Sunnyside California Map

About Sunnyside, California

Sunnyside is a locality in Tehama County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,627. The population density is 933.9 people per km². Sunnyside is located at 36.7294°N, 119.6945°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 96145, 93727.

Sunnyside occupies a landscape defined by the rhythmic pulse of Buttermilk Creek, which carves a persistent path through the dry, golden-grassed plains. It lies 40.5 miles southwest of Red Bluff, CA (from Red Bluff, CA: bearing 235°T), and is situated 57.1 miles south-southwest of Redding. The air here holds a clarity that sharpens the edges of the oak savanna, where the light at dusk turns the earth a deep, burnished copper before the long shadows of the distant Cascade Range settle against the horizon. To the west, the rugged boundaries of Mendocino National Forest offer a wild, untamed counterpoint to the orderly, sun-bleached fields, while the nearby Eury Glade provides a shallow, grassy basin that catches the afternoon heat. During the height of the summer, the stillness is broken only by the dry rustle of wind through brush, a sound that echoes the quiet, measured pace of life that defines the daily experience of Sunnyside.

Economic life in Sunnyside remains tethered to the land, drawing sustenance from the seasonal cycles that dictate the rhythms of the surrounding woodland and the sparse, hardy agriculture of the interior. Generations have looked toward the timbered slopes of Mendocino National Forest for both resource and recreation, maintaining a connection to the geography that persists even as the modern world encroaches from the periphery. Those who seek to traverse the terrain often follow the Buttermilk Trail, a narrow artery that traces the land’s natural contours and offers a vantage point over the parched, resilient topography. While Dry Lake Reservoir waits seventeen miles away as a testament to the necessity of water in this arid climate, the residents of Sunnyside continue to cultivate a culture of endurance, marked by a sturdy independence that mirror the stark, unadorned beauty of the inland plains.

About This Sunnyside Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sunnyside, California. Coordinates: 36.729419, -119.694505. 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 Sunnyside includes the ZIP code (96145, 93727), telephone area code (760), county seat of Tehama County (Red Bluff), and school district assignment (Fresno 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.