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Edwards AFB California Map

Explore Edwards AFB, 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 Edwards AFB, California

How to Use This Edwards AFB, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Edwards AFB, 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 Edwards AFB.

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

Latitude	34.902408
Longitude	-117.921869
Population	2,135
Density	48.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	93524, 93523
Area Code	760
County Seat	Bakersfield
School District	Muroc Joint Unified School District

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About Edwards AFB, California

Edwards AFB is a locality in Kern County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,135. The population density is 48.1 people per km². Edwards AFB is located at 34.9024°N, 117.9219°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 93524, 93523.

Edwards AFB occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the earth is flattened by the unrelenting pressure of a prehistoric lake bed. It lies 14.9 miles south-southeast of California City, CA (from California City, CA: bearing 159°T), and is situated 16.0 miles east-northeast of Rosamond. The landscape is defined by an austere, monochromatic palette of alkali dust and sagebrush, stretching toward the shimmering heat haze of the Antelope Valley. Above the horizon, the distant, jagged silhouette of the Sierra Nevada stands as a faint, cooling suggestion of snow against the relentless glare of the sky. The air here remains thin and brittle, possessing a clarity that reveals the sharp, geometric lines of runways etched into the dry, cracked surface of the playa.

Economic life at Edwards AFB centers entirely on the relentless pursuit of aerospace innovation, a legacy built upon the silence of the high desert. While the nearby North Edwards Park offers a quiet reprieve of scrubland, the primary rhythm of the base is dictated by the sonic signature of engines breaking the stillness of the basin. The history of the site is written in the tracks of experimental craft that have pushed the limits of physics, far from the influence of Cache Creek or any humid, low-lying water. Here, the day-to-day existence is measured in flight cycles and the steady, humming persistence of a facility that serves as an essential, unyielding anchor for the nation’s technological reach.

Nearby Outdoor Places

X1 Loading Pit (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 096° E
Fremont-Kramer Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 10.0 mi, 123° SE
Mohave Ground Squirrel Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 10.5 mi, 156° SE
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 14.4 mi, 272° W
Saddleback Butte State Park (State Park) — 15.6 mi, 160° S
Rio Tinto Borax Mine Visitor Center (Museum) — 15.9 mi, 056° NE
West Mojave Desert Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 16.3 mi, 118° SE
Boron Aerospace Museum (Museum) — 16.7 mi, 066° NE
Twenty Mule Team Museum (Museum) — 16.8 mi, 066° NE
Airplane graveyard viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 17.4 mi, 314° NW
One Desert Sky (Public Artwork) — 17.9 mi, 220° SW
Antelope Valley State Indian Museum (Museum) — 17.9 mi, 167° S
Aerospace Walk of Honor (Monument) — 18.7 mi, 221° SW
Carl O Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 23.2 mi, 145° SE
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 23.8 mi, 307° NW · 1,886 acres
Pearblossom Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 27.4 mi, 177° S
Llano del Rio (Historic Ruins) — 27.9 mi, 169° S
Josephine Stephens Bishop (Monument) — 27.9 mi, 351° N
San Gabriel Mountains National Monument (National Monument) — 28.1 mi, 188° S · 454k acres
Angeles National Forest (National Forest) — 28.1 mi, 188° S · 662k acres
Red Rock Canyon State Park (State Park) — 28.8 mi, 353° N
Tuf Quarry Mill (Historic Ruins) — 29.1 mi, 248° W
Theodore Payne Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 29.3 mi, 154° SE
Red cliffs trail (Attraction) — 31.9 mi, 354° N
Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 32.3 mi, 182° S · 27k acres
Coy Burnett Stadium (Stadium) — 33.1 mi, 299° NW
Sandrocks (Attraction) — 33.6 mi, 174° S
Tehachapi Heritage League Museum (Museum) — 33.6 mi, 298° NW
Sheep Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 37.7 mi, 164° S · 43k acres
Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 38.8 mi, 328° NW · 1.1M acres

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