El Portal

El Portal is a census-designated place in , , United States. It is located 11.5 miles west-southwest of , at an elevation of 1,939 feet. The population was 372 at the 2020 census, down from 474 at the 2010 census.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 474 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Mariposa County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “El Portal, CA” and “El Portal, California”
  • Postal code: 95318

Places of Interest

Highlights include El Portal Elementary School and Bagby Stationhouse, Water Tanks and Turntable.

School
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Building
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The are associated with the Yosemite Valley Railroad, which ran from to El Portal at the entrance to .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yosemite West and Foresta.

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is a small community in , , is accessed via roads in . It is bordered on the west by Sierra National Forest.

Hamlet
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is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in , within . is situated 2½ miles northeast of El Portal.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , . It sits on the south bank of the in the Merced River Canyon, 4 miles west-southwest of El Portal. is situated 4 miles west of El Portal.

El Portal

Latitude
37.6747° or 37° 40′ 29″ north
Longitude
-119.7841° or 119° 47′ 3″ west
Population
474
Elevation
1,939 feet (591 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US EPQ
Open location code
8592M6F8+V9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150977105
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
5345795
Wiki­data ID
Q2855863
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Satellite Map

Discover El Portal from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“El Portal” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “El Portal”
  • Cebuano: “El Portal”
  • Chechen: “Ель-Портал”
  • Chinese: “El Portal”
  • Chinese: “埃爾波托爾”
  • Croatian: “El Portal”
  • Dutch: “El Portal”
  • French: “El Portal (Californie)”
  • French: “El Portal”
  • German: “El Portal”
  • Gilaki: “ال پؤرتال”
  • Irish: “El Portal”
  • Italian: “El Portal”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “El Portal”
  • Ladin: “El Portal”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “El Portal”
  • Persian: “ال پورتال، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “ال پورتال”
  • Polish: “El Portal”
  • Serbian: “Ел Портал”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “El Portal, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “El Portal”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ال پورتال، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “El Portal (California)”
  • Spanish: “El Portal”
  • Tatar: “Ель-Портал”
  • Turkish: “El Portal”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Портал”

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