El Adobe California Map
Explore El Adobe, 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 El Adobe, California
How to Use This El Adobe, California Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for El Adobe, 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 El Adobe.
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 | El Adobe |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Kern County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 35.245098 |
| Longitude | -118.963968 |
| Population | 391 |
| Density | 150.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 93307 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| County Seat | Bakersfield |
| School District | Greenfield Union School District |
About El Adobe, California
El Adobe is a locality in Kern County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 391. The population density is 150.7 people per km². El Adobe is located at 35.2451°N, 118.9640°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93307.El Adobe occupies a flat, sun-drenched expanse where the horizon stretches thin and pale under a sky that feels vast enough to swallow the day. It lies 3.0 miles west-southwest of Lamont, CA (from Lamont, CA: bearing 250°T), and is situated 9.4 miles south-southeast of Bakersfield. The land here is defined by the heavy, silent gravity of the agricultural plains, where the earth is worked into rigid rows and the heat shimmers off the surface like a veil. Only a few miles to the east, the East Side Canal cuts a straight, utilitarian line through the dust, its water serving as the lifeblood for a landscape that holds the memory of the ancient Kern Lake Bed long after the water has receded. At dusk, the light turns the color of bruised peaches, casting long, stark shadows from the sparse trees and making the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sierra Nevada seem like a dream anchored far beyond the reach of the valley floor.
El Adobe grew from the grit of the soil, maintaining an economy that remains tethered to the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest. The rhythm of daily life is measured by the steady hum of machinery and the slow migration of workers toward the nearby shade of Weedpatch Park, a patch of green that serves as a quiet reprieve from the relentless intensity of the sun. While Lake Webb sits far enough away to remain a destination rather than a neighbor, the presence of the water table and the irrigation networks dictates the very architecture of the settlement. There is a profound, unadorned honesty in the way the buildings face the road, reflecting a history of endurance where the primary concern has always been the yield of the land and the persistence of those who call El Adobe home.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Weedpatch Park (Local Park) — 2.4 mi, 102° E
- Bear Mountain Park (Local Park) — 2.7 mi, 066° NE
- Greenfield Park (Local Recreation) — 3.0 mi, 308° NW
- Kern County Fair Grounds (Local Recreation) — 6.9 mi, 341° N
- Valley Plaza Stadium (Cinema) — 7.5 mi, 327° NW
- Kern Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 9.2 mi, 344° N
- Bakersfield Civic Auditorium (Theatre) — 9.2 mi, 343° N
- Bakersfield Cactus Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 9.3 mi, 072° E
- Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 336° NW
- Kern County World War II Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 9.7 mi, 336° NW
- Father Francisco Garces (Public Artwork) — 10.3 mi, 342° N
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 343° N
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 343° N
- Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 11.2 mi, 358° N
- California Living Museum (Museum) — 13.7 mi, 019° N
- Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 17.3 mi, 032° NE · 1.1M acres
- Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 24.0 mi, 182° S · 1.8M acres
- Shafter Ford Theater (Theatre) — 24.2 mi, 317° NW
- Tehachapi Loop (Attraction) — 24.2 mi, 097° E
- Checkpoint (Attraction) — 25.0 mi, 002° N
- Depot Museum (Museum) — 25.2 mi, 316° NW
- Adobe Brick Pit (Historic Ruins) — 25.9 mi, 171° S
- Frazier Park Hills (Viewpoint) — 27.7 mi, 178° S
- Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.9 mi, 225° SW · 30k acres
- Jameson #17 (Attraction) — 28.4 mi, 254° W
- Oil Patch Fire House (Attraction) — 28.4 mi, 254° W
- Chumash Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 29.0 mi, 199° S · 38k acres
- Carrizo Plain National Monument (National Monument) — 31.5 mi, 238° SW · 247k acres
- Sespe Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 37.5 mi, 193° S · 220k acres
- Giant Sequoia National Monument (National Monument) — 41.6 mi, 025° NE · 353k acres
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About This El Adobe Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of El Adobe, California. Coordinates: 35.245098, -118.963968. 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 El Adobe includes the ZIP code (93307), telephone area code (661), county seat of Kern County (Bakersfield), and school district assignment (Greenfield Union School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
