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Whitewater California Map

Explore Whitewater, 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 Whitewater, California

How to Use This Whitewater, California Map

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

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

Latitude	33.9356
Longitude	-116.6873
Population	984
Density	38.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	92282
Area Code	714
County Seat	Riverside
School District	Banning Unified School District

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About Whitewater, California

Whitewater is a locality in Riverside County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 984. The population density is 38.5 people per km². Whitewater is located at 33.9356°N, 116.6873°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 92282.

Whitewater occupies a stark, wind-scoured corridor where the desert floor meets the jagged transition toward higher elevations. It lies 10.8 miles west of Desert Hot Springs, CA (from Desert Hot Springs, CA: bearing 261°T), and is situated 8.5 miles west-northwest of Garnet. The landscape surrounding Whitewater is defined by the rugged expanse of Sand To Snow National Monument, which wraps the settlement in a vast, arid embrace. To the north, the earth rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the San Bernardino Mountains, while the immediate terrain is broken by the deep, shadowed creases of Cottonwood Canyon. The San Gorgonio River carves a dry, gravelly path just a mile away, its bed often bleached white by a sun that turns the brush to tinder and pulls the moisture from the air, leaving the light sharp and brittle against the slopes.

Whitewater carries the weight of a history shaped by the relentless movement of air through the pass and the slow, deliberate pace of life in the high desert. Economic activity here remains tethered to the land’s raw utility, marked by the steady hum of infrastructure that harnesses the persistent winds that rush through the gap. Beyond the immediate reach of the dwellings, the landscape invites quiet exploration, with the Painted Hill Trail offering a path through the muted, earthy tones of the terrain five miles out. Though Hidden Lake sits ten miles distant in the quiet folds of the hills, the life of Whitewater is defined more by the immense, open sky and the shifting textures of the North Mountain Experimental Area, which looms fifteen miles away as a testament to the region's enduring, austere character.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sand To Snow National Monument (National Monument) — 0.0 mi, 005° N · 277k acres
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 0.6 mi, 309° NW · 1,886 acres
Joshua Tree National Park Linkage (Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 282° W
Santa Rosa And San Jacinto National Monument (National Monument) — 0.9 mi, 199° S · 280k acres
Friends of the Desert Mountains Preserve (Conservation Area) — 1.2 mi, 173° S
Whitewater Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 1.4 mi, 055° NE
San Gorgonio Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 1.8 mi, 000° N · 55k acres
Whitewater River (Wild & Scenic River) — 2.7 mi, 049° NE · 2,246 acres
San Bernardino National Forest (National Forest) — 3.3 mi, 180° S · 683k acres
Tahquitz National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 3.3 mi, 180° S · 27k acres
San Gorgonio Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 3.4 mi, 326° NW · 65k acres
Shiprock (Monument) — 7.8 mi, 126° SE
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway (Attraction) — 8.0 mi, 148° SE
Grubb's Point (Viewpoint) — 9.0 mi, 161° S
UC James San Jacinto Montain Reserve (Nature Reserve) — 10.1 mi, 210° SW
The Rainmaker (Public Artwork) — 10.9 mi, 132° SE
Sawmill Flats (Historic Ruins) — 11.0 mi, 193° S
Annenberg Theater (Theatre) — 11.0 mi, 134° SE
HOHMANN Palm Springs (Gallery) — 11.1 mi, 134° SE
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum (Museum) — 11.2 mi, 133° SE
Plaza Theatre (Theatre) — 11.2 mi, 134° SE
Oasis Gallery (Gallery) — 11.3 mi, 134° SE
Palm Springs Historical Society (Museum) — 11.3 mi, 135° SE
Drag & Fly Tours (Attraction) — 11.3 mi, 134° SE
Stewart Galleries (Gallery) — 11.3 mi, 134° SE
Frank Sinatra House (Attraction) — 11.4 mi, 129° SE
Sacred Rock (Historic Ruins) — 11.6 mi, 139° SE
Gilman Ranch (Attraction) — 12.0 mi, 270° W
Speed of Light Experiment (Monument) — 12.6 mi, 195° S
Joshua Tree National Park (National Park) — 13.4 mi, 078° E · 784k acres

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