1962 Map of Bakersfield

About this map

Bakersfield sits at the heart of this mid-century landscape, a vital hub where the agricultural wealth of the Central Valley meets the industrial energy of surrounding oil fields. To the west, the Carrizo Plain and Temblor Range define a stark, arid geography, punctuated by the massive Naval Petroleum Reserve No 1. The eastern half of the map rises sharply into the Sierra Nevada and Greenhorn Mountains, where the Isabella Reservoir anchors the upper Kern River drainage within the Sequoia National Forest.