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Inyokern California Map

Explore Inyokern, 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 Inyokern, California

How to Use This Inyokern, California Map

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

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

Latitude	35.654387
Longitude	-117.819476
Population	988
Density	34.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93527
Area Code	760
County Seat	Bakersfield
School District	Sierra Sands Unified School District

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About Inyokern, California

Inyokern is a locality in Kern County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 988. The population density is 34.9 people per km². Inyokern is located at 35.6544°N, 117.8195°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93527.

Inyokern commands a vast expanse of high desert floor where the sun bleaches the earth into shades of pale dust and scorched ochre. It lies 8.1 miles west-northwest of Ridgecrest, CA (from Ridgecrest, CA: bearing 282°T), and is situated 2.8 miles west of China Lake Acres. The horizon stretches wide and flat, broken only by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sierra Nevada far to the west. Scrub brush clings to the arid basin, persistent and wiry, while the dry bed of Little Dixie Wash marks a shallow, serpentine scar across the landscape just two miles from the center. At Inyokern Park, the air holds a stillness that magnifies the sound of the wind, a dry, whispering heat that settles over the sagebrush as the light shifts from brilliant white to a bruised, violet twilight.

Inyokern grew from the necessity of transit and the relentless progress of the desert transit lines, serving as a vital node where iron rails once dictated the movement of goods and people. The local economy remains tethered to the vast, open skies and the technical demands of aerospace research, a legacy that echoes in the quiet proximity of the C- 3 Flight Line. Residents look toward Indian Wells Canyon, four miles distant, as a reminder of the rugged, vertical world that rises above the basin floor. Life here moves with the measured pace of a place defined by its space, where the history of the frontier meets the precision of modern mechanics under a sky so immense it seems to swallow the day.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Inyokern Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 160° S
Mohave Ground Squirrel Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 2.6 mi, 265° W
Sierra Canyons Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 3.3 mi, 293° NW
Owens Peak Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 3.9 mi, 275° W · 77k acres
El Paso Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 6.2 mi, 185° S · 24k acres
Ridgecrest Cinema (Cinema) — 8.3 mi, 092° E
Jet Model (Public Artwork) — 8.4 mi, 105° E
F-4 Phantom II - NWC China Lake 1374 (Attraction) — 8.4 mi, 092° E
Maturango Museum (Museum) — 8.6 mi, 101° E
Mojave Desert Land Trust (Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 266° W
Plane (Attraction) — 9.0 mi, 090° E
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 9.6 mi, 289° W · 1,886 acres
China Lake Museum (Museum) — 9.9 mi, 090° E
Naval Museum of Armament & Technology (Museum) — 10.0 mi, 090° E
Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 11.0 mi, 257° W · 1.1M acres
Walker's Pass (Monument) — 11.7 mi, 273° W
Owens Peak Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 13.8 mi, 284° W · 935 acres
Red Rock Canyon State Park (State Park) — 14.9 mi, 197° S
Bickel Camp (Historic Ruins) — 15.5 mi, 194° S
Burro Schmidt Tunnel (Attraction) — 17.2 mi, 191° S
Cudahy camp (Historic Ruins) — 17.9 mi, 200° S
X-15 Memorial (Monument) — 20.4 mi, 143° SE
Little Lake Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 20.7 mi, 348° N
The Rand Desert Museum (Museum) — 21.8 mi, 155° SE
Red cliffs trail (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 204° SW
Kern, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 22.3 mi, 289° W · 25k acres
Josephine Stephens Bishop (Monument) — 26.5 mi, 203° SW
Inyo National Forest (National Forest) — 29.6 mi, 340° N · 2.0M acres
Kern Valley Museum (Museum) — 34.8 mi, 282° W
Coy Burnett Stadium (Stadium) — 50.2 mi, 224° SW

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