Penryn California Map

About Penryn, California

Penryn is a locality in Placer County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,114. The population density is 214.9 people per km². Penryn is located at 38.8521°N, 121.1694°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95663.

Penryn rests in a sun-drenched embrace of rolling foothills, where the air, especially in the late afternoon, carries the faint, sweet perfume of ripening orchards. It lies 5.5 miles north-east of Rocklin, CA (from Rocklin, CA: bearing 40°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-east of Roseville. The landscape here is a study in gentle slopes, a subtle yielding of the earth that allows for broad vistas of distant, hazy mountains and the occasional glint of a slow-moving creek. Oak trees, their branches gnarled and expansive, stand as silent sentinels, their leaves a vibrant green in the spring and a burnished gold come autumn. Scattered homes and farms dot the terrain, their roofs catching the light, suggesting lives lived with a quiet, grounded rhythm, a testament to the enduring appeal of this particular patch of California earth. The history of Penryn is deeply entwined with the golden promise of the Sierra Nevada foothills, a legacy of the Gold Rush era that still whispers through the region. While the feverish scramble for gold has long since subsided, the spirit of enterprise and adaptation remains, now finding its expression in the abundant fruit orchards that define the local economy. Growers here cultivate a bounty of peaches, plums, and other stone fruits, their harvest celebrated each year with a palpable sense of community pride. This agricultural heartland, with its venerable packing sheds and roadside stands, offers a tangible connection to the land and its enduring fertility, a stark and beautiful contrast to the ephemeral glitter of gold that first drew people to these hills.

About This Penryn Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Penryn, California with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Penryn and Placer County.

Detailed location data for Penryn includes the ZIP code (95663), telephone area code (530), county seat of Placer County (Auburn), and school district assignment (Loomis Union Elementary School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Penryn is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.