Cedar Ridge California Map

About Cedar Ridge, California

Cedar Ridge is a locality in Nevada County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,235. The population density is 61.1 people per km². Cedar Ridge is located at 38.0657°N, 120.2739°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95945, 95924, 95370.

Cedar Ridge occupies a rugged expanse of high-elevation woodland where the air thins and sharpens against the skin. It lies 2.6 miles east-southeast of Grass Valley, CA (from Grass Valley, CA: bearing 123°T), and is situated 9.9 miles east-southeast of Lake Wildwood. Pine needles carpet the uneven floor of the Tahoe National Forest, which presses against the edge of the settlement, while the nearby South Fork Wolf Creek carves a persistent, quiet path through the rocky soil. To the west, the terrain drops away toward the deep, shadowed creases of Slide Ravine, leaving the landscape to feel defined by its isolation from the flatter, sun-baked basins further out. As the afternoon light wanes, the shadows stretch long and bruised across the dry brush, lending the trees a stillness that suggests a land waiting for the next season to turn.

Cedar Ridge carries the weight of a frontier history, echoing the slow movement of pioneers who once traversed the routes marked by the Probable Donner Trail. The local economy relies on a quiet resilience, far from the frantic pace of the state’s urban centers, with residents often looking toward the nearby Rollins Reservoir to gauge the changing cycles of water and drought. Life in Cedar Ridge moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, informed by the necessity of managing the dense forest and the unpredictable climate of the inland hills. Far off on the eastern horizon, the jagged, snow-dusted summits of the Sierra Nevada offer a permanent, silent boundary, reminding those who dwell here that they are merely guests in a vast and ancient geography.

About This Cedar Ridge Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cedar Ridge, California. Coordinates: 38.065736, -120.273869. 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 Cedar Ridge includes the ZIP code (95945, 95924, 95370), telephone area code (530, 408, 669), county seat of Nevada County (Nevada City), and school district assignment (Sonora Union High 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.