Eldridge California Map

About Eldridge, California

Eldridge is a locality in Sonoma County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,312. The population density is 776.9 people per km². Eldridge is located at 38.3339°N, 122.5065°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95442, 95431.

Eldridge occupies a quiet basin where the cooling influence of the evening air settles over the landscape like a fine, gray veil. It lies 4.9 miles northwest of Sonoma, CA (from Sonoma, CA: bearing 324°T), and is situated 2.9 miles north-northwest of Boyes Hot Springs. The Sonoma Creek winds through the lowlands here, its presence marked by the silver-green flicker of willow leaves that catch the shifting light before it fades into the dusk. Suttonfield Lake mirrors the deepening violet of the sky, its edges softened by the reeds and the silent, heavy stillness of the inland heat. Beyond the immediate terrain, the distant silhouettes of the Coast Ranges hold the horizon, their jagged forms suggesting a vastness that humbles the sprawling oak savanna. Moran Goodman Park provides a sanctuary of wild grasses, grounding Eldridge in a landscape that feels ancient and indifferent to the passing of human hours.

Eldridge maintains a character defined by the slow, deliberate work of the soil and the legacy of its institutional history. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the land, where the memory of past labor lingers in the quietude of the surrounding fields. Those who seek the stillness of the region often walk the State Hospital Orchard Trail, tracing paths that pass through groves once tended with meticulous care. While the rush of the modern world exists elsewhere, life here follows the seasonal turning of the Butler Canyon, where the light turns a deep, scorched gold as the summer deepens. Even the distant, rushing energy of Haraszthy Falls serves as a reminder of the water that shapes the bedrock of Eldridge, carving a permanence into a place that prefers to keep its secrets tucked away from the main thoroughfares.

About This Eldridge Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Eldridge, California. Coordinates: 38.333887, -122.506518. 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 Eldridge includes the ZIP code (95442, 95431), telephone area code (408, 669), county seat of Sonoma County (Santa Rosa), and school district assignment (Sonoma Valley Unified 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.