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Valley Wells California Map

Explore Valley Wells, 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 Wells, California

How to Use This Valley Wells, California Map

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

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

Latitude	35.880729
Longitude	-117.335676
Density	N/A /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	92328
Area Code	909
County Seat	Independence
School District	Trona Joint Unified School District

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About Valley Wells, California

Valley Wells is a locality in Inyo County, California, United States. Valley Wells is located at 35.8807°N, 117.3357°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 92328.

Valley Wells occupies a vast, arid expanse where the earth is defined by the unrelenting clarity of high-desert light and the silence of open scrubland. It lies 23.8 miles northeast of Ridgecrest, CA (from Ridgecrest, CA: bearing 53°T), and is situated 27.5 miles east-northeast of China Lake Acres. The terrain here is shaped by the deep, jagged scars of Bainter Canyon, which lies just two miles away, carving a path through the sun-bleached sediment. Beyond the immediate reach of the basin, the landscape flattens into a pale, alkaline plain that remains parched for much of the year, holding a stark, singular beauty that emerges only when the heat relents at dusk. While the Sierra Nevada remains a distant, snow-dusted suggestion on the far horizon, the immediate ground is dominated by the harsh, mineral-rich soil that defines the character of the region.

The history of Valley Wells is tied to the industry of the earth, as the economy has long looked toward the extraction of minerals from the nearby basin and the dry, white bed of Searles Lake, six miles to the east. Activity remains tethered to the oversight of the California State Lands Commission, which manages the surrounding territory just one mile away, ensuring the desert floor retains its quiet, industrial utility. Water is a scarce and precious commodity, directed by the seasonal persistence of Sweetwater Wash seven miles away, a waterway that rarely flows but dictates the layout of the land. In Valley Wells, the pace of life follows the slow, deliberate rotation of the sun, where the primary rhythm is set not by the frantic movement of commerce, but by the quiet endurance of those who work the basin and live under an immense, unclouded sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mohave Ground Squirrel Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 1.1 mi, 269° W
Argus Range Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 1.5 mi, 316° NW · 67k acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 180° S
Great Falls Basin Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 2.2 mi, 241° SW
Great Falls Basin Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 2.2 mi, 241° SW · 7,977 acres
Indian Joe Spring Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 224° SW
Turnout (Viewpoint) — 5.6 mi, 359° N
Panamint City (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 016° N
Death Valley National Park (National Park) — 12.1 mi, 072° E · 3.4M acres
Ballarat (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 028° NE
Barker Ranch (Historic Ruins) — 13.9 mi, 096° E
Myers Ranch (Historic Ruins) — 14.2 mi, 095° E
Clair Camp (Attraction) — 15.4 mi, 047° NE
Trona Pinnacles (Attraction) — 18.3 mi, 186° S
Baker Ranch (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 123° SE
Naval Museum of Armament & Technology (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 228° SW
China Lake Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 228° SW
Ridgecrest Cinema (Cinema) — 24.7 mi, 230° SW
Maturango Museum (Museum) — 25.5 mi, 227° SW
Petroglyphs on Flagstone (Public Artwork) — 25.6 mi, 227° SW
X-15 Memorial (Monument) — 35.2 mi, 205° SW
The Joshua Tree album location (Monument) — 38.6 mi, 324° NW
Inyo National Forest (National Forest) — 39.0 mi, 288° W · 2.0M acres
The Rand Desert Museum (Museum) — 39.7 mi, 207° SW
Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 41.4 mi, 249° W · 1.1M acres
Goldstone Museum (Museum) — 49.9 mi, 143° SE
Sequoia National Park (National Park) — 65.6 mi, 310° NW · 407k acres
Screen 2 (Cinema) — 69.6 mi, 163° S

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