CDP
Ridgecrest Heights
Ridgecrest Heights is a community name the Census tracks. It helps you name the place, but it usually is not city hall. Start with the county layer unless an official local district says otherwise.
Starting point
Start with the county unless an official district says otherwise.
A Census-designated place is a useful local name, but it usually does not have its own city hall. For permits, records, taxes, courts, and many services, begin with the county layer.
Special districts, utilities, schools, fire agencies, parks, water agencies, coastal rules, and state maps can still control a specific issue.
2025 population
Not available
Land area
0.604 sq mi
Water area
0 sq mi
Directory notes
Local layers to keep on the same page.
Treat this as a community name.
A CDP can be real and useful on the ground, but it normally does not mean there is a city hall for permits, rent rules, business licenses, or local code.
Start with the county.
Kern County is the county layer shown in the Census place-county reference data.
Watch for districts.
Water, sewer, fire, school, parks, utilities, coast, wildfire, and special taxes can still belong to a district or state agency.
County layer
County shown for Ridgecrest Heights
Practical notes
Office, map, permit, and paperwork notes for Ridgecrest Heights
County layer · Cars and driving · Reviewed July 6, 2026
GET is Bakersfield's local bus map layer
Golden Empire Transit gives Bakersfield its local bus maps, timetables, fare pages, and trip tools.
County layer · Home and property · Reviewed July 5, 2026
Bakersfield green carts are part of the trash routine
Bakersfield's garbage and recycling pages split regular trash, blue-cart recycling, green-cart organics, SB 1383 organics information, and the city's composting facility into separate pieces.
County layer · Home and property · Reviewed July 5, 2026
Delano utility setup includes trash contacts
Delano's utility pages point new-service questions to city utility billing and trash questions to Public Works and South Tulare Richgrove Refuse.
County layer · Home and property · Reviewed July 4, 2026
Bakersfield bulky pickup is appointment based
Bakersfield's bulky item program gives many homes an appointment path for large items that do not fit regular garbage carts.
County layer · Home and property · Reviewed July 4, 2026
Bakersfield smoke and air days need a local check
Bakersfield sits in the San Joaquin Valley air basin, where wildfire smoke, dust, and ozone can vary by day, so local air-quality forecasts are worth checking before outdoor plans.
County layer · Home and property · Reviewed July 4, 2026
Delano's service request form is for physical city problems
Delano's services page links to a service request form for physical problems in the community, while fire, police, and immediate assistance use separate contacts.
Almanac notes
Stories and local context near Ridgecrest Heights
County layer · Outdoors
Hart Park gives Bakersfield a Kern River day outside town
Hart Memorial Park sits within the larger Kern River County Park complex, giving Bakersfield a nearby place for river-edge picnics, shade, and open-space time.
County layer · History and culture
Arvin's farm-town story runs beside the packing houses
Arvin grew from Staples Store, railroad-side farm shipping, and Kern County agriculture into a city with deep valley roots.
County layer · History and culture
Maricopa sits beside one of California's biggest oil stories
Maricopa grew with the Midway-Sunset oil fields, near the Lakeview Gusher site that became a California historical landmark.
County layer · History and culture
Taft's oil story is big enough to fill an outdoor museum
Taft grew with the Midway-Sunset oil fields, and the West Kern Oil Museum keeps that boomtown story close to the rigs, tools, camps, and Lakeview Gusher history.
County layer · History and culture
The Fox Theater is Bakersfield's downtown survivor
Bakersfield's Fox Theater opened on Christmas Day 1930, survived hard years, and became a restored downtown stage with deep local affection.
County layer · History and culture
Boron keeps California's borax story close to the mine
Boron is tied to borates, a mine overlook, and the older Twenty Mule Team story from Death Valley.
County layer · History and culture
Buck Owens' Crystal Palace kept the Bakersfield Sound in one room
Buck Owens' Crystal Palace helped turn Bakersfield's country music history into a landmark, museum-like venue tied to the Bakersfield Sound.
County layer · History and culture
Edwards grew from the flight that broke the sound barrier
At Muroc, later Edwards Air Force Base, Chuck Yeager's 1947 Bell X-1 flight became the first human flight faster than the speed of sound.