Granite Bay, California

Granite Bay, California
Census-designated place
Welcome to Granite Bay sign
Location in Placer County and the state of California
Granite Bay, California Location in the United States
Coordinates: 38°44′55″N 121°10′47″W / 38.74861°N 121.17972°W / 38.74861; -121.17972Coordinates: 38°44′55″N 121°10′47″W / 38.74861°N 121.17972°W / 38.74861; -121.17972
Country	United States
State	California
County	Placer
Government
• State Senator	Ted Gaines (R)
• Assemblymember	Kevin Kiley (R)
• U. S. Rep.	(R)
Area
• Total	21.572 sq mi (55.870 km2)
• Land	21.528 sq mi (55.757 km2)
• Water	0.044 sq mi (0.113 km2)  0.20%
Elevation	430 ft (131 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	20,402
• Density	950/sq mi (370/km2)
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code	95746
Area code	916
FIPS code	06-30693
GNIS feature ID	1853392

Granite Bay is a census-designated place (CDP) in Placer County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 20,402 at the 2010 census, up from 19,388 at the 2000 census. The ZIP code is 95746 or 95661. Granite Bay is a primarily residential suburb of Sacramento located just east of Roseville and west of Folsom Lake.

Granite Bay is located at 38°44′55″N 121°10′47″W / 38.74861°N 121.17972°W / 38.74861; -121.17972 (38.748504, -121.179793).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 21.6 square miles (56 km²), of which, 21.5 square miles (56 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) of it (0.20%) is water. The place name, Granite Bay, is derived from a bay in Folsom Lake on the east side of the town. The entire town is underlain by granodiorite of the Penryn Pluton of Cretaceous age, hence the geological basis for the place name.

Granite Bay has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa) that is characterized by cool, wet winters and hot, dry summers (Köppen climate classification Csa).