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Cherokee Strip California Map

Explore Cherokee Strip, California, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Cherokee Strip, California

How to Use This Cherokee Strip, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cherokee Strip, California. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of California or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Cherokee Strip.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Cherokee Strip
State	California (CA)
County	Kern County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	35.467181
Longitude	-119.260665
Population	206
Density	874.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93263
Area Code	661
County Seat	Bakersfield
School District	Kern High School District

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About Cherokee Strip, California

Cherokee Strip is a locality in Kern County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 206. The population density is 874.0 people per km². Cherokee Strip is located at 35.4672°N, 119.2607°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93263.

Cherokee Strip emerges from the sun-drenched expanse of the Central Valley as a quiet study in golden grasses and deep-rooted oak savanna. It lies 2.4 miles south-southeast of Shafter, CA (from Shafter, CA: bearing 165°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-southeast of Wasco. The horizon here is vast and unencumbered, interrupted only by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sierra Nevada far to the east. Summer light settles heavily over the landscape, bleaching the fields to a brittle straw color that crunches underfoot, while the Calloway Canal cuts a thin, cooling ribbon of shadow through the dust of the lower plains. A few miles away, the quiet waters of Lake Webb mirror the deepening violet of the sky at twilight, acting as a gathering point for the local stillness that defines the day’s end.

Cherokee Strip carries the weight of a working landscape, where the rhythm of the seasons is dictated by the turning of soil and the persistent demands of agriculture. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, revolving around the seasonal harvest and the maintenance of the irrigation networks that sustain the verdant rows of crops against the heat. Residents often gather near the Skate Park, where the laughter of youth provides a sharp, energetic contrast to the sprawling, silent fields that stretch toward the horizon. History in Cherokee Strip is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring resilience of the settlers who first organized this land into productive tracts, leaving behind a legacy of self-reliance that remains visible in the sturdy, unadorned architecture of the local storefronts and the quiet pride of the people who dwell here.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Skate Park (Local Recreation) — 2.1 mi, 346° N
Rodriguez Park (Local Park) — 2.1 mi, 327° NW
Activity Center (Local Recreation) — 2.1 mi, 346° N
Shafter Ford Theater (Theatre) — 2.2 mi, 001° N
Veteran's Park (Local Park) — 2.3 mi, 320° NW
Depot Museum (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 341° N
Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor (Monument) — 5.0 mi, 063° NE
Buttonwillow Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 255° W
Tule Elk State Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.8 mi, 211° SW
Lokern-Buena Vista Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 12.6 mi, 201° S
North Beardsley Skatepark (Public Artwork) — 13.0 mi, 106° E
Kern County World War II Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 117° SE
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 14.3 mi, 117° SE
Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 111° E
Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village (Museum) — 14.5 mi, 111° E
Bakersfield Civic Auditorium (Theatre) — 15.4 mi, 115° SE
Valley Plaza Stadium (Cinema) — 15.6 mi, 126° SE
Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 16.9 mi, 104° E
Checkpoint (Attraction) — 19.9 mi, 061° NE
Heritage Park Museum (Museum) — 20.3 mi, 003° N
California Living Museum (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 096° E
Kern National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.9 mi, 314° NW · 22k acres
Jameson #17 (Attraction) — 25.4 mi, 205° SW
Ethel D. Oil Tool & Supply House (Attraction) — 25.4 mi, 205° SW
Oil Patch Fire House (Attraction) — 25.4 mi, 205° SW
Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 26.0 mi, 089° E · 1.1M acres
Carrizo Plain National Monument (National Monument) — 29.0 mi, 214° SW · 247k acres
Pixley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.6 mi, 353° N · 15k acres
Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 39.1 mi, 179° S · 1.8M acres
Soda Lake Overlook (Viewpoint) — 39.7 mi, 247° SW

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