Buckhorn California Map

About Buckhorn, California

Buckhorn is a locality in Ventura County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,597. The population density is 203.3 people per km². Buckhorn is located at 38.4548°N, 120.5323°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 93015, 95666.

Buckhorn occupies a rugged expanse of dry, sun-bleached earth where the land folds into the jagged indentations of Edwards Canyon. It lies 5.8 miles east of Fillmore, CA (from Fillmore, CA: bearing 89°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north-northwest of Simi Valley. Dry grasses turn the color of straw under an unrelenting sun, clinging to slopes that rise toward the distant silhouettes of the Santa Monica Mountains. The Santa Clara River carves a thin, riparian vein through the arid basin just a mile away, providing a narrow corridor of shade and moisture that contrasts sharply with the surrounding scrub. Five miles to the north, the waters of Lake Piru hold the bright, flat reflection of the sky, acting as a quiet anchor for the parched landscape. Light here has a peculiar, heavy quality, pressing down on the chaparral until the heat shimmers above the ground in translucent, dancing ribbons.

Buckhorn maintains a quiet distance from the frantic pace of the larger world, its existence defined by the seasonal pulse of the Santa Clara River Preserve. The local economy remains tethered to the slow rhythms of the interior, where the work of the day is measured by the length of shadows across the hard-packed soil. Residents often traverse the local terrain with a practiced awareness of the fault lines that run silent and deep beneath their feet. Those who seek the solitude of the wilderness look toward the Pothole Trail, following paths that have been worn into the hills by generations of travelers. Life in Buckhorn persists with a stubborn, deliberate stillness, indifferent to the encroaching sprawl, keeping instead to the ancient, quiet logic of the canyons and the dry, golden wind.

About This Buckhorn Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Buckhorn, California. Coordinates: 38.454797, -120.532334. 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 Buckhorn includes the ZIP code (93015, 95666), telephone area code (805, 530), county seat of Ventura County (Ventura), and school district assignment (Amador County Unified School District).

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.