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North Edwards California Map

Explore North Edwards, 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 North Edwards, California

How to Use This North Edwards, California Map

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

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

Latitude	35.047332
Longitude	-117.809362
Population	1,054
Density	31.9 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93523
Area Code	760
County Seat	Bakersfield
School District	Muroc Joint Unified School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

North Edwards Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 200° S
Rio Tinto Borax Mine Visitor Center (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 100° E
Fremont-Kramer Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.4 mi, 328° NW
Boron Aerospace Museum (Museum) — 9.5 mi, 110° E
Twenty Mule Team Museum (Museum) — 9.6 mi, 110° E
Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 9.8 mi, 330° NW
X1 Loading Pit (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 201° S
Fremont Valley Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 12.9 mi, 021° N
West Mojave Desert Ecological Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 14.1 mi, 086° E
Airplane graveyard viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 19.0 mi, 276° W
Josephine Stephens Bishop (Monument) — 20.6 mi, 328° NW
Eastern Kern County Onyx Ranch State Vehicular Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 20.7 mi, 328° NW
Red Rock Canyon State Park (State Park) — 20.9 mi, 335° NW
Red cliffs trail (Attraction) — 23.8 mi, 337° NW
The Rand Desert Museum (Museum) — 23.8 mi, 021° N
Burro Schmidt Tunnel (Attraction) — 25.1 mi, 351° N
Cudahy camp (Historic Ruins) — 25.9 mi, 345° N
Bickel Camp (Historic Ruins) — 27.2 mi, 351° N
Grass Valley Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 27.3 mi, 062° NE · 33k acres
Golden Valley Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 27.3 mi, 028° NE · 38k acres
Antelope Valley State Indian Museum (Museum) — 27.5 mi, 185° S
X-15 Memorial (Monument) — 28.3 mi, 025° NE
One Desert Sky (Public Artwork) — 29.7 mi, 217° SW
Carl O Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary (Nature Reserve) — 29.8 mi, 167° S
Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 35.4 mi, 310° NW · 1.1M acres
Coy Burnett Stadium (Stadium) — 35.9 mi, 279° W
Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch (Attraction) — 36.3 mi, 133° SE
Historic Water Tower (Attraction) — 36.5 mi, 279° W
San Gabriel Mountains National Monument (National Monument) — 39.3 mi, 195° S · 454k acres
Angeles National Forest (National Forest) — 39.3 mi, 195° S · 662k acres

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