Vista Santa Rosa California Map
Explore Vista Santa Rosa, 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 Vista Santa Rosa, California
How to Use This Vista Santa Rosa, California Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Vista Santa Rosa, 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 Vista Santa Rosa.
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.
| City | Vista Santa Rosa |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Riverside County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 33.621451 |
| Longitude | -116.208816 |
| Population | 2,607 |
| Density | 62.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 92274 |
| Area Code | 714 |
| County Seat | Riverside |
| School District | Coachella Valley Unified School District |
About Vista Santa Rosa, California
Vista Santa Rosa is a locality in Riverside County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,607. The population density is 62.6 people per km². Vista Santa Rosa is located at 33.6215°N, 116.2088°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 92274.Vista Santa Rosa emerges from the sun-bleached expanse of the inland basin as a quiet intersection of dust and irrigation, where the heat holds a dry, steady weight against the skin. It lies 4.4 miles southwest of Coachella, CA (from Coachella, CA: bearing 215°T), and is situated 6.4 miles south of Indio. The landscape is defined by the vast, open plains that stretch toward the jagged silhouette of the Santa Rosa Mountains, which anchor the horizon fourteen miles to the southwest with their deep, bruised shadows. Nearby, the arid topography is fractured by the deep incisions of Devil Canyon, while the landscape softens slightly toward the ecological sanctuary of the Santa Rosa Wildlife Area. The light here does not play; it asserts itself, turning the low-lying scrub and open earth into shades of pale ochre and bone-white, an effect intensified by the proximity of Lake Cahuilla, which offers a singular, reflective stillness in the middle of the parched surroundings.
History in Vista Santa Rosa is written in the steady reclamation of the desert floor, where the economy remains tied to the cycles of agriculture and the patient cultivation of the soil. The Whitewater River moves with a fickle, seasonal temper five miles away, a reminder of the vital, hidden veins that sustain the local groves and fields. Life here moves with a deliberate, rhythmic pace, far removed from the frantic density of the state’s urban centers, favoring the quiet toil of equestrian properties and small-scale farming that define the local character. Those seeking the rugged solitude of the terrain often look toward the Cactus Spring Trail, where the silence of the desert remains undisturbed by the modern world. In this place, the horizon is wide and indifferent, and the people of Vista Santa Rosa live in a constant, quiet negotiation with the sun.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Santa Rosa Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 208° SW
- Santa Rosa And San Jacinto National Monument (National Monument) — 3.3 mi, 195° S · 280k acres
- Santa Rosa-San Jacinto Mountains National Monument (National Monument) — 3.3 mi, 195° S · 195k acres
- Santa Rosa Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 3.3 mi, 195° S · 95k acres
- Lake Cahuilla Recreation Area (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 272° W
- Early Indian Fish Traps (Historic Ruins) — 3.5 mi, 190° S
- Cahuila Petroglyphs (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 187° S
- Road Trip (Public Artwork) — 4.9 mi, 315° NW
- Thomas P. Genovese Memorial (Monument) — 6.3 mi, 307° NW
- Coachella Valley History Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 353° N
- Mecca Hills Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 7.2 mi, 070° E · 31k acres
- San Bernardino National Forest (National Forest) — 7.8 mi, 251° W · 683k acres
- Peninsular Ranges Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 8.5 mi, 176° S
- Chuckwalla Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 10.0 mi, 073° E
- Coachella Valley Vista (Viewpoint) — 11.2 mi, 280° W
- Expressframe (Monument) — 11.3 mi, 308° NW
- Hohmann (Gallery) — 11.3 mi, 309° NW
- Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 12.0 mi, 331° NW · 7,243 acres
- Desert Holocaust Memorial (Monument) — 12.4 mi, 308° NW
- Artists Center at The Galen (Gallery) — 13.1 mi, 303° NW
- Joshua Tree National Park (National Park) — 13.3 mi, 034° NE · 784k acres
- Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (State Park) — 13.3 mi, 179° S
- Pushwalla Palms (Nature Reserve) — 14.7 mi, 344° N
- Hidden Palms (Nature Reserve) — 14.7 mi, 339° N
- Sunnylands Center & Gardens (Attraction) — 15.9 mi, 314° NW
- Costa Mesa Lot (Attraction) — 16.0 mi, 107° E
- Salton Sea History Museum & Visitor Center (Museum) — 17.1 mi, 114° SE
- The Show (Theatre) — 17.6 mi, 320° NW
- Theater (Theatre) — 17.8 mi, 311° NW
- Mary Pickford Theatre (Cinema) — 18.3 mi, 307° NW
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About This Vista Santa Rosa Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Vista Santa Rosa, California. Coordinates: 33.621451, -116.208816. 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 Vista Santa Rosa includes the ZIP code (92274), telephone area code (714), county seat of Riverside County (Riverside), and school district assignment (Coachella Valley 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
