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Welcome to El Camino ...

El Camino is located in Tehama County<1>.

El Camino is 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: El Camino lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for El Camino: 530 & 837<3>

Communities Also Named El Camino ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named El Camino - it's located in Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for El Camino.

Communities near El Camino ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near El Camino.

  • Red Bluff
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Corning
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Los Molinos
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Rawson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Rawson is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
  • Vina
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Kirkwood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Kirkwood is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
  • Rancho Tehama Reserve
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Bend
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Bend is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bend
  • Flournoy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Capay
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Capay is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around El Camino. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for El Camino.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of El Camino. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around El Camino.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around El Camino. See our Newspapers Page for El Camino.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for El Camino ...

Looking for more information about El Camino? 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 El Camino, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for El Camino.

Adding El Camino to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of El Camino in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for El Camino was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for El Camino.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Tehama, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around El Camino - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the El Camino area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the El Camino area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.