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McKittrick California Map

Explore McKittrick, 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 McKittrick, California

How to Use This McKittrick, California Map

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

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

Latitude	35.30552
Longitude	-119.622624
Population	102
Density	15.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93251
Area Code	661
County Seat	Bakersfield
School District	McKittrick Elementary School District

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About McKittrick, California

McKittrick is a locality in Kern County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 102. The population density is 15.0 people per km². McKittrick is located at 35.3055°N, 119.6226°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93251.

McKittrick occupies a stark, sun-bleached fold of the earth where the ground seems to sweat the very resources that define its existence. It lies 23.9 miles southwest of Shafter, CA (from Shafter, CA: bearing 236°T), and is situated 14.7 miles northwest of Taft. The landscape here is characterized by sparse, arid topography, defined by the rugged contours of the Little Santa Maria Valley and the vast, silent expanse of the Lokern-Buena Vista Area of Critical Environmental Concern just a mile away. Light in this region possesses a heavy, unfiltered quality, casting long shadows across the dry scrub and dusty earth that stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sierra Nevada. While Buena Vista Creek meanders four miles from the center, water remains a scarce, precious memory in the landscape, and the distant Soda Lake sits fourteen miles off as a pale, mineral-crusted ghost in the heat.

Extraction defines the rhythm of McKittrick, a place forged by the relentless pursuit of oil that has shaped its character for generations. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic nodding of pump jacks, a mechanical heartbeat that persists through the dry, golden afternoons. History here is written in the steel of derricks and the weathered architecture of a settlement that grew up around the demands of the earth, keeping its pace steady and unadorned. Life in McKittrick moves with a deliberate, quiet tenacity, indifferent to the shifting fashions of the world beyond its borders, remaining focused on the singular, industrial purpose that keeps the town rooted in the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lokern-Buena Vista Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 0.9 mi, 090° E
Lokern Preserve (Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 015° N
Lokern Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 350° N
Compensation Lands Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 4.8 mi, 037° NE
Carrizo Plain National Monument (National Monument) — 6.2 mi, 242° SW · 247k acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 7.0 mi, 222° SW
Carrizo Plains Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 9.5 mi, 227° SW
Wallace Creek (Monument) — 11.8 mi, 259° W
Szent András-törésvonal (San Andreas) (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 194° S
Jameson #17 (Attraction) — 15.5 mi, 140° SE
Ethel D. Oil Tool & Supply House (Attraction) — 15.5 mi, 140° SE
Oil Patch Fire House (Attraction) — 15.5 mi, 140° SE
Soda Lake Overlook (Viewpoint) — 16.7 mi, 254° W
Caliente Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 17.0 mi, 214° SW · 18k acres
Lakeview Gusher #1 (Monument) — 19.4 mi, 140° SE
Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 22.5 mi, 247° SW · 1.8M acres
Depot Museum (Museum) — 23.9 mi, 054° NE
Shafter Ford Theater (Theatre) — 24.4 mi, 057° NE
Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.5 mi, 156° SE · 30k acres
Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor (Monument) — 28.2 mi, 061° NE
San Rafael Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 30.6 mi, 202° S · 191k acres
Machesna Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 30.6 mi, 271° W · 19k acres
Valley Plaza Stadium (Cinema) — 33.1 mi, 086° E
North Beardsley Skatepark (Public Artwork) — 33.7 mi, 077° E
Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library (Museum) — 34.5 mi, 080° E
Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village (Museum) — 34.5 mi, 080° E
Bakersfield Civic Auditorium (Theatre) — 34.7 mi, 082° E
Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 37.5 mi, 079° E
Heritage Park Museum (Museum) — 38.1 mi, 034° NE
Sisquoc Condor Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 39.5 mi, 189° S

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