Explore Strawberry, 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 Strawberry, 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 Strawberry.
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 | Strawberry |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | El Dorado County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 37.89125 |
| Longitude | -122.509166 |
| Population | 5,447 |
| Density | 1581.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 95735, 95375, 94941 |
| Area Code | 408, 669, 510 |
| County Seat | Placerville |
| School District | Tamalpais Union High School District |
Strawberry emerges from the rugged terrain where the South Fork American River carves its path through the earth, marking a distinct transition in the landscape. It lies 12.8 miles southwest of South Lake Tahoe, CA (from South Lake Tahoe, CA: bearing 223°T), and is situated 13.4 miles southwest of Lake Tahoe. The air here holds a crisp, high-altitude clarity, carrying the scent of pine needles and damp granite that defines the atmosphere of Eldorado National Forest. To the west, the massive silhouette of the Sierra Nevada looms on the horizon, a jagged barrier that dictates the cooling patterns of the evening breeze. The land drops away into the deep, shaded folds of Rocky Canyon, where the light at dusk settles in heavy, bruised purples and golds, turning the dense timber into a wall of silent, towering sentinels.
Strawberry serves as a quiet waypoint for those drawn to the slow, deliberate rhythms of the high country, a legacy born from the necessities of early mountain transit and trade. While modern life moves with a different pulse, the local economy remains tethered to the seasonal migrations of travelers seeking the solitude of the woods and the nearby waters of Pyramid Lake. The Hawley Grade Trail offers a lingering connection to the difficult, measured pace of those who first navigated these slopes, inviting a quiet reflection on the labor required to settle such demanding ground. In the stillness of the afternoon, one might observe how the shadows lengthen across the forest floor, a reminder that the character of Strawberry is shaped not by grand spectacle, but by the patient, enduring weight of the wilderness.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Strawberry, California. Coordinates: 37.89125, -122.509166. 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 Strawberry includes the ZIP code (95735, 95375, 94941), telephone area code (408, 669, 510), county seat of El Dorado County (Placerville), and school district assignment (Tamalpais 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. |