Wheeler Ridge
The Grapevine is a corridor along Interstate 5 in Kern County in California that descends from the Tehachapi Mountains through Grapevine Canyon. Traditionally the Grapevine has included the route from the town of Lebec down to the town of Grapevine, although for organizational purposes this article also includes the nearby towns of Gorman, Frazier Park, Fort Tejon and Wheeler Ridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in California, United States of America
- Also known as: “Wheeler Ridge, CA” and “Wheeler Ridge, California”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mettler and The Grapevine.
Mettler
Locality
Mettler, or Mettler Station, is an unincorporated area in Kern County, California. Actor James Dean received a traffic ticket here before a fatal crash. Mettler is situated 4½ miles north of Wheeler Ridge.
The Grapevine
Photo: CraigCarter400, CC BY 3.0.
The Grapevine is a corridor along Interstate 5 in Kern County in California that descends from the Tehachapi Mountains through Grapevine Canyon. Traditionally the Grapevine has included the route from the town of Lebec down to the town of Grapevine, although for organizational purposes this article also includes the nearby towns of Gorman, Frazier Park, Fort Tejon and Wheeler Ridge.
Wheeler Ridge
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Kern County, San Joaquin Valley, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.00441° or 35° 0′ 16″ northLongitude
-118.94955° or 118° 56′ 58″ westElevation
951 feet (290 metres)Open location code
85732332+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
node 150941555OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Volapük—“Wheeler Ridge” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “惠勒嶺”
- French: “Wheeler Ridge”
- Persian: “ویلر ریج، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “ویلر ریج”
- Polish: “Wheeler Ridge”
- South Azerbaijani: “ویلر ریج، کالیفورنیا”
- Volapük: “Wheeler Ridge, California”
- Volapük: “Wheeler Ridge”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kern County Fire Department Station 55 Tejon Ranch and Wheeler Ridge (#043).
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Wheeler Ridge”. Photo: GeorgeLouis, CC BY-SA 3.0.