Links to Maps

• USGS Index to Maps includes Atlases, Aerial Photos, Coastal/Marine, Historical maps.

• Information on local forest and state park closures [courtesy Charlie Knapke of Hundred Peaks Section]
• Southern California Earthquake Data Center from USGS and CalTech
• U.S. Fire Detection Map from Geography Network

• List of California stores that sell USGS topo maps
• USGS Map Locator and Downloader
• Online Topo Map tool from MapTech (includes latitude/longitude)

• Straight Line Distance Between any two Cities
• View cities, lakes, peaks, and other geographical features from Sierra Nevada Mountain Peaks, Upper and Lower Southern California Mountain Peaks, Desert Peaks, San Diego Peaks, and California Cities [courtesy Bill Valentine of the Wilderness Travel Course]

• Free Downloadable Star Maps from skymaps.com
• Download Western or Chinese StarMaps in PDF format
• Software for Windows computers from skymapper.co.uk

• Sigalert's Realtime Freeway Conditions
• Caltrans - Current FreewayTraffic
• Yahoo's Streetmaps and driving directions
• Mapquest's Streetmaps and driving directions

• California Coastal Records Project (coastline images)

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