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California Pennsylvania Map

Explore California, Pennsylvania, 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 California, Pennsylvania

How to Use This California, Pennsylvania Map

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

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.

CityCalifornia
StatePennsylvania (PA)
CountyBucks County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude40.066665
Longitude-79.91198
Population5,362
Density188.0 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Codes15419, 18951, 17821, 15423
Area Code215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878
County SeatDoylestown
School DistrictCalifornia Area School District

About California, Pennsylvania

California is a locality in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a population of approximately 5,362. The population density is 188.0 people per km². California is located at 40.0667°N, 79.9120°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. California is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 15419, 18951, 17821.

California anchors itself firmly upon the high, broken ground of the Allegheny Plateau, where the land rises and falls in long, muscular swells of earth. It lies 4.2 miles south-southwest of Springfield Bucks County, PA (from Springfield Bucks County, PA: bearing 211°T), and is situated 9.0 miles east-southeast of Emmaus. The Tohickon Creek carves a persistent, narrow path through the limestone bedrock nearby, its waters moving with a quiet, insistent energy that defines the local drainage. Within the immediate footprint of California, the Robert O. Keller Memorial Park serves as a quiet green lung, offering a brief respite of manicured grass and silent trees against the weight of the surrounding slopes. The air here holds a distinct, cool density, especially as the sun retreats behind the distant, hazy blue silhouettes of the Appalachian Mountains, casting long, bruised shadows across the valley floors.

California carries the stubborn, soot-stained memory of an industrial era defined by the heavy labor of the coal and steel trades. While the clatter of the mills has faded into a quieter, academic tempo centered around its university, the remnants of that founding grit remain embedded in the brick facades and the steep, narrow streets that climb the hillsides. Life in California proceeds with a deliberate, pragmatic pace, shaped by a history of extraction and the subsequent shift toward the classroom and the laboratory. Despite the distance from the nearest lake, Lake Towhee, the residents maintain a connection to the inland geography of the region, where the legacy of the riverfront economy continues to influence the way the community organizes its daily routines and measures its own slow, steady progress.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Riverfront Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 066° NE
  • California Boro Ballfield (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 101° E
  • Newell Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 1.0 mi, 043° NE
  • California Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 094° E
  • Statue of Dr. Robert E Eberly (Public Artwork) — 1.4 mi, 095° E
  • Elco Ballfield (Local Recreation) — 2.0 mi, 066° NE
  • Centerville War Memorial (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 235° SW
  • Frank L. Melega Art Museum (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 155° SE
  • Dunlap's Creek Bridge (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 158° S
  • Monongahela River, Railroad, and Transportation Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 150° SE
  • That Dance Place (Arts Centre) — 4.8 mi, 011° N
  • State Game Land 296 (State Resource Management Area) — 9.2 mi, 067° NE
  • W. A. Young & Sons Foundry and Machine Shop (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 210° SW
  • Amphitheater (Theatre) — 10.6 mi, 046° NE
  • The McKivens Archipelago (Viewpoint) — 10.7 mi, 055° NE
  • Family Funscape (Theme Park) — 12.1 mi, 011° N
  • Greene County Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 223° SW
  • South Park Game Preserve (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 17.4 mi, 344° N
  • Paul R Stewart Museum (Museum) — 18.6 mi, 232° SW
  • World West Galleries (Gallery) — 19.1 mi, 292° W
  • South Hills Dance Center (Arts Centre) — 19.3 mi, 351° N
  • Spring House Remains (Historic Ruins) — 20.2 mi, 330° NW
  • Sophia's Grave (Attraction) — 20.4 mi, 183° S
  • Ohiopyle State Park (State Park) — 22.5 mi, 121° SE
  • Quebec Run Wild Area (State Wilderness) — 23.5 mi, 153° SE
  • Laurel Ridge State Park (State Park) — 29.4 mi, 106° E
  • Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 39.1 mi, 290° W · 6,562 acres
  • Monongahela National Forest (National Forest) — 56.4 mi, 167° S · 922k acres

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About This California Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of California, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.066665, -79.91198. 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 California includes the ZIP code (15419, 18951, 17821), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of Bucks County (Doylestown), and school district assignment (California Area 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.