Explore White Pines, 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 White Pines, 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 White Pines.
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 | White Pines |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Calaveras County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 38.266028 |
| Longitude | -120.340752 |
| Population | 3,600 |
| Density | 55.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 95223, 95246 |
| Area Code | 408, 669 |
| County Seat | San Andreas |
White Pines emerges from the rugged, pine-dusted elevation of the foothills, where the air thins into a crisp, resinous clarity that defines the transition toward the distant Sierra Nevada. It lies 39.2 miles southeast of Diamond Springs, CA (from Diamond Springs, CA: bearing 139°T), and is situated 0.9 miles northeast of Arnold. Big Trees Creek carves a persistent, winding path through the landscape, its cool currents providing a sanctuary for the local flora as the terrain rises into the higher, shadowed elevations. White Pines Lake anchors the immediate geography, a tranquil expanse of water that reflects the shifting amber light of late afternoon, mirroring the dense canopy that defines this inland realm. Beyond the immediate canopy, the land stretches toward the horizon, characterized by the dry, golden grasses of late summer and the persistent, sturdy presence of oak savanna that signals the approach toward Oak Hollow.
White Pines maintains a quiet, deliberate pace, a vestige of the industrious spirit that once centered on the timber trade and the extraction of wealth from the surrounding earth. The legacy of these early labor-intensive eras remains embedded in the character of the locality, now transformed into a place where the stillness of White Pines Park provides a respite for those drawn to the quietude of the woods. Nearby, the paths of Timber Trails offer a passage for those navigating the transition from the lower elevations toward the vast, protected reaches of the Stanislaus National Forest. Life here moves in concert with the seasons, from the sharp, biting frost of winter nights to the long, heat-drenched days where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the movement of wind through the needles of the high timber.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of White Pines, California. Coordinates: 38.266028, -120.340752. 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 White Pines includes the ZIP code (95223, 95246), telephone area code (408, 669), county seat of Calaveras County (San Andreas), 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. |