Welcome to Santa Rita Peak ...

Santa Rita Peak is located in San Benito County<1>.

Santa Rita Peak is 5,160 feet [1,573 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Santa Rita Peak is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Santa Rita Peak lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Santa Rita Peak: 831

Communities near Santa Rita Peak ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Santa Rita Peak.

• Coalinga
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalinga
  • Coalinga is located in Fresno County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,591 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coalinga <3>
• New Idria ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Idria
  • New Idria is located in San Benito County
  • New Idria has also been known as:
  • Idria
• Giffen Cantua Ranch
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giffen Cantua Ranch
  • Giffen Cantua Ranch is located in Fresno County
• Panoche Junction
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panoche Junction
  • Panoche Junction is located in Fresno County
• Cantua Creek
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantua Creek
  • Cantua Creek is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cantua Creek <3>
• Parkfield Junction
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkfield Junction
  • Parkfield Junction is located in Fresno County
• Panoche
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panoche
  • Panoche is located in San Benito County
• Bitterwater
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bitterwater
  • Bitterwater is located in San Benito County
• San Lucas
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Lucas
  • San Lucas is located in Monterey County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Lucas <3>
• Five Points
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
  • Five Points is located in Fresno County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Five Points <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Santa Rita Peak ...

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