Redrock, California

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Redrock
Former settlement
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Redrock
Location in California
Coordinates: 35°20′43″N117°58′13″W / 35.34528°N 117.97028°W / 35.34528; -117.97028 Coordinates: 35°20′43″N117°58′13″W / 35.34528°N 117.97028°W / 35.34528; -117.97028
Country United States
State California
County Kern County
Elevation [1] 2,277 ft (694 m)

Redrock is a former settlement in Kern County, California. [1]

Kern County, California County in California, United States

Kern County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 839,631. Its county seat is Bakersfield.

California State of the United States of America

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 9.7 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second-most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The City and County of San Francisco is both the country's second-most densely populated major city after New York City and the fifth-most densely populated county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs.

It was located 2.5 miles (4 km) north of Cantil in the Mojave Desert, near present-day Red Rock Canyon State Park (California) [2] at an elevation of 2277 feet (694 m). [1]

Cantil, California Unincorporated community in California, United States

Cantil is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is in the Fremont Valley of the western Mojave Desert.

Mojave Desert desert in southwestern United States

The Mojave Desert is an arid rain-shadow desert and the driest desert in North America. It is in the Southwestern United States, primarily within southeastern California and southern Nevada, and it occupies 47,877 sq mi (124,000 km2). Very small areas also extend into Utah and Arizona. Its boundaries are generally noted by the presence of Joshua trees, which are native only to the Mojave Desert and are considered an indicator species, and it is believed to support an additional 1,750 to 2,000 species of plants. The central part of the desert is sparsely populated, while its peripheries support large communities such as Las Vegas, Barstow, Lancaster, Palmdale, Victorville, and St. George.

Red Rock Canyon State Park (California)

Red Rock Canyon State Park features scenic desert cliffs, buttes and spectacular rock formations. The park is located where the southernmost tip of the Sierra Nevada converges with the El Paso Mountains.

Redrock still appeared on maps as of 1947. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Redrock, California
  2. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1095. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.