Alameda California Map

About Alameda, California

Alameda is a locality in Kern County, California, United States. It has a population of 78,280. The population density is 2892.5 people per km². Alameda is located at 37.7419°N, 122.2599°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Alameda is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 93307, 94501.

Alameda occupies a flat, sun-drenched expanse where the horizon stretches wide across the dry, golden grasses of the inland plains. It lies 5.2 miles west-southwest of Lamont, CA (from Lamont, CA: bearing 253°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south of Bakersfield. The air here holds a distinct, heavy warmth, vibrating with a clarity that renders the distant outline of the Sierra Nevada a faint, jagged sketch against the pale sky. Dry, seasonal winds stir the dust near the Kern Island Canal, a narrow vein of water that cuts through the parched earth, while the vast, cracked basin of the Kern Lake Bed lies silent and shimmering in the heat. A few miles away, the landscape finds a quiet relief at Greenfield Park, where the stubborn persistence of local flora offers a brief, shaded respite from the relentless glare of the afternoon sun.

Agriculture and the steady, rhythmic labor of the land define the history of Alameda, grounding its identity in the deep, unyielding soil of the region. Where the terrain dips toward the low-lying basin, the economy has long been tethered to the cycles of harvest and the quiet commerce of the plains, far removed from the bustle of the distant, crowded urban centers. Life moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, marked by the transformation of the fields from green shoots to brittle, sun-bleached stubble. Even the occasional traveler passing toward the distant shimmer of Lake Webb finds that Alameda maintains a singular, stoic character, a place where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the low hum of machinery or the distant, dry rattle of wind through the tall, desiccated stalks.

About This Alameda Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Alameda, California. Coordinates: 37.741911, -122.259914. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Alameda includes the ZIP code (93307, 94501), telephone area code (661, 510), county seat of Kern County (Bakersfield), and school district assignment (Alameda City Unified School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.