Where in the World is Turlock?

Turlock is in the center of the San Joaquin Valley. Its culture has a variety of cultural influences including its agricultural heritage and the many influences of the San Francisco Bay Area. Turlock has shown a tremendous surge in economic and business development in recent years. Turlock's attractive and newly-renovated downtown area is now augmented by impressive business expansion along the Highway 99 corridor. Yet, with all of the new development, the bedrock economic foundation of our area is primarily agricultural. By driving just a few miles outside of the attractive housing developments within the city limits, you'll find thousands of acres of almond trees, grape vines, and fruit trees. The city of Modesto (popluation 185,000 plus) is twenty minutes away north, and Fresno (population 400,00 plus) is one and one half hours away to the south.

Our community boasts the presence of California State University Stanislaus , a university community with thousands of students. Educational, civic, athletic, and cultural events are available to the community.

Turlock is enriched by a rich ethnic diversity. In additon to the Anglo, Hispanic, African-American and Asian populace, we are host to a large number of Assyrian-Americans, East Indian-Americans, and Portuguese-Americans.

Turlock is within driving distance of many outstanding California scenic landmarks. We are just two hours away from downtown San Francisco; two hours away from the romantic California coastline; two hours away from Yosemite National Park and other California national parks. The coastal range mountains to the west and the breath-taking Sierra Nevada range to the east are visible from our streets.

Springtime begins early in the year. Our summers in Turlock are long, and sunshine is plentiful. From late April until middle November, it is sunny almost every day. The nightly delta breeze makes a summer  evening walk refreshing. The fall months provide us with sunny days and cool nights. Our rainfall (only around 15 inches per year) normally occurs during the months of November through February, months that are also dominated by a genuine cold and extended fog.

There are two public high schools located in the Turlock Unified School district (Turlock High School, and the new Pitman High School). Turlock also hots an excellent Christian school, Turlock Christian. Turlock Junior High School, Dutcher School and several rural schools graduate Jr. High students into the High School. There are numerous public and private elementary schools withing the community.

The smaller communities of Denair, Hughson, Keyes, Stevinson, Ballico, Hilmar, Delhi, Livingston, and several others surround the larger city of Turlock.