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Ridgecrest
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city in Kern County, California, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- California
- County
- Kern
- Incorporated
- November 29, 1963
- Mayor
- Travis W. Endicott
- State senator
- Shannon Grove ( R )
- Assemblymember
- Stan Ellis ( R )
- U s rep
- Vince Fong ( R )
- Total
- 21.51 sq mi (55.70 km )
- Land
- 20.86 sq mi (54.03 km )
- Water
- 0.64 sq mi (1.67 km ) 3.00%
- Elevation
- 2,290 ft (698 m)
- Density
- 1,340/sq mi (517.5/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−08:00 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−07:00 ( PDT )
- Zip codes
- 93555 – 93556
- Area codes
- 442 and 760
- Fips code
- 06-60704
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Ridgecrest
- Population
- 27959
- Area
- 55.468541
- Elevation
- 2290
- Official website
- www.ridgecrest-ca.gov
- Image
- East Ridgecrest, CA.jpg
- Households
- 11667
- Dialing code
- 760
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- Commons category
- Ridgecrest, California
- postal code
- 93556
- water as percent of area
- 3.0381
- water area
- 1.685211
- per capita income
- 34783
- date of incorporation
- 1963-11-29
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Ridgecrest is a city in Kern County, California, United States, 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). It was incorporated as a city in 1963. The population was 27,959 at the 2020 census, up slightly from 27,616 at the 2010 census, making it the third-largest city in Kern County.
Ridgecrest is surrounded by four mountain ranges; the Sierra Nevada on the west, the Coso Range on the north, the Argus Range on the east, and the El Paso Mountains on the south. The most isolated community in Kern county, it is approximately 82 miles (132 km) from the Lancaster/Palmdale area, 110 miles (177 km) from Bakersfield, and 120 miles (193 km) from San Bernardino, the three nearest major urban centers. Private air travel in and out of the city is provided through the Inyokern Airport. There are currently no scheduled commercial flights.