Altaville California Map

About Altaville, California

Altaville is a locality in Calaveras County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,400. The population density is 55.0 people per km². Altaville is located at 38.0838°N, 120.5619°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95222, 95221.

Altaville occupies the sun-baked expanse of Cherokee Flat, where the earth holds the heat of the afternoon long after the shadows have lengthened across the dry grass. It lies 26.9 miles northeast of Oakdale, CA (from Oakdale, CA: bearing 35°T), and is situated 8.3 miles north-northeast of Copperopolis. Cherokee Creek marks the western edge of the settlement, its bed often reduced to a stony ribbon during the long, rainless months when the golden weeds turn brittle and pale. To the east, the distant silhouette of the Sierra Nevada rises in a jagged, bruised-purple line against the sky, grounding the horizon in a permanence that the shifting heat haze above the valley floor cannot disturb. Residents find a quiet respite at Copello Park, where the shade of mature trees offers a reprieve from the relentless intensity of the inland light. Two miles away, the surface of Kiefer Reservoir mirrors the sky, a still, deep-blue eye reflecting the slow passage of clouds over the parched landscape.

Altaville retains the quiet gravity of a place built on the extraction of gold, its character shaped by the deep, subterranean scars left by early prospectors who tunneled beneath the town. The local economy, once strictly tied to the feverish pulse of the mines, has softened into a steady, modest rhythm of small-scale commerce and service that sustains the people who remain. Old stone masonry, crafted by laborers who understood the weight of the local earth, still stands as a reminder of an era when this flat land was the center of a frantic, global ambition. Today, the pace is dictated by the slow drift of dust in the wind and the seasonal cycle of the oak savanna, where the transition from summer’s dormant amber to the sudden, vivid green of winter defines the passage of time. Altaville survives not by grand transformation, but by the quiet persistence of its inhabitants, who have learned to live in harmony with the lean, honest demands of the terrain.

About This Altaville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Altaville, California. Coordinates: 38.083811, -120.561869. 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 Altaville includes the ZIP code (95222, 95221), telephone area code (408, 669), county seat of Calaveras County (San Andreas), and school district assignment.

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.