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) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States. Inyokern is located west of Ridgecrest, at an elevation of 2434 feet (742 m). Located in the Indian Wells Valley. The population was 984 at the 2000 census. It was a railroad town established along the Southern Pacific railroad Lone Pine Branch (now removed). It is served by Inyokern Airport.
Inyokern is located at . It lies in Indian Wells Valley, with the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada rising to the west.
It is on U.S. Route 395, the main north-south artery, connecting the Inland Empire to Reno, Nevada. US 395 also connects Inyokern to Los Angeles via State Route 14 through Palmdale.
State Route 178, the main east-west artery, connects Inyokern to Bakersfield, the county seat, via Lake Isabella in the west, and to Death Valley via Ridgecrest in the east.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 11.1 square miles (28.7 km²), all of it land.