Madera

Madera sits in the San Joaquin Valley in California, where irrigated farmland spreads across the Central Valley west of the Sierra Nevada. The city is the seat of Madera County and developed in 1876 as a railroad shipping point for timber brought down from the mountains; its name is Spanish for “wood.” Agriculture remains central to the area, with vineyards, orchards and field crops surrounding the urban centre. Madera retains the practical character of a Central Valley service town, while Yosemite National Park lies northeast in the Sierra Nevada. View additional webcams nearby to better understand how Madera connects with the San Joaquin Valley and the Sierra Nevada.

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