Riverside California Map

About Riverside, California

Riverside is a locality in Stanislaus 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 expands across a sun-drenched basin where the heat of the afternoon settles into the dry, golden grass and the low-slung architecture of the valley floor. It lies 2.7 miles east of Modesto, CA (from Modesto, CA: bearing 92°T), and is situated 3.0 miles north of Ceres. The landscape maintains a quiet, inland stillness, far removed from the cooling influence of the distant Coast Ranges that rim the horizon like a jagged, violet hem. Nearby, the water of the Tuolumne River moves with a muted, steady persistence through the terrain, while the quiet surface of Naraghi Lake catches the sharp, unwavering glare of the midday sun. Within the local sprawl, Riverside Park offers a patch of maintained green, a place where the air hangs heavy with the scent of parched earth and the persistent, rhythmic hum of cicadas in the heat.

Agriculture and the legacy of the citrus trade define the structural memory of Riverside, anchoring its development in the transformation of arid plains into orderly, irrigation-fed rows. The economy has shifted over time, moving from the labor of the groves into a complex grid of academic institutions and regional commerce that keeps the pace of the day brisk and purposeful. Residents move between the older, shaded streets and the modern thoroughfares, their routines marked by the long, clear shadows of dusk that stretch across the concrete. There is a distinct, sharp clarity to the light here, a quality that illuminates the dust motes and the clean lines of the buildings, grounding Riverside in a reality that is both utilitarian and strangely luminous as the day begins to fade.

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 Stanislaus County (Modesto), 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.