California Caltrans Cameras — Live Road Cameras & Map
All California Caltrans cameras — interactive statewide map
California mountain passes & corridors
Live chain-control status and drive-ordered cameras for the passes people actually check before committing.
Browse California by region
Dedicated live-camera maps for each region — smaller, faster, and focused on the roads you care about.
About this map
This map gathers California's Caltrans traffic cameras — more than 3,000 of them — into one fast, searchable view, pulled straight from the state's official CCTV feed. California driving means a bit of everything: the legendary freeway traffic of Los Angeles and the Bay Area, dense tule fog in the Central Valley, snow and chain controls over the Sierra passes, and landslide-prone stretches of coastal Highway 1. The quickest way to know what the road is doing is to look at it before you go.
Coverage spans the whole state. I‑5 runs the length of California — from the Mexican border through Los Angeles, over the Grapevine (Tejon Pass), up the Central Valley past Sacramento to the Oregon line. The Los Angeles freeways (I‑405, I‑10, US‑101, I‑110) and the Bay Area's bridges and arteries (I‑80, I‑880, I‑580, US‑101) are densely covered. I‑80 climbs from the Bay over Donner Summit to Lake Tahoe; US‑50 crosses Echo Summit; I‑15 climbs Cajon Pass toward Las Vegas; and US‑101 with Highway 1 traces the coast from San Diego to the redwoods.
Use the area presets to jump to a region, search for a freeway or city, and save the cameras you check most as favorites. On the mountain and rural routes, where Caltrans runs road‑weather stations, you'll also see conditions beside the camera. When the 405 is a parking lot, Donner goes to chains, or the valley fogs in at dawn, a quick camera check tells you what to expect.
California regions covered
Tap an area chip on the map to jump straight to any of these regions.
Statewide
Every Caltrans camera across California in one view — the LA and Bay Area freeways, I‑5 down the Central Valley, the Sierra passes, and the coast. The best at‑a‑glance read before any California drive.
SF Bay Area
Dense coverage of the Bay Area's arteries and bridges — I‑80 over the Bay Bridge, I‑880 and I‑580 through the East Bay, US‑101 and I‑280 down the Peninsula, plus SR‑24, SR‑92 and SR‑237. Ideal for timing a bridge crossing or a commute.
Los Angeles
The LA freeway network — I‑405 over the Sepulveda Pass, I‑5, I‑10, US‑101 (Hollywood/Ventura), I‑110 and I‑210, plus SR‑91, SR‑134 and SR‑118. The cameras are the only honest way to read LA traffic before you commit.
San Diego
I‑5, I‑8, I‑15 and I‑805 through San Diego, plus SR‑163, SR‑52, SR‑94 and SR‑78 — the border region's freeways from the coast to the inland valleys.
Inland Empire
I‑10, I‑15 over Cajon Pass, I‑215 and SR‑91 through San Bernardino and Riverside toward Victorville, Palm Springs and the desert — a key gateway for Las Vegas and Arizona traffic.
Sacramento
I‑5, I‑80, US‑50 and SR‑99 through the capital region — Sacramento, Roseville, Folsom and Davis — the hub where the valley, the Bay and the Sierra routes meet.
Central Valley
SR‑99 and I‑5 down the San Joaquin Valley through Stockton, Modesto, Fresno and Bakersfield. Flat and fast — but winter tule fog here is among the most dangerous driving conditions in the state, so the cameras earn their keep.
Central Coast
US‑101 and Highway 1 from Ventura through Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Big Sur to Monterey and Santa Cruz. Watch for coastal fog and the landslides that periodically close Highway 1.
Sierra / Tahoe
The Sierra passes — I‑80 over Donner Summit, US‑50 over Echo Summit to South Lake Tahoe, plus SR‑88, SR‑89 and the Truckee area. This is where chain controls and winter closures hit hardest; always check the summit before you climb.
North Coast
US‑101 and Highway 1 north through Mendocino and Humboldt to Eureka and the redwoods, plus US‑199, SR‑299 and SR‑20 — remote, scenic, and prone to storm damage and slides in winter.
Tips for using California road cameras
- Before any Sierra pass — Donner Summit (I‑80) or Echo Summit (US‑50) — check the summit camera; Caltrans posts chain controls and closures there through the winter, and conditions up top differ from the valley you're leaving.
- I‑5 over the Grapevine (Tejon Pass) closes for snow and ice in winter storms — scan the Grapevine cameras before committing, since the detour is very long.
- In the Central Valley, winter tule fog on SR‑99 and I‑5 can drop visibility to near zero at dawn — the cameras show it better than any forecast.
- On the mountain and rural routes, tap a camera's nearby road‑weather station to pair the image with air temperature, wind and humidity — Caltrans runs these mainly in the Sierra and the north, not the big metros.
- For LA and the Bay Area, the cameras are the fastest way to judge a freeway or bridge before you commit to it — and to spot an incident worth routing around.
- Save your regular cameras as favorites — your commute, a bridge, or a pass you cross often — so they load with one tap.
- Cameras are a great real‑time gut check, but Caltrans closes passes and freeways quickly — always confirm closures, chain controls and conditions with Caltrans QuickMap (quickmap.dot.ca.gov) or by dialing 511.
Live road cameras in other regions
The same fast camera map for the other states and provinces we cover.
California road camera guides
In-depth guides to the highways, passes and destinations we cover here.