Swall Meadows California Map

About Swall Meadows, California

Swall Meadows is a locality in Mono County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 335. The population density is 37.5 people per km². Swall Meadows is located at 37.5061°N, 118.6426°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93514.

Swall Meadows exists as a quiet testament to high desert resilience. It lies 66.0 miles north-east of Heights, CA (from Heights, CA: bearing 40°T), and is situated 7.1 miles south-east of Crowley Lake. Sagebrush, tenacious and silvered, carpets the undulating terrain, punctuated by the stark, sculptural forms of ancient junipers. The air here, especially in the liminal hours of dawn and dusk, carries a crystalline clarity, sharp with the scent of dry earth and distant pine. Granite outcrops, weathered into fantastical shapes by wind and ice, punctuate the landscape, their grey surfaces catching the sun like forgotten embers. A low hum of insect life, a constant, subtle symphony, underscores the profound silence that often settles over Swall Meadows, a silence that feels less like an absence of sound and more like a fullness of being. The story of Swall Meadows is one of hardy endeavor, a quiet echo of the mining booms that once vibrated through the broader region. Though the veins of ore have long since yielded their riches, the spirit of self-reliance persists, shaping the local economy into a mosaic of ranching and small-scale agriculture. The Owens River, a silver thread in the vastness, provides a vital artery for life, its banks a haven for riparian flora and the occasional, watchful deer. While no grand universities or bustling metropolises define Swall Meadows, its character is etched in the stoic faces of its inhabitants and the slow, deliberate rhythm of days governed by the sun and the seasons, a place where the vastness of the eastern Sierra Nevada forms an ever-present, awe-inspiring backdrop.

About This Swall Meadows Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Swall Meadows, California — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.5061, -118.6426. 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 Swall Meadows and Mono County.

Detailed location data for Swall Meadows includes the ZIP code (93514), telephone area code (760), county seat of Mono County (Bridgeport), and school district assignment (Bishop Unified School District (9-12)). 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 Swall Meadows is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.