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Derby Acres California Map

Explore Derby Acres, 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 Derby Acres, California

How to Use This Derby Acres, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Derby Acres, 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 Derby Acres.

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

Latitude	35.247188
Longitude	-119.5954
Population	301
Density	32.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93224
Area Code	661
County Seat	Bakersfield
School District	Midway Elementary School District

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About Derby Acres, California

Derby Acres is a locality in Kern County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 301. The population density is 32.5 people per km². Derby Acres is located at 35.2472°N, 119.5954°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93224.

Derby Acres sits amidst a sun-bleached expanse where the earth holds the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sierra Nevada. It lies 25.3 miles southwest of Shafter, CA (from Shafter, CA: bearing 226°T), and is situated 10.7 miles northwest of Taft. Buena Vista Creek meanders past the periphery, its thin, seasonal ribbon of moisture carving a quiet path through the parched, scrub-dusted basin. To the west, the rugged topography of Crocker Canyon rises in abrupt, arid folds, while the nearby Lokern-Buena Vista Area of Critical Environmental Concern preserves the low-lying brush and hard-packed soil that define this inland reach. The light here is sharp and unrelenting, casting long, stark shadows across the flats and turning the dry grasses into a pale, flaxen sea that shimmers under the midday glare.

Industry and the rhythmic pulse of resource extraction have long anchored the character of Derby Acres, shaping a landscape where the mechanics of pump jacks and pipelines share the horizon with the quiet persistence of native saltbush. This legacy of energy production provides a steady, utilitarian cadence to daily life, distinguishing the locality from the lush, irrigated agricultural grids that pattern the broader valley floor. While Soda Lake lies far enough removed to remain a distant, shimmering mirage in the heat, the residents of Derby Acres possess a grounded resilience shaped by the vast, open horizons and the subtle, shifting colors of the desert floor at dusk. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the value of the scarce, where the true beauty is found in the quiet, dusty stillness of the afternoon and the cool, sudden clarity of the night air.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lokern-Buena Vista Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 1.3 mi, 089° E
Carrizo Plain National Monument (National Monument) — 4.9 mi, 213° SW · 247k acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 6.2 mi, 257° W
Lokern Preserve (Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 360° N
Lokern Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 7.6 mi, 013° N
Compensation Lands Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 8.0 mi, 010° N
Carrizo Plains Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 8.3 mi, 195° S
Szent András-törésvonal (San Andreas) (Attraction) — 8.9 mi, 211° SW
Jameson #17 (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 133° SE
Ethel D. Oil Tool & Supply House (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 134° SE
Oil Patch Fire House (Attraction) — 11.5 mi, 134° SE
Wallace Creek (Monument) — 13.2 mi, 277° W
Caliente Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 14.9 mi, 212° SW · 18k acres
Lakeview Gusher #1 (Monument) — 15.4 mi, 134° SE
Soda Lake Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.6 mi, 268° W
Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 21.2 mi, 156° SE · 30k acres
Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 24.6 mi, 198° S · 1.8M acres
Depot Museum (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 045° NE
Shafter Ford Theater (Theatre) — 25.7 mi, 047° NE
San Rafael Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 27.6 mi, 207° SW · 191k acres
Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor (Monument) — 29.1 mi, 053° NE
Dick Smith Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 31.9 mi, 177° S · 71k acres
Valley Plaza Stadium (Cinema) — 32.1 mi, 079° E
North Beardsley Skatepark (Public Artwork) — 33.4 mi, 069° E
Bakersfield Civic Auditorium (Theatre) — 34.0 mi, 075° E
Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village (Museum) — 34.0 mi, 073° E
Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library (Museum) — 34.0 mi, 073° E
Sisquoc Condor Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 35.8 mi, 193° S
Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 37.0 mi, 072° E
San Emigdio Plantation (Nature Reserve) — 40.2 mi, 134° SE

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