Explore Cheshire, Oregon, 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 Cheshire, Oregon. 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 Oregon 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 Cheshire.
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 | Cheshire |
| State | Oregon (OR) |
| County | Lane County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 44.189568 |
| Longitude | -123.285651 |
| Population | 329 |
| Density | 270.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 97419, 97448 |
| Area Code | 503, 971 |
| County Seat | Eugene |
| School District | Junction City School District 69 |
Cheshire anchors the low-lying plains where the Long Tom River bends through the heavy, damp soil of the valley floor. It lies 9.7 miles northwest of Santa Clara, OR (from Santa Clara, OR: bearing 308°T), and is situated 4.5 miles west-southwest of Junction City. The horizon is held by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Coast Range to the west, a wall that keeps the morning light soft and diffused across the fields. Five miles away, the expanse of Fern Ridge Lake gathers the runoff of the season, reflecting a sky that often hangs low and bruised with gray. To the east, the terrain pushes upward toward the rugged folds of Nash Canyon, where the air grows thin and pine-scented. The landscape here does not demand attention, but rather rewards a quiet eye with the subtle shifting of shadows across wide, fallow acreage and the slow, deliberate movement of water cutting through the silt.
Agriculture defines the rhythm of Cheshire, a persistence of labor that has long relied on the fertility of the riverbanks and the endurance of the local soil. Generations have worked these tracts, turning the earth in cycles that mirror the seasonal rise of the Long Tom River, which remains the lifeblood of the immediate vicinity. Beyond the cultivated rows and the quiet hum of machinery, the nearby Yellowood Park offers a sanctuary of tangled brush and towering timber, a place where the sprawl of development fades into the stillness of the woods. Life in Cheshire moves with the cautious, steady pace of those who know the land well, favoring the utility of a well-worn path over the haste of the modern thoroughfare. It is a place where the economy remains tied to the physical weight of what the ground provides, leaving little room for artifice in the day-to-day work of maintaining a home in the valley.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cheshire, Oregon. Coordinates: 44.189568, -123.285651. 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 Cheshire includes the ZIP code (97419, 97448), telephone area code (503, 971), county seat of Lane County (Eugene), and school district assignment (Junction City School District 69).
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. |