Willow Springs, Kern County, California

Willow Springs
Unincorporated community
Willow Springs Ghost Town
Willow Springs Ghost Town
Willow Springs is located in California
Willow Springs
Willow Springs
Location in California
Willow Springs is located in the United States
Willow Springs
Willow Springs
Willow Springs (the United States)
Coordinates: 34°52′42″N 118°17′48″W / 34.87833°N 118.29667°W / 34.87833; -118.29667
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyKern County
Elevation
[1]
2,523 ft (769 m)
Reference no.130

Willow Springs is a village located around a set of former springs (no longer flowing) in Kern County, California, United States.[2] It is located off of Rosamond Boulevard,[3] 7.5 miles (12 km) west of Rosamond,[4] at an elevation of 2,523 feet (769 m).[1]

Willow Springs International Motorsports Park is approximately two miles east of the original village of Willow Springs.

An underground grid storage project is planned near the Whirlwind Substation.[5]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Willow Springs, Kern County, California
  2. ^ Waring 1915, p. 318.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1128. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  5. ^ "Hydrostor applies for license for 4GWh California compressed air storage project". Energy Storage News. December 2, 2021.