Explore Goodmanville, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Goodmanville, 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 Goodmanville.
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 | Goodmanville |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Kern County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 35.428994 |
| Longitude | -118.943719 |
| Population | 121 |
| Density | 69.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 93308 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| County Seat | Bakersfield |
| School District | Bakersfield City School District |
Goodmanville occupies a sun-drenched expanse where the earth stretches flat toward the horizon, defined by the steady, persistent flow of the Kern River as it carves a path through the arid basin. It lies 4.1 miles north-northeast of Hillcrest, CA (from Hillcrest, CA: bearing 19°T), and is situated 6.5 miles northeast of Bakersfield. Dry, golden grasses blanket the surrounding plains, occasionally interrupted by the rugged, low-lying contours of Sacramento Gulch just a short distance away. Light here possesses a dry, sharpening quality, turning the late afternoon shadows into distinct, ink-dark silhouettes against the parched soil. Only a mile from the town center, the Bakersfield Cactus Ecological Reserve preserves the native scrub, while the quiet, glassy surface of Hart Park Lake offers a singular, reflective stillness in the heat. On the furthest edge of the horizon, the faint, shimmering outline of the Sierra Nevada stands as a distant, snow-dusted reminder of the elevation rising far to the east.
Goodmanville grew from the necessity of harnessing the land’s sparse moisture, evolving from early agrarian roots into a steady hub for those who work the deep, fertile silt of the inland valley. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, where the harvest and the maintenance of irrigation arteries dictate the tempo of daily commerce. A quiet industriousness permeates the streets, reflecting a heritage built on patience and the pragmatic management of scarce resources. Residents often gather near the banks of the Kern River, where the sound of moving water provides a constant, low-frequency hum beneath the chatter of a productive day. Goodmanville maintains a character defined not by grand gestures, but by the resilience required to thrive in a landscape that demands both respect and careful attention.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Goodmanville, California. Coordinates: 35.428994, -118.943719. 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 Goodmanville includes the ZIP code (93308), telephone area code (661), county seat of Kern County (Bakersfield), and school district assignment (Bakersfield City 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. |