Your Guide to California's Southern Central Valley

Discover Bakersfield and Kern County — where agriculture, energy, and affordability meet at the southern gateway to the San Joaquin Valley, framed by the Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains.


Regions

Explore Bakersfield

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Central
The urban core of the Bakersfield metro, centered on downtown and the historic n...
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SW & West
The most affluent and fastest-growing part of the Bakersfield metro, stretching ...
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North & Shafter
The area north of the Kern River, anchored by Oildale (pop ~35,500) — a large un...
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South & SE
The southern and southeastern fringe of the Bakersfield urbanized area, extendin...
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North Valley
The CA-99 corridor north of Bakersfield through the heart of the San Joaquin Val...
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Outlying Kern
The geographically dispersed communities beyond Bakersfield's immediate orbit, e...

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