Cherokee California Map

About Cherokee, California

Cherokee is a locality in Tuolumne County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 88. The population density is 19.4 people per km². Cherokee is located at 39.6509°N, 121.5336°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95959, 95379, 95965.

Cherokee holds its place upon the sun-bleached slopes, where the earth gives way to the deep, dry shadows of the inland country. It lies 35.9 miles east-northeast of Oakdale, CA (from Oakdale, CA: bearing 65°T), and is situated 7.3 miles east of Sonora. The horizon is defined by the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sierra Nevada, a cold boundary against the heat that rises from the soil. Nearby, the water of Turnback Creek carves a thin, seasonal line through the brush, while the stillness of Phoenix Reservoir sits four miles away, reflecting a sky that rarely knows the gray weight of heavy clouds. Cedar Gulch deepens the rugged relief of the terrain, forming a basin where the air gathers at dusk, cooling the oak savanna and turning the dry grass to the color of tarnished brass.

Cherokee carries the quiet gravity of a settlement shaped by the remnants of industry and the slow persistence of the land. Beyond the immediate reach of the Stanislaus National Forest, the economy draws its character from the rhythms of the earth and the small, deliberate efforts of those who work the soil, evidenced by the local stewardship seen at the Tuolumne Community Garden. For those seeking the measured tread of the outdoors, the Twain Harte Horseman Trail offers a path through the quiet stretches of the landscape. Life here is governed by the turning of the seasons and the long, amber afternoons that stretch across the valley, leaving the inhabitants to find their own measure of time in a place where the history of the ground is written in the silence between the hills.

About This Cherokee Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cherokee, California. Coordinates: 39.650877, -121.533646. 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 Cherokee includes the ZIP code (95959, 95379, 95965), telephone area code (408, 669, 530), county seat of Tuolumne County (Sonora), and school district assignment (Golden Feather Union Elementary 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.