Los Molinos California Map

About Los Molinos, California

Los Molinos is a locality in Tehama County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,098. The population density is 372.3 people per km². Los Molinos is located at 40.0213°N, 122.1003°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 96055.

Los Molinos occupies a quiet expanse of the northern Sacramento Valley, where the flat, sun-bleached floor of the earth gives way to the subtle depressions of Acorn Hollow. It lies 13.0 miles south-southeast of Red Bluff, CA (from Red Bluff, CA: bearing 147°T), and is situated 7.7 miles north-northeast of Corning. The horizon is defined by the distant, jagged silhouette of the Cascade Range, which cuts a sharp indigo line against a sky that seems to hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has dipped low. Just a mile away, the riparian corridor of Champlin Slough provides a cool, shadowed vein of green through the dry grasses, its banks teeming with the quiet activity of the Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge. Here, the light at dusk turns the dust of the fields into a fine, suspended gold, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the open plains toward Horseshoe Pond, eight miles to the east.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Los Molinos, a legacy of land worked by generations who recognized the fertility hidden within the valley soil. Orchards and sprawling fields define the local economy, their rows organizing the landscape into a grid that reflects a long history of irrigation and seasonal labor. The rhythm of daily life is dictated by the turning of the harvest, a deliberate pace that feels removed from the frantic energy of the state's larger urban centers. In the quiet hours of the morning, the air carries the scent of damp earth and cooling timber, a reminder that Los Molinos remains a place where the work of the hands still shapes the character of the ground beneath one's feet.

About This Los Molinos Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Los Molinos, California. Coordinates: 40.021268, -122.100267. 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 Los Molinos includes the ZIP code (96055), telephone area code (530), county seat of Tehama County (Red Bluff), and school district assignment (Los Molinos 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.