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www.rocklin.ca.us. Rocklin is a city in Placer County, California, United States, about 22 miles (35 km) from Sacramento, and about 6.1 miles (9.8 km) northeast of Roseville in the Sacramento metropolitan area. Besides Roseville, it shares borders with Granite Bay, Loomis and Lincoln. As of the 2020 census, Rocklin's population was 71,601.
1655912. Website. www.colfax-ca.gov. Colfax (formerly Alden Grove, Alder Grove, Illinoistown, and Upper Corral) is a city in Placer County, California, [4] at the crossroads of Interstate 80 and State Route 174. The population was 1,963 at the 2010 census.
The Central Valley is a broad, elongated, flat valley that dominates the interior of California. It is 40–60 mi (60–100 km) wide and runs approximately 450 mi (720 km) from north-northwest to south-southeast, inland from and parallel to the Pacific coast of the state. It covers approximately 18,000 sq mi (47,000 km 2), [1] about 11% of ...
Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of lowest elevation in North America, at 282 feet (86 m) below sea level. [1] It is 84.6 miles (136.2 km) east-southeast of Mount Whitney — the highest point in the contiguous United States , with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). [ 4 ]
Kingman Reef high point – less than 7 feet (2 m) [92] Midway Atoll, Sand Island high point – 50 feet (15 m) [92] – The highest point of the U.S. minor outlying islands in the Pacific Ocean. Navassa Island high point – 280 feet (85 m) [91] – The highest point of all the U.S. minor outlying islands.
Auburn is a city in and the county seat of Placer County, California, United States. [9] Its population was 13,776 during the 2020 census. Auburn is known for its California Gold Rush history and is registered as a California Historical Landmark. [10] Auburn is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area.
Interstate 80 (I-80) is a transcontinental Interstate Highway in the United States, stretching from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey.The segment of I-80 in California runs east from San Francisco across the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge to Oakland, where it turns north and crosses the Carquinez Bridge before turning back northeast through the Sacramento Valley.
Mount Shasta (/ ˈʃæstə / SHASS-tə; Shasta: Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki; [5] Karuk: Úytaahkoo) [6] is a potentially active [7] volcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California. At an elevation of 14,179 ft (4,322 m), it is the second-highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth-highest in the state.