Ross California Map

About Ross, California

Ross is a locality in Sonoma County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,338. The population density is 579.4 people per km². Ross is located at 37.9638°N, 122.5616°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Ross is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 95472, 94957.

Ross sits within a sheltered valley floor where the afternoon light thickens, turning the air into a pale, golden suspension that settles over the oak-dappled landscape. It lies 7.2 miles south-southwest of Windsor, CA (from Windsor, CA: bearing 212°T), and is situated 9.4 miles west of Santa Rosa. Green Valley Creek traces a quiet path through the low-lying terrain, its banks providing a cool, shaded corridor for the local flora while the Atascadero Creek Marsh Ecological Reserve preserves the damp, quiet pulse of the valley bottom. Beyond the immediate canopy, the land rises into gentle, tinder-dry slopes that define the horizon, their contours softened by the shadows of passing clouds. The atmosphere here carries a weight of silence, broken only by the rustle of dry grasses or the sudden, sharp call of a bird navigating the dense thickets near the water.

Ross maintains a character defined by its quiet residential estates and a deeply ingrained sense of privacy that has persisted since its early days as a collection of pastoral land grants. The local economy is largely absent of industry, favoring instead the preservation of historic architecture and the maintenance of a deliberate, slow-moving pace that keeps the modern rush at a distance. Residents move through their days with a steady, practiced ease, often walking the shaded lanes that wind toward the distant foothills, far from the frantic energy of the larger urban centers. While the distant Coast Ranges remain a hazy, jagged silhouette on the far horizon, the life of Ross remains focused inward, centered on the preservation of its wooded privacy and the quiet, enduring rhythm of its seasonal change.

About This Ross Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ross, California. Coordinates: 37.963821, -122.561614. 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 Ross includes the ZIP code (95472, 94957), telephone area code (408, 669, 510), county seat of Sonoma County (Santa Rosa), and school district assignment (Tamalpais Union High 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.