Ahwahnee is a census-designated place in Madera County, California. It is located 5.25 miles west of Yosemite Forks, at an elevation of 2326 feet. The population was 2,246 at the 2010 census.Ahwahnee is hilly and located in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The ZIP Code is 93601. The community is inside area code 559. It is part of the Madera?Chowchilla Metropolitan Statistical Area.