Bakersfield City Map Poster

About this print

Bakersfield map poster

Bakersfield sits at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, where the Kern River comes down out of the mountains and the farmland stretches flat in nearly every direction. It is a working city shaped by oil fields, orchards and row crops, and by a music scene that gave country its own sharper, twangier accent under the name the Bakersfield sound. People who grew up here, moved away, or recently put down roots tend to know the city by feel: the drive to work, the way to a parent's house, the long straight roads that run out toward the fields.

This print presents Bakersfield as a street map in the Blueprint style, a cool, technical look that suits a city built on engineering, irrigation and practical work. It reads first as a clean piece of graphic design, so it fits easily into a home office, a hallway or a living room without feeling like a souvenir. It also makes a thoughtful gift for someone heading off to school, settling into a new home, or missing the Valley from somewhere far away.

The poster is decorative art rather than a guide for getting around, a quiet way to keep a familiar place in view every day. The available options are listed on this page, which makes it simple to choose the version that suits the wall it is headed for.

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Route details

Location

California, United States

Collection

Cityscapes