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The Kern River Parkway Trail is a system of hiking and biking trails that extends along the Kern River from the mouth of the canyon to Hart Park in Bakersfield, California. The trail system is part of the larger Kern River Parkway, which includes several parks, picnic areas, and green spaces along the river.
A bike path starts on the east side, and travels through the Kern River County Park, ending at the Kern River Golf Course. There are also two 18-hole disk golf courses. Many of the roads in the park are named after nearby geographic features. For example, River Road is near the Kern River, and Lake Street is near the boating lake.
Camp Okihi is a developed camp primarily used by sanctioned Kern County youth and school groups. The camp is located north of the Kern River. Since there is no bridge across the Kern River within the Kern River County Park, the camp is relatively isolated. The camp contains two reservable group camping areas for up to 100 people each.
Tübatulabal family in the Kern River area in 1916. This area of the Kern River was inhabited by local Indigenous peoples including the Tübatulabal, who often built villages near springs. [4] The Tübatulabal used the springs in the area for thousands of years and hunted, fished, and raised their families, along the banks for the river. [3]
CALM is 14 acres (5.7 ha) and contains a wide variety of plants and animals from around Kern County. The California Living Museum exists to display and interpret native California animals, plants, fossils and artifacts to teach a respect for all living things through education, recreation, conservation and research.
The primary style for the buildings is river rock walls and brown tile roofs. The foot bridges have metal arch support, with a wood plank floor. A similar style bridge (with concrete instead of wood) crosses the Kern River near the park as a short extension to the bike path. Most of the plants used in the park are native to the river.
The Audubon Kern River Preserve is a riparian nature reserve owned by the National Audubon Society in the US state of California, near Weldon in Kern County. The preserve is located in one of the largest contiguous riparian forests remaining in the state. [ 2 ]
An adobe station house was located on the south bank of the Kern River, just a few yards to the west of this marker, which also served as a station on the Butterfield Overland Mail Route from 1856 to 1860. Registred June 6, 1934. The marker is located near the Kern River bridge, on China Loop, 1,000 ft South of Round Mountain Road, Bakersfield.