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Pumpkin Center California Map

Explore Pumpkin Center, 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 Pumpkin Center, California

How to Use This Pumpkin Center, California Map

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

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

Latitude	35.265301
Longitude	-119.03241
Population	421
Density	348.1 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	96009, 93313
Area Code	530, 661
County Seat	Bakersfield
School District	Panama-Buena Vista School District

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About Pumpkin Center, California

Pumpkin Center is a locality in Kern County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 421. The population density is 348.1 people per km². Pumpkin Center is located at 35.2653°N, 119.0324°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 96009, 93313.

Pumpkin Center occupies a flat, sun-drenched expanse of the southern Central Valley where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under an immense, pale sky. It lies 6.7 miles west of Lamont, CA (from Lamont, CA: bearing 274°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south of Bakersfield. This landscape is defined by the steady, rhythmic geometry of irrigation and the quiet persistence of heat radiating from dry, worked earth. A mere two miles away, the Kern Island Canal slices through the fields like a silver thread, providing the lifeblood for a terrain that otherwise leans toward the arid. To the west, the ancient, sunken basin of the Kern Lake Bed serves as a silent reminder of the region’s hydrological past, while the distant silhouettes of the Sierra Nevada mountains offer a jagged, violet-hued boundary far off on the eastern edge of the world.

Agriculture dictates the pulse of Pumpkin Center, where the seasonal cycle of planting and harvest governs the movement of heavy machinery along dusty roads. Families have long labored in these fertile soils, cultivating crops that thrive in the intense, Pacific-influenced light that turns the valley floor to gold during the long summer months. Proximity to the greenery of Kern Delta Park provides a rare, shaded respite from the expansive fields, offering a small sanctuary of trees where the air feels cooler and the light filters softly through the leaves. Life in Pumpkin Center remains tethered to the land, moving with a deliberate, measured pace that reflects the vastness of the surrounding plains and the enduring nature of the local industry.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Kern Delta Park (Local Park) — 0.7 mi, 045° NE
Hershel Moore (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 290° W
Greenfield Park (Local Recreation) — 1.5 mi, 073° E
Valley Plaza Stadium (Cinema) — 4.9 mi, 357° N
Kern County Fair Grounds (Local Recreation) — 5.3 mi, 013° N
Bakersfield Civic Auditorium (Theatre) — 7.5 mi, 008° N
Korean War Memorial (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 359° N
Kern County World War II Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 7.5 mi, 359° N
Kern Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 7.6 mi, 010° N
Father Francisco Garces (Public Artwork) — 8.4 mi, 005° N
Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 005° N
Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library (Museum) — 8.8 mi, 005° N
Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 10.4 mi, 020° N
California Living Museum (Museum) — 14.2 mi, 036° NE
Lokern-Buena Vista Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 17.5 mi, 274° W
Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 18.6 mi, 045° NE · 1.1M acres
Shafter Ford Theater (Theatre) — 20.6 mi, 322° NW
Depot Museum (Museum) — 21.6 mi, 320° NW
Checkpoint (Attraction) — 24.0 mi, 011° N
Los Padres National Forest (National Forest) — 25.0 mi, 185° S · 1.8M acres
Jameson #17 (Attraction) — 25.2 mi, 249° W
Oil Patch Fire House (Attraction) — 25.2 mi, 249° W
Ethel D. Oil Tool & Supply House (Attraction) — 25.2 mi, 249° W
Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.1 mi, 219° SW · 30k acres
Adobe Brick Pit (Historic Ruins) — 28.1 mi, 164° S
Carrizo Plain National Monument (National Monument) — 29.2 mi, 232° SW · 247k acres
Chumash Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 29.4 mi, 190° S · 38k acres
Frazier Park Hills (Viewpoint) — 29.5 mi, 170° S
Sespe Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 37.8 mi, 191° S · 220k acres
Giant Sequoia National Monument (National Monument) — 42.2 mi, 031° NE · 353k acres

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