Ridgecrest, California

Kern County

06-60704

Ridgecrest is a city in Kern County in the U.S. state of California, United States, with 25,900 inhabitants ( 2004). The geographic coordinates are: 35.63 ° N, 117.66 ° West. The metropolitan area has a size of 55.6 km ². Ridgecrest is located near the Valley of Death (Death Valley).

Economy

In Ridgecrest is the access to the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, an important military research base of 4,500 km ². Belonging to the base 's airspace reservation of 51,000 sq km where often low-level flights are completed.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Mark Hoppus, bassist and singer for the American punk pop band blink-182, founder, singer and bassist of the band 44
• Jennifer O'Dell, Actress

• Location in California
• Location in North America
• Kern County