China Lake
China Lake is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located 2.5 miles north-northeast of Ridgecrest, at an elevation of 2,264 feet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in California
- Also known as: “China Lake, CA”, “China Lake, California”, and “China Lake, Kern County, California”
Places of Interest
Highlights include China Lake Museum and Ridgecrest Regional Hospital.
China Lake Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The China Lake Museum is a military museum in Ridgecrest, California focused on the history of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and the development of naval aviation armament and technology.
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
Hospital
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital is a hospital located in Ridgecrest, California which is just east of the Southern Sierra Mountains in the Indian Wells Valley. Ridgecrest Regional Hospital is situated 2 miles southwest of China Lake.
Maturango Museum
Museum
Photo: Qfl247, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Maturango Museum is located in Ridgecrest, California. The museum is best known for the guided tours of the Coso Rock Art District located on China Lake Naval Weapons Station. Maturango Museum is situated 2½ miles southwest of China Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ridgecrest.
Ridgecrest
Photo: JMBeggs74, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
China Lake
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.65759° or 35° 39′ 27″ northLongitude
-117.64187° or 117° 38′ 31″ westElevation
2,264 feet (690 metres)United Nations Location Code
US C3KOpen location code
8574M955+27OpenStreetMap ID
node 150972114OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5336455Wikidata ID
Q5099759
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“China Lake” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “中國湖 (加利福尼亞州克恩縣)”
- Chinese: “中國湖”
- French: “China Lake”
- Irish: “China Lake”
- Persian: “دریاچه چین، شهرستان کرن، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “دریاچه چین”
- Polish: “China Lake”
- Turkish: “China Lake”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include China Lake Museum and China Lake Golf Course.
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