Riverside California Map

About Riverside, California

Riverside is a locality in Sacramento County, California, United States. With a population of 314,998, Riverside is a major urban centre in California. The population density is 1497.2 people per km². Riverside is located at 33.9381°N, 117.3932°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Riverside is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 95822, 92506, 95354.

Riverside stretches across a vast, sun-drenched plain where the light turns the dry grasses to the color of pale straw as the afternoon wanes. It lies 3.4 miles west of Lemon Hill, CA (from Lemon Hill, CA: bearing 272°T), and is situated 4.5 miles south-southwest of Sacramento. The Sacramento River carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its steady flow providing a cool, dark contrast to the heat that radiates from the earth. To the far horizon, the blue silhouettes of the Coast Ranges rise against the sky, standing as silent sentinels over the flat expanse. Within the immediate reach of the terrain, Joseph Reichmuth Park offers a quiet expanse of open ground, while the nearby depression of the Putah Creek Sinks holds the memory of winter rains. A mile away, the stillness of Lake Greenhaven mirrors the shifting clouds, marking a point of stillness in a region defined by the slow, persistent movement of water and wind.

Riverside maintains a quiet industry rooted in the labor of the soil and the legacy of those who first broke this ground for the harvest. The rhythm of daily life here remains tethered to the cycles of the agricultural season, a tradition that persists even as modern commerce finds its footing in the local economy. Those who seek movement often turn toward the Jedediah Smith Trail, where the path tracks the quiet edges of the terrain, far from the frantic pace of larger hubs. There is a distinct, grounded character to Riverside that emerges in the way the architecture clings to the level land, favoring utility and endurance over ornamentation. In the cooling air of evening, the shadows lengthen across the fields, emphasizing the quiet persistence of a place that values the steady, unadorned work of the day.

About This Riverside Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Riverside, California. Coordinates: 33.938143, -117.393168. 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 Riverside includes the ZIP code (95822, 92506, 95354), telephone area code (408, 669, 909), county seat of Sacramento County (Sacramento), and school district assignment (Riverside 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.