Enter your search query in the box below.

San Joaquin California Map

Explore San Joaquin, California, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of San Joaquin, California

How to Use This San Joaquin, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for San Joaquin, California. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of California or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to San Joaquin.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

CitySan Joaquin
StateCalifornia (CA)
CountyFresno County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezonePacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)
Latitude36.606616
Longitude-120.189045
Population3,701
Density1193.8 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code93660
Area Code760
County SeatFresno
School DistrictGolden Plains Unified School District

About San Joaquin, California

San Joaquin is a locality in Fresno County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,701. The population density is 1193.8 people per km². San Joaquin is located at 36.6066°N, 120.1890°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. San Joaquin is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 93660.

San Joaquin occupies a flat, expansive reach of the Central Valley where the horizon stretches thin and pale under a relentless, sun-bleached sky. It lies 10.8 miles southwest of Kerman, CA (from Kerman, CA: bearing 222°T), and is situated 14.7 miles southeast of Mendota. The earth here is a deep, fertile loam, structured by the orderly geometry of rows that pull the eye toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sierra Nevada. Within the quiet boundaries of San Joaquin Community Park, the air holds a stillness that gathers as the heat of the afternoon wanes, turning the light into a thick, golden syrup that clings to the dry grasses. Only two miles away, the slow, deliberate current of Fresno Slough traces a green ribbon through the basin, offering a cooler breath to a landscape that otherwise feels defined by the patience of the sun.

Farmers and laborers have long animated the life of San Joaquin, anchoring the regional economy to the cultivation of the soil and the seasonal rhythms of harvest. The legacy of the area is written in the irrigation ditches and the steady hum of machinery that marks the passage of the working day, a practical existence far removed from the frantic pace of the coast. Eleven miles to the south, the waters of Fresno Slough continue to shape the character of the flatlands, serving as a silent witness to the generations who have worked this ground. San Joaquin remains a place where the quiet weight of the land dictates the speed of life, leaving residents to measure time not by clocks, but by the subtle shifting of the shadows across the fields and the seasonal rotation of the crops.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • San Joaquin Community Park (Local Park) — locality lies within
  • Mendota Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.3 mi, 321° NW
  • Tranquillity Land Retirement Demonstration Site (Recreation Easement) — 6.5 mi, 272° W
  • Kerman Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.8 mi, 000° N
  • Panoche/coalinga Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 18.6 mi, 240° SW
  • Cantua Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 19.5 mi, 226° SW · 4,697 acres
  • Forestiere Underground Gardens (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 051° NE
  • Veterans Memorial Auditorium (Theatre) — 22.1 mi, 123° SE
  • Fresno Chaffee Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 22.6 mi, 064° NE
  • 1821 Gallery & Studios (Public Artwork) — 23.5 mi, 067° NE
  • Fresno Metropolitan Museum (Museum) — 23.7 mi, 067° NE
  • Spectrum Gallery (Gallery) — 23.8 mi, 064° NE
  • The Arts Annex (Arts Centre) — 23.9 mi, 064° NE
  • Sierra Sky Park Historical Marker (Monument) — 23.9 mi, 048° NE
  • Roger Rocka's Dinner Theater (Theatre) — 23.9 mi, 064° NE
  • Silva Salazar Studios (Gallery) — 24.0 mi, 069° E
  • Fig Tree Gallery (Gallery) — 24.0 mi, 069° E
  • St. Dulce (Arts Centre) — 24.1 mi, 063° NE
  • Fresno Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 24.2 mi, 068° E
  • Abby Needham Plaque (Monument) — 25.0 mi, 016° N
  • Panoche Hills South Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 27.0 mi, 273° W · 11k acres
  • Fresno Discovery Center (Museum) — 27.7 mi, 066° NE
  • Friant Roulette (Viewpoint) — 28.9 mi, 052° NE
  • Truck (Historic Ruins) — 29.9 mi, 244° SW
  • Clear Creek (Wild & Scenic River) — 30.1 mi, 239° SW · 10k acres
  • Vehicle (Historic Ruins) — 30.3 mi, 244° SW
  • Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 51.1 mi, 072° E · 1.1M acres
  • Pinnacles National Park (National Park) — 51.2 mi, 262° W · 27k acres
  • Sierra National Forest (National Forest) — 51.4 mi, 045° NE · 1.3M acres
  • Yosemite National Park (National Park) — 68.0 mi, 025° NE · 743k acres

Latest News: San Joaquin

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News

Loading news-world…

About This San Joaquin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of San Joaquin, California. Coordinates: 36.606616, -120.189045. 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 San Joaquin includes the ZIP code (93660), telephone area code (760), county seat of Fresno County (Fresno), and school district assignment (Golden Plains Unified School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

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.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.