El Rancho California Map
Explore El Rancho, California, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
Interactive Map of El Rancho, California
How to Use This El Rancho, California Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for El Rancho, California. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of California or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to El Rancho.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | El Rancho |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Tulare County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 36.2207 |
| Longitude | -119.0684 |
| Population | 96 |
| Density | 1684.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 93247 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| County Seat | Visalia |
| School District | Lindsay Unified School District |
About El Rancho, California
El Rancho is a locality in Tulare County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 96. The population density is 1684.8 people per km². El Rancho is located at 36.2207°N, 119.0684°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93247.El Rancho sits firmly upon the dry, sun-baked earth of the inland plains, defined by a landscape that stretches toward the horizon in muted shades of ochre and wheat. It lies 1.6 miles northeast of Lindsay, CA (from Lindsay, CA: bearing 42°T), and is situated 9.4 miles southeast of Farmersville. The Friant-Kern Canal cuts a deliberate, concrete-lined path through the landscape, acting as a vital artery that brings water to the thirsty soil of the surrounding fields. Nearby, the terrain tilts slightly toward the basin of Round Valley, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sierra Nevada mountains anchors the eastern sky. A quiet stillness hangs over Harvard Park, where the late afternoon heat pulls the scent of dry grass and dust into the air, creating a heavy, golden atmosphere that defines the passing of the day.
El Rancho owes its fundamental character to the cycles of the agricultural economy that have long governed the rhythm of labor and harvest in these interior reaches. The presence of the Friant-Kern Canal serves as a constant reminder of the engineering required to sustain life and industry in such a demanding climate. Residents often look toward the shimmering expanse of Lake Success when the summer heat intensifies, seeking a reprieve in the open space that characterizes this portion of the region. Life here moves with a steady, unadorned pace, shaped by the practical necessities of the land and the vast, unobstructed light that washes over the fields from dawn until the final, bruised purple of dusk.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Harvard Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 228° SW
- Lindsay Sports and Recreation Complex (Local Recreation) — 1.4 mi, 253° W
- Sweet Brier Plaza Park (Local Park) — 1.8 mi, 228° SW
- World's Largest Olive (Public Artwork) — 2.3 mi, 242° SW
- Blue Ridge Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 10.3 mi, 083° E
- Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 11.0 mi, 168° S
- Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 11.7 mi, 069° E · 1,825 acres
- Giant Sequoia National Monument (National Monument) — 13.2 mi, 067° NE · 353k acres
- Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 13.2 mi, 067° NE · 1.1M acres
- Treaty of 1851 (Monument) — 13.7 mi, 131° SE
- Success Dam Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 14.0 mi, 141° SE
- Ice House Theatre (Theatre) — 14.6 mi, 303° NW
- Dry Creek Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 14.6 mi, 009° N
- Galaxy Theatres (Cinema) — 14.9 mi, 272° W
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 14.9 mi, 092° E
- Preston's Pride (Attraction) — 15.4 mi, 252° W
- Milk Ranch/Case Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 16.8 mi, 065° NE · 9,361 acres
- Sequoia National Park (National Park) — 17.5 mi, 067° NE · 407k acres
- John Krebs Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 18.8 mi, 061° NE · 40k acres
- Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 22.9 mi, 027° NE · 768k acres
- Hospital Rock (Historic Ruins) — 26.5 mi, 038° NE
- Old Ranger Station (Historic Ruins) — 27.0 mi, 032° NE
- Hanging Rock (Attraction) — 28.1 mi, 036° NE
- Buttress Tree (Attraction) — 28.4 mi, 036° NE
- Parker Group (Attraction) — 28.4 mi, 037° NE
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque (Monument) — 28.6 mi, 037° NE
- Kings Canyon National Park (National Park) — 29.2 mi, 019° N · 459k acres
- Metro 4 Cinema (Cinema) — 32.9 mi, 283° W
- Carnegie Museum (Museum) — 33.0 mi, 283° W
- Kings Art Center (Arts Centre) — 33.1 mi, 284° W
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About This El Rancho Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of El Rancho, California. Coordinates: 36.2207, -119.0684. 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 El Rancho includes the ZIP code (93247), telephone area code (661), county seat of Tulare County (Visalia), and school district assignment (Lindsay Unified School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
