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Kennedy Meadows California Map

Explore Kennedy Meadows, 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 Kennedy Meadows, California

How to Use This Kennedy Meadows, California Map

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

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	Kennedy Meadows
State	California (CA)
County	Tulare County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	36.007639
Longitude	-118.109947
Population	58
Density	3.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93527
Area Code	760
County Seat	Visalia
School District	Porterville Unified School District

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About Kennedy Meadows, California

Kennedy Meadows is a locality in Tulare County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 58. The population density is 3.8 people per km². Kennedy Meadows is located at 36.0076°N, 118.1099°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93527.

Kennedy Meadows occupies a high-altitude plateau where the thin, crystalline air seems to sharpen the edges of the horizon. It lies 37.2 miles northwest of Ridgecrest, CA (from Ridgecrest, CA: bearing 317°T), and is situated 33.9 miles northeast of Lake Isabella. Jagged granite outcrops rise from the earth like the spines of a slumbering beast, while the landscape beyond the immediate basin stretches into vast, sun-bleached expanses of brush and high-desert scrub. The South Fork Kern River carves a deliberate path through the terrain, its cold, clear waters providing a vital artery for the local flora that clings to the banks despite the relentless heat of the summer sun. As dusk descends, the shadows lengthen across the dust and stone, turning the muted browns and grays of the landscape into a deep, bruised violet that lingers long after the sun has vanished behind the distant, jagged outlines of the Sierra Nevada.

Kennedy Meadows serves as a resilient waypoint for those traversing the rugged wilderness, its identity tied closely to the flow of travelers and the seasonal rhythms of the outdoors. The land remains fundamentally shaped by its designation as part of the Kern, California Wild and Scenic River, a status that preserves the raw, untamed character of the watercourses threading through the valley. Local life moves at a pace dictated by the arrival of the seasons, with the economy sustained by the small-scale support of hikers and adventurers who pass through this isolated expanse. While South Haiwee Reservoir sits thirteen miles away as a distant, glassy mirror, the daily existence here is defined by the immediate presence of the high, dry earth and the enduring silence of a landscape that demands self-reliance from those who inhabit it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kern, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 1.2 mi, 292° W · 25k acres
Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 1.2 mi, 270° W · 1.1M acres
Domeland Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 1.2 mi, 270° W · 94k acres
Pacific Crest Trail National Scenic Trail (National Trail) — 1.3 mi, 292° W · 1,886 acres
South Sierra Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 1.9 mi, 309° NW · 60k acres
Rockhouse A Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 2.0 mi, 226° SW · 122 acres
Inyo National Forest (National Forest) — 2.2 mi, 354° N · 2.0M acres
Sacatar Meadows Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 3.9 mi, 144° SE · 300 acres
Sierra Canyons Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 7.0 mi, 088° E
Mohave Ground Squirrel Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.7 mi, 040° NE
Fossil Falls Scenic Area (Viewpoint) — 11.4 mi, 103° E
Giant Sequoia National Monument (National Monument) — 20.2 mi, 294° NW · 353k acres
Lemon Inn (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 012° N
The Needles Peak Fire Lookout (Historic Ruins) — 22.1 mi, 289° W
Alder Creek Slides (Attraction) — 22.9 mi, 275° W
Dirty Socks (Attraction) — 23.5 mi, 014° N
Cabin 240 (Attraction) — 24.1 mi, 265° W
Walker's Pass (Monument) — 24.3 mi, 169° S
Kern Valley Museum (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 226° SW
Big Petroglyphs (Historic Ruins) — 25.0 mi, 085° E
Sequoia National Park (National Park) — 28.4 mi, 325° NW · 407k acres
The Joshua Tree album location (Monument) — 30.2 mi, 042° NE
Walt's Point (Monument) — 32.1 mi, 360° N
Not A Through Street (Public Artwork) — 33.9 mi, 058° NE
Ridgecrest Cinema (Cinema) — 34.8 mi, 135° SE
Naval Museum of Armament & Technology (Museum) — 35.8 mi, 133° SE
China Lake Museum (Museum) — 35.8 mi, 133° SE
Maturango Museum (Museum) — 35.9 mi, 136° SE
McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 41.1 mi, 290° W
The Rand Desert Museum (Museum) — 51.0 mi, 150° SE

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