Ridgecrest is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 395 in the Indian Wells Valley in northeastern Kern County, adjacent to the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWS, or China Lake). The population was 27,616 at the 2010 census, up from 24,927 at the 2000 census. The city of Ridgecrest is a largely "company" oriented (China Lake, above) community big enough to provide plenty of schools, shopping and health care.
Population: 27,616
Latitude: 35° 37' 20.86" N
Longitude: -117° 40' 15.24" W
Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake is part of Navy Region Southwest under Commander, Navy Installations Command and is located in the Western Mojave Desert region of California, approximately 150 miles (240 km) north of Los Angeles. Occupyi…
KRAJ (100.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio format. Licensed to Johannesburg, California, USA, it serves the Antelope Valley area.
The Trona Pinnacles are an unusual geological feature in the California Desert National Conservation Area. The unusual landscape consists of more than 500 tufa spires (porous rock formed as a deposit when springs interact with other bodies of water)…
Inyokern (formerly, Siding 16 and Magnolia) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Inyokern is located 8 miles (13 km) west of Ridgecrest, at an elevation of 2434 feet (742 m). It is on the western side of the …
Searles Lake is an endorheic dry lake in the Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County, California, with the mining community, Trona on its western shore. The evaporite basin is approximately 19 km (12 mi) long and 13 km (8.1 mi) at its widest point, y…
Inyokern Airport (IATA: IYK, ICAO: KIYK, FAA LID: IYK) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northwest of the central business district of Inyokern, in Kern County, California, United States. It is owned by the Indian Wells Valley…
China Lake Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States.
Searles Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The CDP includes the unincorporated communities of Argus, Pioneer Point, Searles Valley and Trona. Searles Valley is at the western edge of Searle…
Robbers Roost (unincorporated Kern County, California, also known as Robber's Roost and Bandit Rock) is a rock formation in the foothills of the Scodie Mountains portion of the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountain Range in the North Mojave Desert. The fo…
KWDJ (1360 AM) (known as "Kool Gold 1360") is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format.
The Naval Museum of Armament & Technology (NMAT) preserves and interprets the history of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and its heritage of advancing Naval aviation armament and technology. This museum is the repository of artifacts, photograp…
This list includes properties and districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Shasta County, California.
KLOA (1240 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format, licensed to and serving Ridgecrest, California, USA. The station is currently owned by Adelman Broadcasting, Inc.
KEPD (104.9 FM, "Juan FM") is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish adult hits format. Licensed to Ridgecrest, California, USA, it serves the Antelope Valley area.
Freeman Junction, a ghost town in Kern County, California, USA, was first homesteaded in the 1920s by Clare C. Miley, who was born in 1900. By the 1930s a restaurant, gas station and mining activities dominated the site.
9 Mile Station was a former settlement in the Mojave Desert, in southwestern Inyo County, California.
Trona High School is a public high school in Trona, California, United States.
KWTD (91.9 FM) is a radio station which simulcasts KWTW, broadcasting a religious format. Licensed to Ridgecrest, California, USA, it serves Ridgecrest, California City, and the Antelope Valley. The station is owned by Living Proof Inc.