Wheeler Ridge, California

Wheeler Ridge is an unincorporated community in the southwestern San Joaquin Valley, within Kern County, California. It is at the junction of the valley floor and the Wheeler Ridge landform of the Tehachapi Mountains.GeographyThe community is located at the Wheeler Ridge Interchange, the junction of State Route 99 and Interstate 5. It is 4.25mi south-southeast of Mettler, and west of Arvin.Wheeler Ridge is at an elevation of 955ft. Street addresses in Wheeler Ridge are addressed as Arvin when east of Interstate 5, and as Lebec when west of Interstate 5. The ZIP Code is 93284. The community is inside area code 661.HistoryA post office operated at Wheeler Ridge from 1923 to 1972.Before the development of the Grapevine commercial district to the south on Interstate 5, Wheeler Ridge had the last services southbound on U.S. Route 99 and I−5 before the steep 3000ft climb up Tejon Pass. Before the 1964 state highway renumbering, old Route 99 passed through Wheeler Ridge.