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Lebec is located in Castac Valley between the San Emigdio and Tehachapi Mountains. The community is one of the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass. Lebec is 40 miles (64 km) south of Bakersfield. [3] According to the United States Census Bureau, Lebec has an area of 15.3 square miles (40 km 2).
Some of the people who live in the Mountain Communities at a Halloween celebration in Frazier Park (2008). A total of 6,066 people lived within the four areas of the Mountain Communities that were distinguished in the March 2000 U.S. census — 2,348 in Frazier Park, 1,600 in Pine Mountain Club, 1,285 in Lebec, and 833 in Lake of the Woods.
The Tejon Pass / t eɪ ˈ h oʊ n, t ə ˈ h oʊ n, ˈ t eɪ. h oʊ n /, previously known as Portezuelo de Cortes, Portezuela de Castac, and Fort Tejon Pass is a mountain pass between the southwest end of the Tehachapi Mountains and northeastern San Emigdio Mountains, linking Southern California north to the Central Valley.
Frazier Park is a village and unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is 5 miles (8 km) west of Lebec, [3] at an elevation of 4,639 feet (1,414 m). [2] It is one of the Mountain Communities of the Tejon Pass. The population was 2,592 in the 2020 census, down from 2,691 in 2010.
Location: Lebec, Kern County, California: Coordinates: 1]: Type: saline, endorheic (sink): Primary inflows: Cuddy Creek, Bear Canyon, Crane Canyon: Primary outflows: Grapevine Creek: Catchment area: 56 sq mi (150 km 2) [2]: Max. length: 1 mile (1.6 km): Surface area: 400 acres (160 ha) [3]: Surface elevation: 3,484 ft (1,062 m) [1]: Castac Lake (Chumash: Kaštiq), [4] also known as Tejon Lake ...
The winds hit between 09:30 and 09:45 GMT, according to weather maps. Ms Foers said "it felt as if the house was being lifted". "It was just the noise, all the roofs went simultaneously," she added.
The rancho in the Tehachapi Mountains lay between Castac Lake on the south and the present Grapevine on the north and included what is now the community of Lebec. [2] [3] The rancho is now a part of the Tejon Ranch. The word Castac is derived from Kashtiq, the Chumash-language name that the Chumash people gave to the area nearby.
Peace Valley Road parallels the freeway on the west, north of the town, for travel to Frazier Park and Lebec, and Gorman Post Road on the east, south of town, is a direct route to State Route 138. Kern Transit provides bus service from Gorman to Lebec, Frazier Park, Lake of the Woods, Pinon Pines, and Pine Mountain Club.