Wofford Heights, California

Wofford Heights is a census-designated place (CDP) in the southern Sierra Nevadas, in Kern County, California, United States. Wofford Heights is located in the west Kern River Valley, 3.5mi south-southwest of Kernville, at an elevation of 2684 feet (818 m). The population was 2,200 at the 2010 census, down from 2,276 at the 2000 census.GeographyWofford Heights is located at. California State Route 155 is the only highway in Wofford Heights, leading south to Lake Isabella and west through Alta Sierra and the Greenhorn Mountains.According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.1sqmi, all of it land.ClimateAccording to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Wofford Heights has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. Here, the summers can be brutal and have reached as high as 113°F while the winters are a bit more mild and have gone as low as -3°F. Wofford Heights' eastern front borders Lake Isabella. There are two major access points to the lake from Wofford Blvd: The first is the entrance to North Fork Marina and Tillie Creek Campground, and the second is Freear which is at the very end of East Evans Road near Wofford Heights Park.