Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations near the Kern River

Kern River's Edge Team
May 2
3 min read

Updated: May 21

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 EV 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. We have found that resources like PlugShare and ChargeHub do not have current information for our rural community, so we hope the information we've culled will be helpful.

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

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 or 11000 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA
Tesla Charging Stations in Bakersfield: Camino Del Rio Ct #3100, Bakersfield, CA 93308 or S Enos Ln #9741, Bakersfield, CA 93311

Buttonwillow, CA 24551 West Lerdo Highway, Buttonwillow Chargepoint: 20672 Tracy Ave #102 Tesla: 20673 Tracy Avenue

Inyokern Tesla Supercharger

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

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.

Kernville, CA - Charging your EV while @ the Kern River

U. S. Forest Service - Kern River Ranger District 11380 Kernville Rd, Kernville, CA 93238, USA

Lake Isabella, CA

OpConnect Charging Station: Located at 6616 Lake Isabella Blvd, Lake Isabella, CA. It features standard Level 2 charging available for public use.
USFS Visitor Center: Located at 6212 Lake Isabella Blvd, the newly constructed U.S. Forest Service site includes two EV charging stations.
SPD Market Plugs: Located at 6755 Wofford Blvd, Lake Isabella. This un-networked, Level 1 NEMA 14-50 exposed plug requires you to bring your own cordset.

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

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 guests to rent our powered campsites to charge an EV. You will need to provide your own plug/adapter; based on availability; minimums apply.
We also have one 110v outlet in our Guest Parking lot that campers can reserve. The fee is $30 for an 4-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.

Kern EV Charging Station Blueprint

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!

Use the Book Now button on our website to reserve your power & water RV site or tent campsite. RV sites include power and water hook-ups for one RV, so get your site picked out very soon!