Transportation

Main article: Transportation in Kern County

Major highways[edit]

•  Interstate 5
•  U.S. Route 395
•  State Route 14
•  State Route 33
•  State Route 41
•  State Route 43
•  State Route 46
•  State Route 58
•  State Route 65
•  State Route 99
•  State Route 119
•  State Route 138
•  State Route 155
•  State Route 166
•  State Route 178
•  State Route 184
•  State Route 202
•  State Route 204
•  State Route 223

Public transportation[edit]

• Arvin Transit is the local municipal bus operator in and around Arvin.
• Delano Area Rapid Transit is the local municipal bus operator in Delano.
• Golden Empire Transit is the local bus operator in and near Bakersfield.
• Kern Regional Transit provides countywide intercity bus service.
• Taft Area Transit is the local municipal bus operator in and around Taft.
• Kern County is also served by Greyhound and Orange Belt Stages buses and Amtrak trains.

Airports[edit]

• California City Municipal Airport, California City. (FAA: L71)
• Delano Municipal Airport, Delano. (IATA: DLO)
• Inyokern Airport, Inyokern. (IATA: IYK)
• Kern Valley Airport, Kernville. (FAA: L05)
• Lost Hills Airport, Lost Hills. (FAA: L84)
• Meadows Field, Bakersfield, an international and general aviation airport. (IATA: BFL)
• Mojave Airport, Mojave. (IATA: MHV)
• Shafter Airport (Minter Field), Shafter. (IATA: MIT)
• Taft Airport, Taft. (FAA: L17)
• Tehachapi Municipal Airport, Tehachapi. (IATA: TSP)
• Wasco Airport, Wasco. (FAA: L19)

Recreation[edit]

Among the outdoor recreational activities are horseback riding, water skiing (Lake Buena Vista, Lake Ming, and private ski ranches), off-road biking and dune buggies (Jawbone Canyon, California City and Randsburg), auto racing (Willow Springs, Buttonwillow, Bakersfield Speedway, Famoso, and an unnamed half-mile speedway under construction), hunting, paint-ball courses, white-water rafting, kayaking, snow skiing (Shirley Meadows and Mount Pinos), shooting ranges (5 Dogs Range), hiking, biking (trails, paths, and roads), camping and fishing.

Media[edit]

Magazines[edit]

• Bakersfield Magazine, Kern County

Newspapers[edit]

• The Bakersfield Californian, Kern County
• Mountain Enterprise, southwest Kern mountains area
• Mojave Desert News, east Kern desert area
• The Daily Independent, Ridgecrest, China Lake, and The Indian Wells Valley
• The Kern Valley Sun, Kern Valley area
• Kern River Courier, Kern Valley area
• Tehachapi News, Tehachapi
• Taft Midway Driller, Taft
• Taft Independent, Taft
• The Delano Record, Delano

TV stations[edit]

• KERO-TV, Kern County