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Welcome to Rices Junction ...

Rices Junction is located in Santa Cruz County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Rices Junction: Rices Jct. (or less commonly used: Rices Jctn.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Rices Junction for more information about variations on the name of Rices Junction.

Rices Junction is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Rices Junction ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rices Junction.

  • San Jose
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Jose
    • San Jose is located in Santa Clara County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013,616 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Jose <3>
  • Sunnyvale
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Santa Clara
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain View
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Palo Alto
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Santa Cruz
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Cupertino
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Campbell
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Saratoga
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Los Altos
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)

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 Rices Junction. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rices Junction.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rices Junction. 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 Rices Junction.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rices Junction ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Santa Cruz, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Rices Junction - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.