods, leaving behind a scatter of weathered foundations and the ghost-echoes of a bustling mill town. Life in Stirling City moves with a deliberate, measured pace, indifferent to the frantic velocity of the distant, paved corridors that bind the wider world. Men and women here understand the seasonal gravity of the landscape, watching the light sharpen and turn amber as the day wanes, casting long, lean shadows across the forest floor. It is a place where the history of labor remains visible in the grain of the architecture and the quietude of the streets, sustaining a culture defined by self-reliance and an intimate knowledge of the wild terrain that surrounds it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lassen National Forest (National Forest) — 2.0 mi, 139° SE · 1.1M acres
Forks Of Butte Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 3.8 mi, 278° W
Butte Creek (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 4.4 mi, 272° W
Plumas National Forest (National Forest) — 7.4 mi, 150° SE · 1.2M acres
Big Chico Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 7.5 mi, 283° W · 2,690 acres
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 11.3 mi, 037° NE · 1,886 acres
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 11.8 mi, 188° S
Ishi Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 13.6 mi, 313° NW · 42k acres
Bucks Lake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 13.9 mi, 075° E · 24k acres
Butte County Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 14.0 mi, 181° S
Feather, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 18.7 mi, 134° SE · 24k acres
Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 19.0 mi, 200° S
World Trade Center artifact (Monument) — 19.1 mi, 200° S
IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013 (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 230° SW
Museum of Northern California Art (Museum) — 20.5 mi, 235° SW
Phagna Norapamok Memorial (Monument) — 20.6 mi, 233° SW
Phantom Falls (Attraction) — 20.6 mi, 185° S
Downtown Kaleidoscope (Public Artwork) — 20.6 mi, 234° SW
National Yo-Yo Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 233° SW
Janet Turner Print Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 234° SW
Vertebrate Museum (Museum) — 20.8 mi, 234° SW
Chico Art Center (Arts Centre) — 21.1 mi, 233° SW
Beatson Falls (Attraction) — 22.1 mi, 187° S
Beatson Corral (Historic Ruins) — 22.1 mi, 186° S
Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.1 mi, 238° SW · 21k acres
Bath House Museum (Museum) — 27.0 mi, 182° S
Vehicle (Historic Ruins) — 28.7 mi, 053° NE
Lassen Volcanic National Park (National Park) — 30.5 mi, 352° N · 107k acres
Terminal Geyser (Attraction) — 36.4 mi, 013° N
Devils Kitchen (Attraction) — 37.2 mi, 008° N

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