Granite Chief, CA Forest Service Topo Map (FSTopo)
by Forest Service FSTopo Quads (public domain), US
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About the Granite Chief quad
The Granite Chief quadrangle is a Forest Service FSTopo 7.5-minute map at 1:24,000 covering about 8.4 × 10 mi of Placer County, California. It overlaps Tahoe National Forest. The GeoPDF is 2.4 MB.
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What you get
- Your GPS position on the map. A blue dot on this official sheet shows where you are.
- Works with no signal. Download it once; the map and your GPS position keep working with no cell signal.
- Tracks, placemarks and photos. Record where you go, drop pins, and export GPX, KML or GeoJSON.
- Free updates. When a new edition is published here, it’s yours at no cost.
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- 3Tap “Get my maps”. It’s on your phone, ready offline.
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Where this map covers
Named places on this map
29 named features inside the Granite Chief — Forest Service FSTopo 7.5-minute quad sheet, from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Each one links to every map that shows it.
Peaks and ridges
Lakes, springs and falls
- Big Spring · spring
- Five Lakes · lake
- Lake Estelle · lake
- Little Needle Lake · lake
- Mildred Lakes · lake
- Mountain Meadow Lake · lake
- Needle Lake · lake
- Shirley Lake · lake
- Soda Springs · spring
Gaps, arches and other landforms
- Deadman Flat · flat
- Heavens Gate · gap
- Picayune Valley · basin
- Shanks Cove · basin
Elevations are the USGS 3DEP ground elevation at the named point, rounded; a summit's surveyed height can differ a little.
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Version history
Version 1 · Nov 8, 2026 · 2.4 MB