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Del Kern California Map

Explore Del Kern, 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 Del Kern, California

How to Use This Del Kern, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Del Kern, 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 Del Kern.

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

Latitude	35.493727
Longitude	-118.85968
Population	480
Density	18.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93308
Area Code	661
County Seat	Bakersfield

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About Del Kern, California

Del Kern is a locality in Kern County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Del Kern is located at 35.4937°N, 118.8597°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93308.

Del Kern occupies a stretch of level, sun-drenched earth where the horizon pulls wide and clear under an unrelenting, brilliant sky. It lies 9.1 miles north-northeast of East Niles, CA (from East Niles, CA: bearing 27°T), and is situated 9.9 miles northeast of East Bakersfield. The landscape around Del Kern consists of expansive, parched plains that hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has begun its descent. Poso Creek meanders through the quiet terrain only a mile away, its presence marked by a thin, persistent line of riparian growth that cuts through the surrounding fields. While the distant Sierra Nevada may occasionally haunt the far eastern skyline as a faint, jagged suggestion of blue, the immediate geography remains defined by the deep, shadowed creases of Sycamore Canyon, which lies two miles away and offers a stark contrast to the flat, open expanse of the valley floor.

Agriculture remains the quiet pulse of the local economy, with the rhythm of Del Kern dictated by the seasonal labor of the soil and the steady, mechanical hum of irrigation systems. Life here maintains a deliberate, unadorned pace, often punctuated by the distant sounds of recreation drifting from the Kern River Golf Course three miles to the south. Residents find a familiar stillness near the banks of Lake Ming, where the water provides a singular focal point for the arid surroundings three miles from the center of the locality. There is a particular clarity to the light in these parts, a golden, heavy quality that settles over the orchards and fallow fields, turning the mundane work of the day into a scene of enduring, sun-bleached patience.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kern River Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 3.5 mi, 175° S
Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 3.8 mi, 115° SE · 1.1M acres
Kern River County Park (Local Park) — 3.8 mi, 219° SW
Hart Memorial Park (Local Park) — 3.9 mi, 221° SW
Bakersfield Cactus Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 4.3 mi, 214° SW
California Living Museum (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 199° S
Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 8.6 mi, 226° SW
Checkpoint (Attraction) — 9.3 mi, 327° NW
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 9.7 mi, 309° NW
Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 232° SW
Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 232° SW
North Beardsley Skatepark (Public Artwork) — 11.5 mi, 242° SW
Kern Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 225° SW
Bakersfield Civic Auditorium (Theatre) — 12.0 mi, 226° SW
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 230° SW
Kern County World War II Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 230° SW
Woody Rd (Attraction) — 14.3 mi, 003° N
Valley Plaza Stadium (Cinema) — 14.8 mi, 222° SW
Piute Cypress Instant Study Area Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 21.7 mi, 077° E · 5,111 acres
Shafter Ford Theater (Theatre) — 22.5 mi, 271° W
Depot Museum (Museum) — 23.5 mi, 272° W
Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 23.6 mi, 063° NE
Giant Sequoia National Monument (National Monument) — 23.6 mi, 030° NE · 353k acres
Coso Mines (Attraction) — 24.8 mi, 060° NE
Tehachapi Loop (Attraction) — 27.2 mi, 138° SE
Heritage Park Museum (Museum) — 28.3 mi, 311° NW
Kern, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 30.8 mi, 048° NE · 25k acres
Kiavah Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 34.8 mi, 081° E · 43k acres
Domeland Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 35.6 mi, 066° NE · 94k acres
Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 41.7 mi, 189° S · 1.8M acres

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