A popular "Wine in the Pines" wine tasting event is held in September and the club goes white water rafting on the Kern River in June.
The school is located near the terminus of the Panorama (aka China Grade) Bluffs on the exact site that Father Francisco Garces wrote would make a perfect place for a mission for the local Indian populace in his exploration of the Rio Bravo de San Felipe now known as the Kern River.
Golden Empire Transit's Maintenance Facility is located on Golden State Highway, next to the Kern River (on the north frontage road).
The Kern Canyon, a dramatic and deep canyon cut by the Kern River, cuts a path through the Greenhorn Mountains that is also used by State Route 178.
It was placed in a small corner of the Kern County Chamber of Commerce Building located on Chester Ave, next to the fairgrounds between the Kern River and Garces Circle.
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There are only a few places where it has been observed to nest annually, notably the Carmel Valley and the South Fork Kern River.
The nearby towns of Lake Isabella and Kernville receive economic benefit from tourism created by the Lake Isabella Recreation Area and the whitewater rafting attraction of the Upper and Lower Kern River.
Tübatulabal people, Native Americans whose ancestral home was in the Kern River basin