Salton Sea Beach California Map

About Salton Sea Beach, California

Salton Sea Beach is a locality in Imperial County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 453. The population density is 608.2 people per km². Salton Sea Beach is located at 33.3750°N, 116.0119°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 92274.

Salton Sea Beach unfurls along the arid edge of a vast, inland sea, a place where the sun bleaches the skeletal remains of palm trees and the air hums with a dry, persistent warmth. It lies 23.1 miles south-south-east of Coachella, CA (from Coachella, CA: bearing 156°T), and is situated 6.2 miles north-north-west of Salton City. The landscape here is a stark, beautiful testament to geological forces and human intervention, a flat expanse meeting a shimmering, often opaque horizon. Dust devils dance across the cracked earth, their ephemeral forms mirroring the transient nature of the human settlements that have sprung up and faded around this unique body of water. The light, especially as dusk approaches, casts long, indigo shadows that bleed into the muted tones of the desert scrub, lending a surreal, almost dreamlike quality to the endless sky. This stretch of shore is a whisper of a more hopeful past, a place where dreams of a desert Riviera once shimmered, fueled by the accidental creation of the Salton Sea itself. Once, this was a vibrant resort area, its economy tied to the booming tourism of the mid-20th century, echoing with the laughter of vacationers. Now, the economy here is more subdued, a quiet hum of agriculture in the surrounding fertile lands, the lifeblood of Imperial County, providing a stark contrast to the languid, almost forgotten feel of Salton Sea Beach itself. The air, thick with the scent of distant citrus groves and the mineral tang of the sea, carries stories of boom and bust, of a community clinging to the edge of a marvel, a man-made anomaly that continues to shape its destiny.

About This Salton Sea Beach Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Salton Sea Beach, California with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Salton Sea Beach and Imperial County.

Detailed location data for Salton Sea Beach includes the ZIP code (92274), telephone area code (714), county seat of Imperial County (El Centro), and school district assignment (Coachella Valley Unified School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Salton Sea Beach is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.