Coordinates: 38°15′11″N120°20′59″W / 38.25306°N 120.34972°W
A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position; alternatively, a geographic position may be expressed in a combined three-dimensional Cartesian vector. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation. To specify a location on a plane requires a map projection.
| Lilac Park | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Lilac Park Location in California  Lilac Park Lilac Park (the US) | |
| Coordinates: 38°15′11″N120°20′59″W / 38.25306°N 120.34972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Calaveras County |
| Elevation [1] | 4,167 ft (1,270 m) |
Lilac Park is an unincorporated community in Arnold, California in Calaveras County, California. Lilac Park Subdivision was approved by the CA Dept of Real Estate in February 1956. Arnold Lilac Park Homeowners Association (ALPHA) was incorporated on February 23, 1959. There are 205 home sites in ALPHA, not all are improved. The east side of Lilac Park sits atop Rocky Ridge (a.k.a. Grizzly Ridge) and the west side follows SR 4. The community rests on a west facing slope.
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
Arnold is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 3,843 at the 2010 census, down from 4,218 at the 2000 census. Arnold is located on State Route 4.
Calaveras County, officially the County of Calaveras, is a county in the northern portion of the U.S. state, California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 40,171. The county seat is San Andreas. Angels Camp is the only incorporated city in the county. Calaveras is the Spanish word for skulls; the county was reportedly named for the remains of Native Americans discovered by the Spanish explorer Captain Gabriel Moraga.
The bottom of Lilac Park lies at an elevation of 4167 feet (1270 m). The top of the ridge has an elevation of 4510 feet.
