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Sunset Beach California Map

Explore Sunset Beach, 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 Sunset Beach, California

How to Use This Sunset Beach, California Map

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

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	Sunset Beach
State	California (CA)
County	Orange County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	33.716407
Longitude	-118.068952
Population	3,200
Density	480.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	90742
Area Code	818, 747
County Seat	Santa Ana

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About Sunset Beach, California

Sunset Beach is a locality in Orange County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,200. The population density is 480.0 people per km². Sunset Beach is located at 33.7164°N, 118.0690°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 90742.

Sunset Beach remains a slender, sun-bleached sliver of land pressed firmly against the edge of the Pacific, where the salt-heavy air clarifies the horizon and softens the edges of the distant, hazy form of Signal Hill. It lies 2.7 miles southeast of Seal Beach, CA (from Seal Beach, CA: bearing 130°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east-southeast of Long Beach. The landscape is defined by the immediate presence of Huntington Harbour, its calm, tidal fingers threading through the local topography and reflecting the shifting amber tones of the late afternoon. Visitors often gravitate toward 11th Street Beach Park, a quiet expanse of sand where the tides rhythmically rework the shoreline near the low-lying silhouette of Hog Island. Further inland, the drainage of the Los Alamitos Retarding Basin and the modest, persistent flow of the Bolsa Chica Channel serve as quiet reminders of the complex water systems that shape this coastal margin, while the vast, distant stillness of Laguna Lake remains a faraway feature of the inland geography.

Sunset Beach carries the weathered patina of a place that grew from a rugged, independent outpost into a distinctive residential enclave defined by its narrow, densely populated corridors and a lingering spirit of coastal solitude. The local economy, once tied to the ebb and flow of maritime trade and small-scale enterprise, now thrives on the quiet commerce of a neighborhood that prizes its proximity to the water above the frantic pace of the surrounding sprawl. During the cooler months, the light takes on a sharp, crystalline quality that illuminates the weathered beach cottages and the quiet, sandy lanes that define the local character. Despite the encroachment of modern development, the life of Sunset Beach persists in a measured, deliberate rhythm, governed more by the turning of the tides and the seasonal movement of fog than by the hurried demands of the wider world.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sunset Beach Greenbelt (Local Recreation) — 0.0 mi, 216° SW
Sunset County Beach (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 216° SW
Bolsa Chica State Beach (State Park) — 0.4 mi, 153° SE
Bolsa Bay State Marine Conservation Area (Marine Protected Area) — 0.6 mi, 134° SE
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 0.6 mi, 122° SE
Harbour View Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 071° E
Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.0 mi, 000° N · 1,777 acres
WWII 16 inch Gun Mount (Historic Ruins) — 1.2 mi, 133° SE
Mesa Trail Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.3 mi, 133° SE
Bolsa Chica Basin State Marine Conservation Area (Marine Protected Area) — 1.3 mi, 134° SE
Los Cerritos Wetlands (Local Conservation Area) — 2.6 mi, 333° NW
Suppory In Love (Public Artwork) — 2.7 mi, 307° NW
Alamitos Bay Marina (Local Recreation) — 3.3 mi, 317° NW
Ashlee Armond Bench (Monument) — 4.3 mi, 332° NW
Rancho Los Alamitos (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 332° NW
Long Beach Lifeguard Museum (Museum) — 4.7 mi, 315° NW
Red Car Greenbelt (Attraction) — 5.5 mi, 314° NW
World's largest surfboard (Attraction) — 5.6 mi, 135° SE
Iguana Import Gallery (Gallery) — 5.8 mi, 305° NW
Bob Lemon Memorial (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 317° NW
Lone Sailor commemorative (Monument) — 5.9 mi, 302° NW
LB Playhouse (Theatre) — 5.9 mi, 320° NW
Sapphire Center (Theatre) — 6.5 mi, 083° E
Huntington State Beach (State Park) — 6.6 mi, 135° SE
Viện Bảo Tàng Lịch Sử Quân Lực Việt Nam Cộng Hòa (Museum) — 6.7 mi, 073° E
The Queen Mary Ship (Attraction) — 7.4 mi, 290° W
Grand Prix of Long Beach Podium (Attraction) — 7.5 mi, 296° NW
B-427 Scorpion (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 290° W
Museum of Latin American Art (Museum) — 7.5 mi, 302° NW
California Coastal National Monument (National Monument) — 12.4 mi, 270° W · 8,946 acres

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