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Yankee Hill California Map

Explore Yankee Hill, 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 Yankee Hill, California

How to Use This Yankee Hill, California Map

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

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	Yankee Hill
State	California (CA)
County	Butte County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	39.700709
Longitude	-121.514688
Population	260
Density	16.7 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	95310, 95965
Area Code	408, 669, 530
County Seat	Oroville
School District	Golden Feather Union Elementary School District

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About Yankee Hill, California

Yankee Hill is a locality in Butte County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 260. The population density is 16.7 people per km². Yankee Hill is located at 39.7007°N, 121.5147°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95310, 95965.

Yankee Hill rises above the rugged, sun-bleached foothills where the earth yields to a complex architecture of ridges and deep, shadowed ravines. It lies 13.2 miles north of Oroville, CA (from Oroville, CA: bearing 8°T), and is situated 6.6 miles southeast of Paradise. The terrain here is defined by an uncompromising topography, where the dry, golden grasses of late summer give way to the persistent tenacity of manzanita and scrub oak. Only a mile away, the basin of Gold Flat offers a brief, level reprieve before the land climbs toward the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Cascade Range, visible as a jagged, blue-tinted spine against the horizon. The air carries the scent of baked stone and resin, a dry heat that settles into the draws and hollows, while the proximity of Grizzly Creek provides a singular, winding thread of movement through the stillness of the woodland.

Yankee Hill preserves the echo of a restless era, rooted in the industrious pursuit of mineral wealth that once drew thousands to these slopes. Today, the economy has shifted from the frantic extraction of the nineteenth century to a quieter, deliberate persistence, with the nearby Lake Oroville and the expansive Lake Oroville State Recreation Area serving as anchors for the local landscape. The rhythm of life in Yankee Hill is dictated by the turning of the seasons and the slow, inevitable cycle of the brush, far removed from the denser centers of commerce. Residents move with the awareness that they occupy a space where human endeavor has been tempered by the vastness of the inland interior, leaving behind a legacy of weathered timber and open sky that defines the character of the hillside.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Butte County Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 0.9 mi, 290° W
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 1.6 mi, 169° S
Lassen National Forest (National Forest) — 3.0 mi, 003° N · 1.1M acres
Plumas National Forest (National Forest) — 3.0 mi, 055° NE · 1.2M acres
Phantom Falls (Attraction) — 6.7 mi, 201° S
North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 192° S
Black Box Theatre (Theatre) — 7.9 mi, 243° SW
World Trade Center artifact (Monument) — 8.2 mi, 244° SW
Beatson Corral (Historic Ruins) — 8.2 mi, 201° S
Beatson Falls (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 205° SW
Butte Creek (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.5 mi, 309° NW
Forks Of Butte Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.7 mi, 321° NW
Feather Falls Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 10.8 mi, 106° E
Feather, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.0 mi, 100° E · 24k acres
Bath House Museum (Museum) — 12.8 mi, 188° S
IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013 (Monument) — 15.7 mi, 277° W
Big Chico Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 15.9 mi, 324° NW · 2,690 acres
Phagna Norapamok Memorial (Monument) — 17.3 mi, 277° W
National Yo-Yo Museum (Museum) — 17.4 mi, 276° W
Downtown Kaleidoscope (Public Artwork) — 17.5 mi, 277° W
Janet Turner Print Museum (Museum) — 17.6 mi, 277° W
Museum of Northern California Art (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 278° W
Chico Art Center (Arts Centre) — 17.7 mi, 275° W
Vertebrate Museum (Museum) — 17.7 mi, 277° W
Bucks Lake Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 21.9 mi, 036° NE · 24k acres
Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.8 mi, 268° W · 21k acres
Ishi Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 25.9 mi, 336° NW · 42k acres
Purdon Crossing (Attraction) — 35.9 mi, 136° SE
China Dam (Attraction) — 36.2 mi, 135° SE
Yuba Theatre (Theatre) — 37.8 mi, 105° E

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