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.
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.
| City | California |
| State | Pennsylvania (PA) |
| County | Montour County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 40.066665 |
| Longitude | -79.91198 |
| Population | 5,362 |
| Density | 188.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 15419, 18951, 17821, 15423 |
| Area Code | 215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878 |
| County Seat | Danville |
| School District | California Area School District |
California occupies a landscape of quiet, persistent elevation where the earth rises in long, deliberate swells toward the distant, hazy blue of the Appalachian Mountains. It lies 14.8 miles west-northwest of Bloomsburg, PA (from Bloomsburg, PA: bearing 287°T), and is situated 7.4 miles east-northeast of Milton. Limestone Run cuts a narrow, purposeful path through the terrain, its waters carving into the shale and limestone bedrock that defines the region’s rigid, earthen floor. Beyond the immediate banks of the waterway, the land transitions into a patchwork of deep, dense woods and clearings that echo the heavy, humid stillness of a summer afternoon. Sunlight here does not merely illuminate; it settles heavily upon the ground, turning the gray stone and dark soil into something solid and immovable, while the nearby Frank Delong Memorial Park offers a brief, manicured respite of green against the wilder, unkempt growth that characterizes the surrounding plateau.
California persists as a place forged by the steady, industrial pulse of the river valley, where the legacy of coal and the presence of academia have long dictated the rhythm of daily life. The economy, once tethered to the extraction of deep-earth resources, has shifted its weight toward the educational institutions that now define the local skyline, bringing a perpetual, youthful energy to the quiet streets. Despite these changes, the area retains the austere, pragmatic character of a region that has spent decades laboring in the shadow of heavy industry. Residents move with a measured, deliberate pace, their habits shaped by the geography that keeps them tethered to the land, far removed from the frantic pace of the coast. On quiet evenings, one might look toward the horizon, sensing the weight of the history held within the soil and the enduring influence of the nearby Tiadaghton State Forest, which stands as a dark, silent sentinel over the valley’s ongoing transformation.
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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 Montour County (Danville), 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 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. |