New Cuyama California Map
Explore New Cuyama, California, with this interactive street and satellite map.
Interactive Map of New Cuyama, California
| City | New Cuyama |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Santa Barbara County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 34.946921 |
| Longitude | -119.685409 |
| Population | 542 |
| Density | 331.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 93254 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| County Seat | Santa Barbara |
| School District | Cuyama Joint Unified School District |
About New Cuyama, California
New Cuyama is a locality in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 542. The population density is 331.1 people per km². New Cuyama is located at 34.9469°N, 119.6854°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93254.New Cuyama reveals itself as a stark expanse of high desert scrub and sun-bleached earth, where the Salisbury Canyon Wash carves a shallow, gravel-strewn scar across the floor of the valley. It lies 35.2 miles north of Eastern Goleta Valley, CA (from Eastern Goleta Valley, CA: bearing 9°T), and is situated 18.7 miles southwest of Taft. The horizon remains dominated by the vast, open sky, which shifts from a pale, blinding blue at noon to a bruised violet as the heat radiates off the basin. Richardson County Park sits quietly at the edge of the grid, offering a modest patch of native ground where the wind carries the dry, resinous scent of sage and sun-baked silt. Bee Rock Canyon looms two miles to the east, its rugged walls anchoring the landscape against the relentless push of the afternoon breeze.
Economic life in New Cuyama turns on the patient cycles of agriculture and the extraction of resources that have defined this plateau for decades. The infrastructure of the town remains sparse, marked by wide, empty streets that reflect the deliberate, quiet pace of a place built for endurance rather than display. While the Sierra Nevada remains nothing more than a distant, jagged suggestion on the far horizon, the local identity is firmly rooted in the immediate, gritty reality of the basin. Residents move through the day under a light that feels thin and absolute, observing the subtle changes in the shadows as they lengthen over the arid plains, twenty miles from the white, saline crust of Soda Lake.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Richardson County Park (Local Park) — 0.0 mi, 176° S
- Los Padres Other (National Forest) — 0.3 mi, 289° W · 895 acres
- Carrizo Plain National Monument (National Monument) — 2.3 mi, 345° N · 247k acres
- Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 3.7 mi, 191° S · 1.8M acres
- Caliente Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 4.1 mi, 318° NW · 18k acres
- Upper Cuyama Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 5.8 mi, 103° E
- California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 7.2 mi, 326° NW
- San Rafael Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 7.9 mi, 221° SW · 191k acres
- Sisquoc, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.6 mi, 215° SW · 10k acres
- Szent András-törésvonal (San Andreas) (Attraction) — 11.7 mi, 012° N
- Carrizo Plains Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 013° N
- Dick Smith Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 12.3 mi, 165° S · 71k acres
- Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 13.0 mi, 089° E · 30k acres
- Sisquoc Condor Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 14.4 mi, 191° S
- Ethel D. Oil Tool & Supply House (Attraction) — 18.6 mi, 046° NE
- Oil Patch Fire House (Attraction) — 18.6 mi, 046° NE
- Jameson #17 (Attraction) — 18.6 mi, 046° NE
- Lakeview Gusher #1 (Monument) — 18.9 mi, 058° NE
- Santa Ynez Overlook (Viewpoint) — 22.1 mi, 229° SW
- Wallace Creek (Monument) — 23.8 mi, 340° N
- St Francis (Public Artwork) — 28.6 mi, 223° SW
- Ballard School (Monument) — 32.3 mi, 229° SW
- Root Cellar (Historic Ruins) — 32.5 mi, 177° S
- Possible Root Cellar Location (Historic Ruins) — 32.5 mi, 177° S
- San Emigdio Plantation (Nature Reserve) — 34.7 mi, 102° E
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (Museum) — 35.0 mi, 183° S
- Mission Santa Inés (Museum) — 35.3 mi, 227° SW
- Hans Christian Andersen Museum (Museum) — 35.4 mi, 227° SW
- The Hitchcock Cinema & Public House (Cinema) — 35.6 mi, 186° S
- Solvang Vintage Motorcycle Museum (Museum) — 35.6 mi, 227° SW
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About This New Cuyama Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of New Cuyama, California. Coordinates: 34.946921, -119.685409. 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 New Cuyama includes the ZIP code (93254), telephone area code (661), county seat of Santa Barbara County (Santa Barbara), and school district assignment (Cuyama Joint 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.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
