West Kern Oil Museum
West Kern Oil Museum is a museum in Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California which is located on Wood Street. West Kern Oil Museum is situated nearby to the aerodrome Taft Airport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Taft Airport and Taft Union High School.
Taft Airport
Aerodrome
Taft Airport, also known as Taft-Kern County Airport, is a public airport located one mile east of Taft, serving Kern County, California, USA. This general aviation airport covers 71 acres and has one runway.
Taft Union High School
School
Taft Union High School is located in Taft in Kern County, California, in the United States. Taft High was founded in 1912. Taft is a small city of fewer than 10,000, and the school also serves the surrounding rural area, which in the early 21st century has a total population of about 20,000. Taft Union High School is situated 1¼ miles northwest of West Kern Oil Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taft and Midoil.
Taft
Taft is a small community at the eastern foot of the Temblor mountains, in Kern County in the San Joaquin Valley of California. It is not much of a vacation destination although there are sites to see including the oil museum, a historic fort and the Carrizo Plains National Monument.
Midoil
Hamlet
Midoil is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located 2 miles southeast of Fellows, at an elevation of 1,339 feet. Midoil is no longer a permanently populated place. Midoil is situated 4½ miles west of West Kern Oil Museum.
Valley Acres
Locality
Valley Acres is a census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States. Valley Acres is located 5.2 miles north-northeast of Taft, at an elevation of 420 feet. The population was 504 at the 2020 census, down from 527 at the 2010 census. Valley Acres is situated 6 miles north of West Kern Oil Museum.
West Kern Oil Museum
- Type: Museum
- Address: 1168 Wood Street, Taft, CA 93268
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.13337° or 35° 8′ 0″ northLongitude
-119.44819° or 119° 26′ 54″ westElevation
945 feet (288 metres)Open location code
85724HM2+8POpenStreetMap ID
way 53992839OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
5408100
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