Painted Rock is a smooth horseshoe-shaped marine sandstone rock formation with pictograph rock art about 250 feet across and 45 feet tall near Soda Lake within the Carrizo Plain National Monument on the southwest side of the northern Carrizo Plain, west of Bakersfield and about 70 miles (110 km) east of San Luis Obispo and 45 miles (72 km) west of Taft, in California, United States.
Aerial view of Painted Rock looking south, taken February, 2019.
Pictograph at Painted Rock.
View north to Soda Lake.
Aerial overhead view.
California Valley is an unincorporated community located in the eastern part of San Luis Obispo County, California, in the northern portion of the Carrizo Plain.
Wildflowers off Bitterwater Road, California Valley, March 2010.
California Valley
Aerial view northeast, with community center at lower right next to northern end of runway at right edge. Soda Lake Road is visible running diagonally up toward the left. The main community is about one mile (1.6 km) further south beyond the other end of the runway.
Future development