Wheeler Ridge, California
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Wheeler Ridge is an unincorporated community in the southwestern San Joaquin Valley, within Kern County, California. It is at the junction of the valley floor and the Wheeler Ridge landform of the Teh
Wheeler Ridge, and the Wheeler Ridge Interchange, viewed along SR 99 looking north from the Tejon Pass.
Highway directional sign in Wheeler Ridge, with Tehachapi Mountains beyond
Wheeler Ridge, CA in 2025.
Grapevine, California
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Grapevine is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States, at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. The small village is directly adjacent to Interstate 5 and consists m
Wheeler Ridge, California
…A post office operated at Wheeler Ridge from 1923 to 1972. Before the development of the Grapevine commercial district to the south on Interstate 5, Wheeler Ridge had the last services southbound on U.S. Route 99 and I−5 before the steep 3,000 feet (910 m) climb up Tejon…
The Grapevine, looking south (2009)
A section of the 1915 Ridge Route between Grapevine and Lebec, California, abandoned when U.S. Route 99 (later upgraded to I-5) was constructed over the Tejon Pass in order to make travel straighter and safer
Grapevine, CA in 2025.
Grapevine, California