North Edwards California Map

About North Edwards, California

North Edwards is a locality in Kern County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,054. The population density is 31.9 people per km². North Edwards is located at 35.0473°N, 117.8094°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93523.

North Edwards occupies a wide, austere stretch of high desert where the horizon remains flat and unrelenting under a pale, bleached sky. It lies 11.5 miles southeast of California City, CA (from California City, CA: bearing 131°T), and is situated 7.2 miles north-northeast of Edwards AFB. The earth here is composed of alkaline silt and scrub, a parched basin that holds the heat of the day long after the sun has retreated behind the distant, hazy silhouette of the Sierra Nevada. At North Edwards Park, the wind moves through the low, hardy brush with a dry, persistent sound, carrying the scent of dust and baked minerals across the expanse. Four miles to the west, the subtle depression of Peerless Valley offers the only break in the monotony of the plains, a shallow trough that emphasizes the vast, empty sky above.

Economic life in North Edwards remains tethered to the expansive, utilitarian nature of the surrounding terrain, reflecting a history of endurance and quiet utility. The proximity of Cache Creek, nine miles away, provides a rare, thin thread of moisture in an otherwise arid geography, though the scale of the landscape dwarfs any such feature. While Central Park Lake sits ten miles out, the daily rhythm of North Edwards is governed less by water than by the stark, unrelenting clarity of the desert light. Residents navigate a life defined by space and the quiet friction of a landscape that demands little but expects everything, where the passing of time is measured not by monuments, but by the slow, shifting shadows cast upon the desert floor.

About This North Edwards Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of North Edwards, California. Coordinates: 35.047332, -117.809362. 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 North Edwards includes the ZIP code (93523), telephone area code (760), county seat of Kern County (Bakersfield), and school district assignment (Muroc Joint Unified School District).

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.