Buena Vista California Map

About Buena Vista, California

Buena Vista is a locality in Amador County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 493. The population density is 142.8 people per km². Buena Vista is located at 38.2944°N, 120.9133°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95640.

Buena Vista slumbers in a fold of the Sierra Nevada foothills, where the land rises in a series of dusty, chaparral-clad slopes toward the distant, sky-piercing peaks. It lies 21.2 miles east of Galt, CA (from Galt, CA: bearing 82°T), and is situated 4.2 miles south-south-east of Ione. The air here carries the dry, resinous scent of pines and the faint, sweet perfume of wild sage, particularly potent in the late afternoon sun that bleaches the scrubby vegetation to a pale gold. Scattered oaks, gnarled and weathered, punctuate the landscape, their broad limbs reaching out like ancient, arthritic fingers against the vast, cerulean canvas. A quiet stillness pervades Buena Vista, broken only by the rustle of wind through dry grasses or the occasional, distant bark of a coyote. The history of Buena Vista is etched in the very contours of its land, a legacy of the gold fever that once pulsed through these hills. Though the mines are largely silent now, their ghost stories linger in the crumbling foundations and the scattered, weathered remnants of a bygone era. Today, the economy of Buena Vista draws more from the earth’s enduring bounty, with vineyards and orchards finding purchase on the fertile, sun-drenched slopes, their rows of vines a more orderly green against the wilder hues of the chaparral. The rhythm of life in Buena Vista moves with the seasons, dictated by the sun's arc and the turning of the agricultural year, a gentle cadence that has weathered the passage of time and the whispers of fortune.

About This Buena Vista Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Buena Vista, California with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Buena Vista and Amador County.

Detailed location data for Buena Vista includes the ZIP code (9564), telephone area code (209, 213, 279, 310, 323, 408, 415, 424, 442, 510, 530, 559, 562, 619, 626, 628, 650, 657, 661, 669, 707, 714, 747, 760, 805, 818, 820, 831, 858, 909, 916, 925, 949, 951), county seat of Amador County (Jackson), and school district assignment (Amador County Unified School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Buena Vista is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.