Explore Sugarloaf Saw Mill, 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 Sugarloaf Saw Mill, 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 Sugarloaf Saw Mill.
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 | Sugarloaf Saw Mill |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Tulare County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 35.835506 |
| Longitude | -118.618977 |
| Population | 14 |
| Density | 55.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 93260 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| County Seat | Visalia |
| School District | Porterville Unified School District (9-12) |
Sugarloaf Saw Mill occupies a rugged expanse of high-altitude terrain where the timber stands as silent witness to the slow passage of light. It lies 27.3 miles southeast of Porterville, CA (from Porterville, CA: bearing 125°T), and is situated 17.1 miles north-northwest of Lake Isabella. The earth here is defined by the steep, shadowed creases of Dark Canyon, a landscape that feels heavy with the scent of pine resin and the dry, rasping breath of the wind. A mile away, the White River cuts through the stone, its path cold and unyielding, serving as the primary vein of water through this high, inland territory. Giant Sequoia National Monument envelops the ground beneath one’s boots, lending a gravity to the woods that makes every step feel deliberate. Even as the sun slips behind the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sierra Nevada, the air retains a sharp, metallic clarity that clarifies the edges of the trunks and the depth of the ravines.
Sugarloaf Saw Mill preserves the echo of an era when the extraction of timber dictated the rhythm of daily life and the slow accumulation of local industry. While the machinery of the past has long since quieted, the remnants of the trade remain embedded in the character of the soil, a history of labor that persists in the quietude of the surrounding Sequoia National Forest. Travelers often find their way to the Old Sled Trail, a route that winds through the brush like a forgotten memory of the logging days. Those who venture further might catch a glimpse of the vast, still surface of Isabella Lake, sixteen miles distant, reflecting a sky that seems to hold more light than the earth below. Life in Sugarloaf Saw Mill moves with the measured pace of the seasons, indifferent to the frantic noise of the lowlands, favoring instead the steady persistence of the timber and the deep, enduring silence of the heights.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sugarloaf Saw Mill, California. Coordinates: 35.835506, -118.618977. 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 Sugarloaf Saw Mill includes the ZIP code (93260), telephone area code (661), county seat of Tulare County (Visalia), and school district assignment (Porterville Unified School District (9-12)).
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. |