Edwards
Edwards is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located 16 miles east-southeast of Mojave, about 22 miles northeast of Lancaster, 15 miles east of Rosamond, and 5.5 miles south of California City at an elevation of 2,356 feet.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in California, USA
- Also known as: “Edwards (California)”, “Edwards Air Force Base”, “Edwards, CA”, “Edwards, California”, “Muroc”, “Wherry Housing”, “ادواردز، کالیفرنیا”, and “爱德华兹空军基地”
- Postal codes: 93523 and 93524
Places of Interest
Highlights: Air Force Flight Test Museum and U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School.
U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School
School building
Edwards
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
34.92608° or 34° 55′ 34″ north
Longitude
-117.93507° or 117° 56′ 6″ west
Elevation
2,356 feet (718 metres)
Open location code
8564W3G7+CX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Edwards” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “愛德華茲”
- French: “Edwards Air Force Base”
- French: “Edwards”
- German: “Edwards Air Force Base”
- German: “Edwards”
- Hungarian: “Edwards légitámaszpont”
- Irish: “Edwards”
- Japanese: “エドワーズ”
- Japanese: “エドワーズ空軍基地”
- Persian: “ادواردز”
- Polish: “Edwards”
- Portuguese: “Base de Edwards”
- South Azerbaijani: “ادواردز، کالیفورنیا”
- Spanish: “Base de las Fuerzas Aéreas de Edwards”
- Spanish: “Edwards”
- Swedish: “Edwards Air Force Base”
- Turkish: “Edwards”
- Urdu: “ایڈورڈز، کیلیفورنیا”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Wherry Housing and Edwards AFB West Gate.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Edwards Post Office and Corvais Community Park.
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Worth a closer look: Bakersfield and Ridgecrest.
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