Philo California Map

About Philo, California

Philo is a locality in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 319. The population density is 59.6 people per km². Philo is located at 39.0657°N, 123.4450°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95466.

Philo emerges from the quiet intersection of sun-drenched meadows and the cool, shadowed corridors of dense timber. It lies 14.0 miles west-southwest of Ukiah, CA (from Ukiah, CA: bearing 245°T), and is situated 29.2 miles northwest of Cloverdale. Indian Creek carves a persistent, silver path through the landscape, its rhythmic flow defining the valley floor where the heat of midday yields to the long, amber shadows of the afternoon. To the east, the rugged contours of the Coast Ranges hold the horizon, their distant, jagged silhouettes providing a silent boundary to the basin. Nearby, Clow Canyon offers a steep, geological counterpoint to the flat expanse of the valley, while the presence of Indian Creek County Park preserves the raw, unhurried character of the riparian edge.

Agriculture drives the pulse of Philo, where the soil nurtures rows of grapevines that drink deeply from the morning fog before surrendering to the dry, golden intensity of the summer. The economy remains tethered to the land, an extension of the enduring labor that once defined the early timber harvests and continues to shape the modern harvest of fruit and wine. While the Garcia River Forest stands as a distant, dark sentinel thirteen miles away, the immediate life of the region is concentrated in the quiet industry of local orchards and vineyards. Life in Philo moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, a place where the clarity of the air at dusk seems to hold the memory of the valley’s long, quiet history in the still, cooling light.

About This Philo Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Philo, California. Coordinates: 39.065732, -123.445009. 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 Philo includes the ZIP code (95466), telephone area code (408, 669), county seat of Mendocino County (Ukiah), and school district assignment (Anderson 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.