Riverdale Park California Map

About Riverdale Park, California

Riverdale Park is a locality in Stanislaus County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,053. The population density is 279.6 people per km². Riverdale Park is located at 37.6022°N, 121.0395°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95358.

Riverdale Park occupies a quiet stretch of the Central Valley where the Tuolumne River carves a slow, deliberate path through the alluvial soil. It lies 3.6 miles southwest of Modesto, CA (from Modesto, CA: bearing 236°T), and is situated 5.3 miles west of Ceres. This landscape holds a stillness born of long, rainless summers, where the light at dusk turns the dry grasses into a bruised gold that clings to the horizon. In the distance, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Coast Ranges rises against the sky, a reminder of the tectonic weight shifting beneath the dusty plains. Riverdale Park serves as a quiet witness to the seasonal pulse of the region, where the air smells of sun-baked earth and the steady, rhythmic persistence of water moving through the silt.

Agriculture defines the economy of Riverdale Park, with orchards and rows of crops radiating outward like a structured grid across the flat, fertile basin. The history of the area is tied to the management of these waters, a legacy that remains visible in the irrigation ditches that pattern the fields. While Del Puerto Canyon lies to the west as a rugged, geological contrast to the cultivated floor, the immediate vicinity remains dedicated to the patient labor of harvest and growth. Residents find a familiar refuge at Riverdale Park, a local space that offers a reprieve from the heat, while the distant, deep blue of Woodward Reservoir remains a rare, static point of water in an otherwise shifting, industrious landscape.

About This Riverdale Park Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Riverdale Park, California. Coordinates: 37.602223, -121.039495. 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 Riverdale Park includes the ZIP code (95358), telephone area code (408, 669), county seat of Stanislaus County (Modesto), and school district assignment (Modesto City Elementary 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.