Oakhurst is a census-designated place (CDP) in Madera County, California, located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada approximately 14 miles (23 km) south of the entrance to Yosemite National Park. Positioned at the junction of Highway 41 and Highway 49, Oakhurst sits at the southern edge of California’s Gold Country and had a population of 5,945 as of the 2020 United States census.