Explore Weed, 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 Weed, 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 Weed.
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 | Weed |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Siskiyou County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 41.412087 |
| Longitude | -122.380966 |
| Population | 2,862 |
| Density | 229.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 96094 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| County Seat | Yreka |
| School District | Siskiyou Union High School District |
Weed occupies a high-altitude expanse where the air carries a thin, crisp clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of every pine needle and weathered timber structure. It lies 51.3 miles north of Shasta Lake, CA (from Shasta Lake, CA: bearing 359°T), and is situated 8.7 miles north-northwest of Mount Shasta. Boles Creek carves a quiet, persistent path through the terrain, its waters reflecting the vast, open sky that dominates this inland plateau. To the west, the rugged silhouettes of the Klamath Mountains rise against the horizon, anchoring a landscape defined by volcanic earth and the cooling presence of the Whitney Glacier, which lingers like a ghost of winter on the high peaks. The topography here feels intentional and stark, with Diller Canyon slicing into the surrounding geology to create deep, shadow-filled fissures that contrast with the open, sun-bleached plains. Even within the local sprawl of Bel-Air Park, the silence of the high desert plateau asserts itself, punctuated only by the occasional rustle of dry grasses under a relentless sun.
Weed grew from the raw ambition of the timber industry, its history etched into the grain of the lumber that once fueled the town’s primary economy and built its modest, utilitarian streets. The legacy of the mills remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture that defines the streetscape, a testament to generations who labored in the shadow of the peaks. Life in Weed moves with a deliberate, steady pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of the lowlands, as residents look toward the distant shimmer of Lake Shastina for summer reprieve or traverse the Sisson Calahan National Recreation Trail to witness the changing seasons. The light at dusk here possesses a particular amber quality, casting long, dramatic shadows that stretch across the valley floor and soften the industrial edges of the past. It is a place where the physical reality of the earth—the volcanic soil and the seasonal shift of the winds—dictates the rhythm of the day, grounding the inhabitants in a landscape that demands respect for its scale and its solitude.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Weed, California. Coordinates: 41.412087, -122.380966. 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 Weed includes the ZIP code (96094), telephone area code (530), county seat of Siskiyou County (Yreka), and school district assignment (Siskiyou Union High School District).
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. |