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Tulelake California Map

Explore Tulelake, 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 Tulelake, California

How to Use This Tulelake, California Map

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

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	Tulelake
State	California (CA)
County	Siskiyou County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	41.955988
Longitude	-121.477492
Population	902
Density	849.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	96134
Area Code	530
County Seat	Yreka
School District	Tulelake Basin Joint Unified School District

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About Tulelake, California

Tulelake is a locality in Siskiyou County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 902. The population density is 849.4 people per km². Tulelake is located at 41.9560°N, 121.4775°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Tulelake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 96134.

Tulelake occupies a vast, flat expanse of high-altitude basin floor where the horizon stretches thin and pale under an immense, unyielding sky. It lies 21.9 miles southeast of Altamont, OR (from Altamont, OR: bearing 142°T), and is situated 24.3 miles southeast of Klamath Falls. The landscape is defined by the stark geometry of reclaimed earth and the deliberate, straight lines of irrigation, punctuated by the presence of Mike Bunch Park where the local rhythm settles into a quiet stillness. Tulelake sits a mere two miles from the dark, reflective surface of Tule Lake, while the sluggish, winding course of Lost River cuts through the nearby fields like a silver thread caught in the soil. On the distant horizon, the jagged, hazy silhouette of the Cascade Range looms, a silent reminder of the volcanic forces that once shaped this basin, while five miles away, the depressed geography of The Frog Pond marks the subtle dips in the terrain.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Tulelake, as the deep, dark volcanic soil yields harvests that define the seasonal cycle of the residents. History here is heavy with the labor of irrigation and the persistent struggle to tame the wetlands, a legacy that lingers in the weathered grain elevators and the steady, mechanical hum of machinery during the harvest. Those seeking the rugged contours of the region often venture toward the Gillem Bluff Trail, where the earth rises to offer a vantage point over the patchwork plains. The atmosphere carries a particular clarity, a cold, crisp sharpness that arrives with the evening air, turning the fields into a muted palette of brown and gold as the sun retreats behind the distant, shadowed peaks.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Veterans Memorial Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 043° NE
Tulelake City Park (Local Park) — 0.1 mi, 275° W
Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.5 mi, 191° S · 75k acres
Dave Menke Environmental Education Center dedication (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 261° W
Civilian Conservation Corps commemorative bell (Monument) — 4.5 mi, 262° W
Wwii Valor In The Pacific National Monument Tule Lake Unit (National Monument) — 4.6 mi, 278° W · 2,688 acres
Sheepy Ridge Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.0 mi, 273° W
Lost River Monument (Monument) — 5.3 mi, 335° NW
Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.0 mi, 271° W · 103k acres
Emigrant Trails Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.6 mi, 093° E
Lava Beds National Monument (National Monument) — 7.9 mi, 176° S · 47k acres
Modoc National Forest (National Forest) — 8.0 mi, 216° SW · 1.7M acres
West Wildlife Overlook (Viewpoint) — 8.2 mi, 184° S
Hospital Rock (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 178° S
Petroglyph Point (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 150° SE
Rangeland (State Resource Management Area) — 8.9 mi, 041° NE
Lava Beds Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 9.0 mi, 180° S · 28k acres
Captain Jack's Stronghold (Attraction) — 9.2 mi, 188° S
Gillems Camp (Attraction) — 9.9 mi, 204° SW
Klamath National Forest (National Forest) — 17.6 mi, 207° SW · 1.7M acres
Battle of Dry Lake (Registered Battlefield) — 19.9 mi, 153° SE
The Favell Museum (Museum) — 24.3 mi, 319° NW
Two Rivers Art Gallery & Gift Shop (Gallery) — 47.2 mi, 335° NW
Coming Home (Public Artwork) — 48.1 mi, 234° SW
Dunlop Ranch Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 54.2 mi, 298° NW
Merritt Creek Trestle (Historic Ruins) — 54.3 mi, 020° N
Railroad Museum (Museum) — 56.4 mi, 254° W
Weed Museum (Museum) — 59.4 mi, 232° SW
Alger Theatre (Cinema) — 60.2 mi, 074° E
Siskiyou County Museum (Museum) — 61.9 mi, 255° W

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