Yolo California Map

About Yolo, California

Yolo is a locality in Yolo County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 425. The population density is 119.5 people per km². Yolo is located at 38.7318°N, 121.8077°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95697.

Yolo emerges from the flat, alluvial expanse of the Sacramento Valley, where the horizon stretches wide under a vast, unblinking sky. It lies 4.1 miles north-northwest of Woodland, CA (from Woodland, CA: bearing 333°T), and is situated 19.8 miles west-northwest of Sacramento. Cache Creek carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its seasonal currents defining the rhythm of the soil and the moisture that sustains the surrounding fields. During the height of summer, the grasses turn a brittle, pale gold, shivering under the weight of an intense, dry heat that seems to press the very air against the earth. Far to the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of the Coast Ranges marks the limit of the view, standing as a distant, blue-gray barrier against the Pacific light. The landscape feels patient, defined by the slow movement of water and the quiet accumulation of silt that has formed this fertile basin over millennia.

Yolo maintains a character deeply tethered to the cycles of agriculture, reflecting a heritage built on the cultivation of rich, dark earth. The local economy persists as a quiet engine of production, where the labor of the harvest dictates the pace of the day more effectively than any clock. Beyond the immediate grid of the streets, the Cache Creek Settling Basin and the nearby space of Gary Traynham Park offer a reprieve, providing a necessary breath of open ground for the local flora and fauna. While the distant water of Lake Berryessa remains a singular point of interest for those seeking the stillness of a reservoir, the people of Yolo find their own measure of peace in the steady, repetitive work of the orchards and the fields. Life here is measured by the changing colors of the crop rows and the long, amber shadows that lengthen across the plains as the sun dips behind the western rim of the world.

About This Yolo Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Yolo, California. Coordinates: 38.731848, -121.807743. 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 Yolo includes the ZIP code (95697), telephone area code (530), county seat of Yolo County (Woodland), and school district assignment (Woodland Joint 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.