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Volcano California Map

Explore Volcano, 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 Volcano, California

How to Use This Volcano, California Map

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

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

Latitude	38.450614
Longitude	-120.621768
Population	104
Density	28.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	95689
Area Code	530
County Seat	Jackson
School District	Amador County Unified School District

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About Volcano, California

Volcano is a locality in Amador County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 104. The population density is 28.7 people per km². Volcano is located at 38.4506°N, 120.6218°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95689.

Volcano occupies a deep, limestone-rich hollow where the amber light of late afternoon catches the dust motes dancing over Sutter Creek. It lies 20.0 miles south-southeast of Diamond Springs, CA (from Diamond Springs, CA: bearing 150°T), and is situated 5.6 miles west of Buckhorn. This waterway carves a serpentine path through the terrain, its rhythm dictated by the seasonal pulse of the surrounding Sierra Nevada foothills. To the east, the landscape rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sierra Nevada, while the immediate periphery is defined by the dense, shadowed canopy of Mount Zion State Forest. A mile away, the North Trail winds through the understory, inviting a quiet communion with the earth, while five miles distant, the terrain dips into the quiet, shaded basin of Valentine Gulch. Seven miles out, the still surface of Lake Tabeaud holds the reflection of the sky, grounding the rugged expanse in a silent, reflective blue.

Volcano emerged from the frantic, feverish hunger of the gold rush, its character shaped by the subterranean veins that once drew prospectors into the earth. Today, the economy has shifted from the extraction of ore to a slow, deliberate stewardship of the land, where the remnants of stone buildings stand as weathered markers of a century gone by. The air in Volcano carries a persistent, earthy scent of pine and dry grass, a sensory reminder of the proximity to Mount Zion State Forest, which serves as a sprawling SRMA for those seeking the solitude of the woods. Life here maintains a cadence detached from the frenetic pace of the lowlands, favoring the steady work of preserving a heritage built on granite and persistence. Whether watching the shadows lengthen across the creek or traversing the quiet paths nearby, one senses that Volcano exists in a state of suspended animation, observing the slow passage of time with the gravity of the rocks themselves.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mollie Joyce Park (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 123° SE
Mount Zion State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 2.7 mi, 199° S
Amador County Model Railroad Museum (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 205° SW
North Fork Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 3.4 mi, 166° S · 2,970 acres
Mokelumne River (Wild & Scenic River) — 5.3 mi, 172° S · 2,737 acres
Eldorado National Forest (National Forest) — 5.9 mi, 039° NE · 703k acres
Stanislaus National Forest (National Forest) — 7.4 mi, 093° E · 901k acres
Chew Kee Store (Museum) — 8.4 mi, 297° NW
Sobon Estate Museum (Museum) — 9.2 mi, 308° NW
Impound Dam Overlook (Viewpoint) — 10.2 mi, 233° SW
Tailing Wheel No. 3 (Historic Ruins) — 10.2 mi, 234° SW
Massa Tunnel (Historic Ruins) — 10.3 mi, 235° SW
Change House Museum and Gift Shop (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 237° SW
Kennedy Gold Mine (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 236° SW
Sutter Creek Theatre (Theatre) — 10.6 mi, 248° W
Shenandoah Valley Museum (Museum) — 10.6 mi, 308° NW
Sutter Gold Mine (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 255° W
3 Fish Studios (Gallery) — 11.2 mi, 259° W
Historic Joseph H. Thomas House (Attraction) — 11.2 mi, 259° W
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 11.3 mi, 359° N
Morrisonville (Theatre) — 12.2 mi, 028° NE
The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 267° W
Local (Gallery) — 12.5 mi, 280° W
North Fork Cosumnes River Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 14.3 mi, 342° N
Metropolitan Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 17.8 mi, 190° S
Iron Ivan (Monument) — 18.2 mi, 248° W
Calaveras Big Trees State Park (State Park) — 20.2 mi, 125° SE
Mokelumne Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 22.7 mi, 081° E · 104k acres
Carson-Iceberg Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.9 mi, 091° E · 159k acres
Yosemite National Park (National Park) — 48.9 mi, 124° SE · 743k acres

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