Coyote California Map

About Coyote, California

Coyote is a locality in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Coyote is located at 37.2166°N, 121.7405°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95013.

Coyote occupies a sun-drenched corridor where the earth stretches wide between the steep, shadowed edges of Metcalfe Canyon and the meandering, seasonal pulse of Coyote Creek. It lies 7.6 miles northwest of Morgan Hill, CA (from Morgan Hill, CA: bearing 321°T), and is situated 6.8 miles east-southeast of Vista Park. The land here holds a quiet, baked stillness, defined by expanses of oak savanna that turn the color of pale straw under the relentless heat of the long summer. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Coast Ranges catch the fading light, their ridges softened by a haze that lingers long after the sun has dipped below the horizon. Three miles away, the waters of Calero Reservoir offer a singular, cool clarity to the landscape, reflecting the sky in a mirror of deep, still blue that contrasts sharply with the tinder-dry grasses of the surrounding plains.

Coyote serves as a vital transition point, its character shaped by the Northern Coyote Valley Conservation Area that protects the wild, open corridors of the valley floor from the encroaching pressure of regional expansion. Historically, the ground beneath Coyote has supported a quiet rhythm of agricultural labor and quiet transit, evolving from ranching roots into a space that now balances light industry with the preservation of its natural wildlife pathways. The pace of life here moves in alignment with the shifting seasons, marked by the rhythmic passage of vehicles along the major thoroughfares that bisect the fields. Though the distant roar of progress is never entirely absent, the immediate environment remains grounded in the physical reality of the soil and the persistent, quiet endurance of the creek beds that define the geography of Coyote.

About This Coyote Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Coyote, California. Coordinates: 37.216611, -121.740504. 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 Coyote includes the ZIP code (95013), 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.