Alviso California Map

About Alviso, California

Alviso is a locality in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,000. The population density is 280.0 people per km². Alviso is located at 37.4261°N, 121.9752°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95002.

Alviso holds a singular position where the flat, salt-crusted earth meets the gray, tidal reaches of the Alviso Slough. It lies 3.8 miles west of Milpitas, CA (from Milpitas, CA: bearing 268°T), and is situated 7.4 miles northwest of San Jose. The landscape is defined by this low-lying expanse, where the Pacific Ocean exerts its slow, rhythmic influence through the brackish veins of the marshland. Beyond the mudflats, the distant silhouette of the Coast Ranges rises against the horizon, anchoring the wide, pale sky. At the Old Alviso Community Center, the air carries the sharp, clean scent of brine and drying silt, a reminder that the land here is porous and perpetually shifting. When the sun descends, the light turns a bruised violet, catching the tall, swaying grasses that reclaim the margins of the water, while the presence of Station Island remains a quiet, isolated sentry in the distance.

Alviso emerged from the nineteenth century as a bustling inland port, a vital artery for the transport of grain and produce before the railroads redirected the pulse of commerce elsewhere. The economy, once tethered to the movement of goods through the slough, has transitioned through cycles of agricultural labor and industrial grit, leaving behind a quietude that feels both abandoned and enduring. Traces of this layered history remain in the weathered architecture that stands against the encroachment of the marsh, a stubborn persistence in the face of the encroaching tides. Life in Alviso moves at a pace dictated by the slow migration of birds and the seasonal swelling of the water, far removed from the frantic velocity of the modern valley. Even the proximity of Scott Ravine, miles removed, feels like a different world, leaving Alviso to exist in its own distinct, saline solitude.

About This Alviso Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Alviso, California. Coordinates: 37.426051, -121.975237. 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 Alviso includes the ZIP code (95002), telephone area code (408, 669), county seat of Santa Clara County (San Jose), 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.