Explore Winters, 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 Winters, 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 Winters.
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 | Winters |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Yolo County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 38.533271 |
| Longitude | -121.975473 |
| Population | 7,115 |
| Density | 936.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 95694 |
| Area Code | 530 |
| County Seat | Woodland |
| School District | Winters Joint Unified School District |
Winters marks the edge of the flat valley floor where the land begins to gather itself into the first low, golden undulations of the inland plains. It lies 9.7 miles northwest of Dixon, CA (from Dixon, CA: bearing 305°T), and is situated 7.6 miles north of Hartley. Putah Creek carves a deliberate path through the earth here, its riparian corridor providing a cool, shaded vein of green against the tinder-dry summer grasses. To the west, the distant silhouette of the Coast Ranges rises in shades of bruised violet and charcoal against the evening sky. Pleasants Valley lies just five miles away, a quiet basin that holds the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has dipped below the horizon. The air in Winters carries a particular clarity, a dry, Mediterranean weight that settles over the oak savanna and the surrounding orchards as the light turns to amber.
Winters grew from the iron rails that once tethered the agricultural bounty of the region to the wider world, transforming a frontier outpost into a center of produce and labor. The local economy remains deeply rooted in the soil, with vast fields of walnuts, almonds, and stone fruits defining the rhythm of the seasons for those who work the land. Industrial packing houses and small-scale artisanal processors stand as modern sentinels, honoring the legacy of the pioneer farmers who first recognized the fertility of this basin. Daily life in Winters moves in sync with the harvest, a cycle of planting and picking that has persisted through cycles of economic change. The steady hum of commerce here is not found in high-rise offices, but in the quiet, focused output of the groves and the persistent stewardship of the rural landscape.
Winters possesses a distinct cultural character forged by a blend of agricultural grit and a slow-growing appreciation for craft and community. Rotary Park serves as a common ground for the people, offering a shaded expanse where the pace of the afternoon slows to match the movement of the creek. The historic downtown district maintains a functional, weathered elegance, filled with brick facades that have stood against the heat for generations. While the town remains modest in its scale, the influence of the nearby university culture often bleeds into the local conversation, bringing a sharp, inquisitive edge to the social fabric. No singular figure of global fame defines the identity of Winters; instead, the collective spirit of the residents remains the true, understated mark of the place.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Winters, California. Coordinates: 38.533271, -121.975473. 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 Winters includes the ZIP code (95694), telephone area code (530), county seat of Yolo County (Woodland), and school district assignment (Winters Joint Unified 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. |