Enter your search query in the box below.

Maricopa California Map

Explore Maricopa, 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 Maricopa, California

How to Use This Maricopa, California Map

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

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

Latitude	35.050942
Longitude	-119.406605
Population	1,026
Density	253.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	93252
Area Code	661
County Seat	Bakersfield
School District	Maricopa Unified School District

🌦 Goto Maricopa Weather Page: Maricopa, California — Weather Warnings, Forecast, Radar, Satellite & Current Conditions

About Maricopa, California

Maricopa is a locality in Kern County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,026. The population density is 253.1 people per km². Maricopa is located at 35.0509°N, 119.4066°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Maricopa is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 93252.

Maricopa occupies a stark, sun-bleached expanse where the land tilts toward the basin floor, defined by the dry, winding trajectory of Bitterwater Creek. It lies 26.7 miles south-southwest of Rosedale, CA (from Rosedale, CA: bearing 213°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-southeast of Taft. The landscape here is characterized by the vast, open relief of Sunset Valley, a terrain where the light at dusk turns the earth to a muted, dusty copper. On the horizon, the distant Sierra Nevada remains a faint, jagged suggestion against the sky, far removed from the immediate reality of these arid plains. Within the town limits, Maricopa Park offers a quiet intersection of open space and indigenous scrub, grounding the neighborhood in the sparse, resilient ecology of the region.

Petroleum extraction has long dictated the rhythm of Maricopa, leaving the silhouette of pump jacks as a permanent feature of the skyline, standing like iron sentinels over the scrubland. This industrial heritage informs the character of the place, creating a stoic, functional atmosphere that favors utility over ornament. Residents here live according to the intensity of the heat and the seasonal shift of the grasses, which bleach to a brittle, pale gold under the unrelenting sun. While the nearest water is found thirteen miles away at Lake Webb, the daily life of Maricopa remains tethered to the history of the oil fields and the quiet, dry endurance of the valley floor, where the wind carries the dry scent of sage and heated shale across the empty miles.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Maricopa Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 025° NE
Lakeview Gusher #1 (Monument) — 2.8 mi, 006° N
Carrizo Plain National Monument (National Monument) — 3.7 mi, 209° SW · 247k acres
Wind Wolves Preserve (Conservation Area) — 5.6 mi, 126° SE
Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.0 mi, 195° S · 30k acres
Oil Patch Fire House (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 338° N
Ethel D. Oil Tool & Supply House (Attraction) — 6.1 mi, 338° N
Jameson #17 (Attraction) — 6.2 mi, 338° N
Upper Cuyama Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.6 mi, 203° SW
Lokern-Buena Vista Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 10.0 mi, 353° N
Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 10.4 mi, 181° S · 1.8M acres
Carrizo Plains Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 13.5 mi, 291° W
Szent András-törésvonal (San Andreas) (Attraction) — 14.1 mi, 288° W
Chumash Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 15.8 mi, 162° S · 38k acres
Caliente Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 17.3 mi, 268° W · 18k acres
Los Padres Other (National Forest) — 17.6 mi, 246° SW · 895 acres
Dick Smith Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 20.4 mi, 204° SW · 71k acres
Mount Pinos Condor Observation Site (Viewpoint) — 22.1 mi, 138° SE
San Emigdio Plantation (Nature Reserve) — 23.2 mi, 129° SE
Sisquoc Condor Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 28.3 mi, 221° SW
Wallace Creek (Monument) — 28.3 mi, 303° NW
Valley Plaza Stadium (Cinema) — 28.7 mi, 047° NE
Kern County World War II Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 30.6 mi, 043° NE
Adobe Brick Pit (Historic Ruins) — 31.4 mi, 113° SE
Bakersfield Civic Auditorium (Theatre) — 31.4 mi, 045° NE
Father Francisco Garces (Public Artwork) — 31.9 mi, 043° NE
Shafter Ford Theater (Theatre) — 32.0 mi, 015° N
Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village (Museum) — 32.2 mi, 043° NE
Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library (Museum) — 32.2 mi, 043° NE
Depot Museum (Museum) — 32.3 mi, 013° N

Latest News: Maricopa

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

More World News