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Valley Springs California Map

Explore Valley Springs, 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 Valley Springs, California

How to Use This Valley Springs, California Map

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

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	Valley Springs
State	California (CA)
County	Calaveras County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	38.169438
Longitude	-120.825992
Population	3,779
Density	365.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95252
Area Code	408, 669
County Seat	San Andreas
School District	Calaveras Unified School District

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About Valley Springs, California

Valley Springs is a locality in Calaveras County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,779. The population density is 365.3 people per km². Valley Springs is located at 38.1694°N, 120.8260°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95252.

Valley Springs emerges from a landscape where the earth rises into dry, sun-bleached undulations, defined by the seasonal pulse of Cosgrove Creek as it carves a shallow path through the parched soil. It lies 24.5 miles east of Lodi, CA (from Lodi, CA: bearing 80°T), and is situated 4.7 miles north-northeast of Rancho Calaveras. The horizon is dominated by the vast, open expanse of the inland plains, with the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sierra Nevada visible only when the atmosphere clears of its perpetual heat shimmer. Two miles to the east, the waters of Pacific Placer Reservoir catch the sharp, crystalline light of the afternoon, acting as a mirror for the cloudless sky. Closer to the center of life here, the ground is an oak savanna where the trees stand in solitary, gnarled silhouettes, their shadows stretching long and thin across the golden grass during the final, quiet hours of the day.

Valley Springs maintains a pace dictated by the rhythms of the earth and the small, persistent needs of its residents, who gather for recreation at the Foothills Little League. The local economy persists in the quiet tradition of the foothills, where commerce and agriculture trade on the resources of the nearby Spring Valley. History here is written not in grand monuments, but in the enduring utility of the land, which has supported generations through shifts in industry and trade. While seventeen miles of distance separate the locality from the dense, pine-scented air of Mount Zion State Forest, the influence of that wilderness remains present in the dry, resinous scent that occasionally drifts on the wind. The inhabitants move with a deliberate, steady intention, finding contentment in the vastness of the plains and the reliable, seasonal return of the creek.

Nearby Outdoor Places

New Hogan Lake (Resource Management Area) — 0.6 mi, 067° NE
Valley Springs Memorial Park (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 341° N
Foothills Little League (Local Recreation) — 1.8 mi, 358° N
Camanche Reservoir (Local Recreation) — 4.9 mi, 324° NW
Ione Manzanita Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 5.9 mi, 327° NW
Calaveras County Historical Museum (Museum) — 8.1 mi, 077° E
Metropolitan Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 8.1 mi, 076° E
Ione Tertiary Oxisol Soil Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 8.6 mi, 338° N
Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.3 mi, 031° NE · 2,737 acres
Amador County Museum (Museum) — 12.9 mi, 013° N
Impound Dam Overlook (Viewpoint) — 13.6 mi, 012° N
Tailing Wheel No. 3 (Historic Ruins) — 13.7 mi, 012° N
Flume Tressel Piers (Historic Ruins) — 13.7 mi, 011° N
Kennedy Gold Mine (Attraction) — 13.9 mi, 010° N
Change House Museum and Gift Shop (Museum) — 14.0 mi, 010° N
Iron Ivan (Monument) — 14.0 mi, 335° NW
Sutter Creek Theatre (Theatre) — 15.5 mi, 005° N
Sutter Gold Mine (Attraction) — 16.6 mi, 003° N
Mark Twain Monument (Monument) — 16.7 mi, 113° SE
3 Fish Studios (Gallery) — 17.2 mi, 000° N
Historic Joseph H. Thomas House (Attraction) — 17.3 mi, 000° N
California Caverns (Attraction) — 17.4 mi, 082° E
North Fork Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.9 mi, 039° NE · 2,970 acres
Vallecito Western Mine (Monument) — 18.4 mi, 107° E
Claypipers Theatre (Theatre) — 18.8 mi, 355° N
Local (Gallery) — 21.6 mi, 357° N
Stanislaus National Forest (National Forest) — 22.6 mi, 089° E · 901k acres
Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 26.6 mi, 044° NE · 703k acres
Mokelumne Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 40.7 mi, 055° NE · 104k acres
Yosemite National Park (National Park) — 52.2 mi, 100° E · 743k acres

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