Zamora California Map

About Zamora, California

Zamora is a locality in Yolo County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Zamora is located at 38.7966°N, 121.8819°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 95698.

Zamora exists as a quiet anchor upon the broad, flat expanse of the agricultural plains, defined by the slow, deliberate movement of Willow Spring Creek as it meanders through the landscape. It lies 10.0 miles northwest of Woodland, CA (from Woodland, CA: bearing 324°T), and is situated 19.0 miles north-northwest of Davis. The horizon remains wide and unobstructed, offering a view of the distant Coast Ranges that rim the world in shades of pale violet during the long, dry afternoons. The terrain surrounding Zamora stays parched and golden throughout the summer months, a sun-bleached mosaic of fields that stretch toward the shadows of Oat Valley. There is a singular clarity to the light here, a sharp, unblinking brightness that renders the fences and silos with the crispness of a woodcut print, grounding every structure firmly into the dry earth.

Agriculture remains the singular pulse of Zamora, as the economy relies upon the deep, alluvial soil that has supported generations of cultivation. The proximity to Cache Creek Nature Preserve provides a stark reminder of the wilder, riparian corridors that once defined this region before the grid of irrigation and transit took hold. While modern life moves with the hum of the nearby freeway, the daily rhythm of Zamora retains a stoic patience, favoring the steady work of the harvest over the frantic pace of the urban centers further south. Life here is measured in the changing colors of the crops and the seasonal shifts in the wind, a place where the stillness of the inland plains offers a profound, unspoken weight to the passing of the day.

About This Zamora Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Zamora, California. Coordinates: 38.796568, -121.881912. 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 Zamora includes the ZIP code (95698), telephone area code (530), county seat of Yolo County (Woodland), and school district assignment.

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.