Explore Stebbins, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Stebbins, 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 Stebbins.
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 | Stebbins |
| State | California (CA) |
| County | Kern County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| Latitude | 35.405648 |
| Longitude | -119.314122 |
| Population | 1,423 |
| Density | 550.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 93314 |
| Area Code | 661 |
| County Seat | Bakersfield |
| School District | Kern High School District |
Stebbins emerges from the flat, sun-bleached expanse of the valley like a quiet assertion against the vastness of the plains. It lies 7.0 miles south-southwest of Shafter, CA (from Shafter, CA: bearing 200°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west of Rosedale. Dry grasses sway in the heat, turning a brittle gold that seems to catch and hold the low, sharp light of the afternoon. To the west, the distant Sierra Nevada stands as a jagged, violet inkblot against the pale horizon, marking the limit of the world. Closer, the land finds a muted rhythm in the seasonal shifts of Goose Lake Slough, which winds through the scrub with a sluggish, deliberate patience. The air here holds the scent of parched earth and distant dust, a dry clarity that makes every silhouette—a fence line, a lonely oak, a silo—appear etched with an uncompromising sharpness.
Stebbins carries the weight of a long agricultural inheritance, where the labor of generations remains visible in the furrowed fields and the hushed, orderly rows of crops. The local economy persists in this quiet industry, finding a steady pulse in the rhythms of the harvest and the maintenance of the land. Just four miles away, the Buttonwillow Ecological Reserve serves as a reminder of the wilder, original character of the region, offering a sanctuary for species that thrived here long before the roads were laid. Residents often look toward Lake Webb, twelve miles distant, when the summer sun demands a respite from the dry intensity of the plains. Life in Stebbins moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands its own boundaries, rooted deeply in the soil and the cycles of a landscape that asks for little and yields only to those who know its stubborn, enduring heart.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Stebbins, California. Coordinates: 35.405648, -119.314122. 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 Stebbins includes the ZIP code (93314), telephone area code (661), county seat of Kern County (Bakersfield), and school district assignment (Kern High School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |