Explore Tuolumne, 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 Tuolumne, 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 Tuolumne.
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 | Tuolumne |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Tuolumne County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 37.960758 |
| Longitude | -120.237411 |
| Population | 1,754 |
| Density | 55.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 95379 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| County Seat | Sonora |
Tuolumne occupies a rugged expanse of foothills where the landscape rises in earnest toward the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sierra Nevada. It lies 35.9 miles east-northeast of Oakdale, CA (from Oakdale, CA: bearing 68°T), and is situated 8.0 miles east-southeast of Sonora. Turnback Creek carves a narrow, serpentine path through the terrain, its waters catching the sharp, clear light that defines the transition from the low-lying plains to the higher elevations. To the west, the ground drops away into the shadowed depths of Cedar Gulch, while the surrounding slopes are blanketed in the muted greens of oak and pine that characterize the threshold of the Stanislaus National Forest. In the quiet hours of late afternoon, the air takes on a dry, resinous quality, and the shadows of the trees stretch long and thin across the dusty earth. Residents often gather at Depot Park, a central clearing that serves as a quiet anchor for the local rhythm, situated just a few miles from the stillness of Phoenix Reservoir.
Tuolumne carries the weight of a long history shaped by the extraction of earth and timber, an economy that once relied on the promise of gold and the steady output of the mills. Today, the pace of life reflects the steady, deliberate nature of a place that has learned to endure after the boom years have faded. Beyond the local streets, those who seek the solitude of the high country often follow the Rogge Trail, tracing paths that wind through the brush and into the wider wilderness. The character of Tuolumne remains tied to the cycles of the seasons, where the summer heat turns the grasses to a pale, brittle gold and the winters bring a sharp, biting chill that descends from the high ridges. Life here is measured not by the transit of distant machines, but by the quiet maintenance of a landscape that demands both respect and resilience from those who remain.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tuolumne, California. Coordinates: 37.960758, -120.237411. 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 Tuolumne includes the ZIP code (95379), telephone area code (408, 669), county seat of Tuolumne County (Sonora), and school district assignment.
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. |