If you are planning a camping trip to the Kern River and Kernville, CA from the central coast, Los Angeles or Palm Desert areas you will need to map out your charging station route for your Tesla, Rivian or other type of electric vehicle. Keep reading for handy tips on mapping out your journey with high-speed charging stations on the way to and near Kernville and the Kern River.
Driving to the Kern River and Kernville in your electric vehicle
The Bakersfield, CA area can support electric vehicles coming from Los Angeles or the central coast to the Kern River and Kernville, CA.
City of Bakersfield charging stations, Level 2 Charging ports
ChargeFinder, 10565 Copus Road Bakersfield, California 93313, Bakersfield
Tony's Firehouse Grill & Pizza, 10701 CA-178, Bakersfield 93306 on Highway 178, just west of Kern River Canyon
Electrify America Charging Station
4310 California Avenue, Bakersfield, CA
11000 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA
Tesla Charging Stations in Bakersfield Camino Del Rio Ct #3100, Bakersfield, CA 93308 S Enos Ln #9741, Bakersfield, CA 93311
Buttonwillow, CA
24551 West Lerdo Highway, Buttonwillow
Chargepoint: 20672 Tracy Ave #102
Tesla: 20673 Tracy Avenue
Mojave, CA Mojave Air & Spaceport, 1434 Flight Line, Mojave, CA 93501
Tejon and Lebec, CA
Tejon Outlets, 5701 Outlets at Tejon Pkwy, Arvin, CA 93203
Lebec, 5602 Dennis McCarthy Dr, Lebec, CA 93243-9725
Wasco, CA W Lerdo Hwy #24551, Buttonwillow, CA 93206
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The Inyokern, CA area (eastern Kern County) has a total of 7 fast chargers and can support visitors to the Kern River who are driving from the Palm Desert area, San Diego, and San Bernardino areas. It is recommended that because of potential winds in this high-desert area that you stop in to Inyokern and top-off before driving over Walker Pass into the Kern River Valley area towards Lake Isabella.
Inyokern Market, 1353 Brown Rd, Inyokern, CA 93527
Classic Burgers, 6525 W Inyokern Rd, Inyokern, CA 93527
Inyokern Airport, 1669 Inyokern Road, Inyokern, CA 93527
Rivian Adventure Network, 6525 W Inyokern Rd, Inyokern, CA 93527
Charging your EV while @ the Kern River in Kernville, CA
U. S. Forest Service - Kern River Ranger District 11380 Kernville Rd, Kernville, CA 93238, USA
Some campgrounds will allow you to rent a campsite for charging your electric vehicle and some of our local hotels will allow you to run your cord into 110 outlets near your site or room.
Charging your EV while Camping @ Kern River's Edge
If you are camping with us at Kern River's Edge Campground Retreat we do allow EV's to charge in our powered campsites. You will need to provide your own plug/adapter.
We also have one 110v outlet in our Guest Parking lot that campers can reserve. The fee is $25 for an 8-hour charge and you must provide your own plug/adapter. Traveling is hard enough with all the planning, packing, food buys and kid wrangling, so we hope this information helps make your next camping outing to the Kern River in your electric vehicle just a little bit easier.
Related electric vehicle charging station agencies, news, reports and blueprints:
Kern Council of Governments, Kern County's EV blueprint report California Transportation Department charging stations in eastern Kern County
Article: Largest EV Charging Station in nation coming to Lost Hills, CA This western Kern County electric vehicle charging station would support travelers on I5 coming from the Bay Area toward Bakersfield, and central coast travelers headed to Bakersfield and Kern River.
Information provided is to the best of our knowledge at this time, May 2024. We will update information as it becomes available to us.
Now let's get to planning your next Kern River camping trip!
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