Ahwahnee is a census-designated place in Madera County, California, United States. It is located 5.25 miles west of Yosemite Forks, at an elevation of 2,326 feet. The population was 2,296 at the 2020 census. Ahwahnee is hilly and located in the Sierra Nevada. The ZIP Code is 93601. The community is inside area code 559. It is part of the Madera–Chowchilla Metropolitan Statistical Area.