The location of Alum Rock
Welcome to Alum Rock ...
Alum Rock is located in Santa Clara County.
Alum Rock is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<1>.
Time Zone: Alum Rock lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area codes for Alum Rock: (408) & (669)<2>
Communities near Alum Rock ...
A sample of nearby communities can be found below.
Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance and not the distance if you drove.<3>.
| Community | 2017<4> Population | Dir | Distance |
| Cupertino [Map] | 60,777 | W | 11 miles [17.7 km] |
| Fremont [Map] | 234,962 | NW | 15 miles [24.1 km] |
| Milpitas [Map] | 78,106 | NW | 6 miles [9.7 km] |
| Mountain View [Map] | 81,438 | W | 14 miles [22.5 km] |
| Newark [Map] | 47,531 | NW | 16 miles [25.7 km] |
| Palo Alto [Map] | 67,178 | W | 18 miles [29 km] |
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Nearby Page for Alum Rock.
Communities Also Named Alum Rock ...
Using our Gazetteer, we have found another community named Alum Rock - it's located in Pennsylvania.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alum Rock.
See Our Genealogy Helper Page ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
- We have a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Alum Rock. If available, we provide a satellite view of the cemetery.
- Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alum Rock. Our list includes information such as whether the community had a post office or railroad service in 1895.
- We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alum Rock.
These sections can be found on our Genealogy Helper Page for Alum Rock:
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alum Rock ...
Looking for more information about Alum Rock? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
Looking for more information about Alum Rock? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Alum Rock, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Alum Rock.
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Off-the-Road Links ...
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The official website for Santa Clara County: www.sccgov.org/
The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Alum Rock - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <2> | Area code (669) is an overlay for area code (408). |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alum Rock) to Point B. If you need the driving distance, we recommend that you use one of the Mapping Services listed on our Map Page for Alum Rock. Since we usually use Google Maps, we've provided the following link: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from Alum Rock Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alum Rock. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.3670, Longitude: -121.8267 [Map]. |
| <4> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Alum Rock. |