Explore Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada, 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 Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada. 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 Nevada 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 Topaz Ranch Estates.
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 | Topaz Ranch Estates |
| State | Nevada (NV) |
| County | Douglas County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 38.7357 |
| Longitude | -119.5008 |
| Population | 1,630 |
| Density | 43.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 89444 |
| Area Code | 775 |
| County Seat | Minden |
| School District | Douglas County School District |
Topaz Ranch Estates occupies a wide, arid expanse where the high desert air clarifies the horizon until the distant peaks of the Sierra Nevada appear as jagged, violet teeth against the afternoon sky. It lies 16.7 miles southeast of Gardnerville Ranchos, NV (from Gardnerville Ranchos, NV: bearing 129°T), and is situated 19.5 miles southeast of Gardnerville. The terrain is defined by the subtle, sloping descent into Turtle Gulch, a shallow basin that channels the infrequent rains toward the low-lying scrubland. To the west, the landscape shifts from the sagebrush plains toward the forested corridors of the Toiyabe National Forest, which marks the transition into higher, cooler elevations. The light here is sharp and unrelenting, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the alkaline soil and emphasize the sparse, dusty vegetation that clings to the valley floor.
Topaz Ranch Estates serves as a quiet residential outpost, positioned far from the industrial hum of Nevada’s larger centers and defined by the slow, deliberate pace of life in the rain shadow of the mountains. Residents often look toward Topaz Lake for a respite from the dry heat, or follow the Topaz Canal as it marks a thin, life-giving artery through the parched earth. The regional economy remains tied to the rhythms of the land and the nearby access to the Toiyabe National Forest, which offers a vast, untamed buffer for those who prefer the silence of the high plains. History here is written in the muted colors of the earth and the enduring solitude of the long roads, where the modern world feels distant, filtered through the shimmering heat waves that rise from the valley floor each summer.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada. Coordinates: 38.7357, -119.5008. 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 Topaz Ranch Estates includes the ZIP code (89444), telephone area code (775), county seat of Douglas County (Minden), and school district assignment (Douglas County 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. |