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Woody California Map

Explore Woody, 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 Woody, California

How to Use This Woody, California Map

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

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

Latitude	35.708148
Longitude	-118.814396
Population	108
Density	10.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	93287
Area Code	661
County Seat	Bakersfield
School District	Blake Elementary School District

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About Woody, California

Woody is a locality in Kern County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 108. The population density is 10.3 people per km². Woody is located at 35.7081°N, 118.8144°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93287.

Woody anchors itself within the rugged, sun-bleached expanse of Spring Mountain Gulch, where the earth bears the color of dried wheat and weathered stone. It lies 22.2 miles east of McFarland, CA (from McFarland, CA: bearing 85°T), and is situated 25.1 miles north-northeast of Bakersfield. Wildcat Creek carves a persistent, winding path through this terrain, its waters offering a cool, quiet contrast to the heat that radiates from the parched hillsides during the long afternoons. To the east, the distant silhouette of the Sierra Nevada marks the edge of the world, while the proximity of Sequoia National Forest introduces a deeper, greener gravity to the horizon. Evenings in Woody bring a transformation, as the harsh glare of the midday sun yields to a soft, bruised violet light that settles over the ridges, turning the landscape into a study of shadow and silence.

History lingers in the quietude of Woody, echoing the era when miners and cattlemen first recognized the value of these isolated folds in the land. The economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the soil and the legacy of the ranching families who have long managed the surrounding acreage. Life moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of urban centers, yet connected to the broader region by the simple, dusty ribbons of road that weave through the gulch. A few miles away, the stillness of Ercil Lake provides a reflective surface for the vast, open sky, serving as a rare, shimmering focal point in an otherwise arid domain. Here, the character of the place is defined not by grand monuments, but by the persistence of those who cultivate a living from the stubborn, beautiful fiber of the high-country earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Woody Rd (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 252° W
Sequoia National Forest (National Forest) — 7.6 mi, 082° E · 1.1M acres
National Audubon Society 6 (Conservation Area) — 8.1 mi, 102° E
Checkpoint (Attraction) — 10.4 mi, 227° SW
Giant Sequoia National Monument (National Monument) — 11.4 mi, 041° NE · 353k acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 13.1 mi, 231° SW
Vista Point (Viewpoint) — 19.0 mi, 102° E
Coso Mines (Attraction) — 19.1 mi, 098° E
California Living Museum (Museum) — 19.5 mi, 192° S
Kern, California Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 21.1 mi, 067° NE · 25k acres
Piute Cypress Instant Study Area Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 21.2 mi, 118° SE · 5,111 acres
Kern Valley Museum (Museum) — 22.0 mi, 081° E
Trail of 100 Giants (Attraction) — 22.2 mi, 033° NE
Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 22.5 mi, 203° SW
McFarland Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 23.4 mi, 264° W
North Beardsley Skatepark (Public Artwork) — 23.8 mi, 212° SW
Heritage Park Museum (Museum) — 24.2 mi, 279° W
Charlotte Chichester Auditorium (Theatre) — 24.3 mi, 281° W
Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 208° SW
Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village (Museum) — 24.6 mi, 208° SW
Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor (Monument) — 25.1 mi, 235° SW
Kern Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 25.6 mi, 205° SW
Bakersfield Civic Auditorium (Theatre) — 25.7 mi, 206° SW
Valley Plaza Stadium (Cinema) — 28.6 mi, 206° SW
Domeland Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 29.3 mi, 070° E · 94k acres
Domeland Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 29.7 mi, 090° E · 40k acres
Pixley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 30.0 mi, 297° NW · 15k acres
Sequoia National Park (National Park) — 40.7 mi, 008° N · 407k acres
Inyo National Forest (National Forest) — 43.7 mi, 032° NE · 2.0M acres
Kings Canyon National Park (National Park) — 63.2 mi, 356° N · 459k acres

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