Klipstein Canyon Road is an approximately 6.2-mile rural highway located in the San Emigdio Mountains of Kern County. This highway begins at Hudson Ranch Road and travels northward through Cienega Canyon and Devils Gulch to California State Routes 166 and 33 near Maricopa. Klipstein Canyon Road is maintained as Kern County Mountain Road 277. What is now Klipstein Canyon Road was part of the original stage corridor in Cienega Canyon between Cuyama Valley and Kern Lake. Following construction of the Grocer Grade in Sunset Canyon the Cienega Canyon corridor would mostly become associated with an oil boom at Pattiway. During the 1950s the northern part of the highway was realigned near Klipstein Ranch to better align with Maricopa. The highway name was changed to Klipstein Canyon Road despite Cienega Canyon never having been actually renamed. Part 1; the history of Klipstein Canyon Road What is now Klipstein Canyon Road was part of the original stag...
Three Points Road is a rural cutoff route which connects Pine Canyon Road (Los Angeles County Route N2) and California State Route 138 near Neenach of Antelope Valley. Originally the community of Three Points (named for the junction Pine Canyon, Oakdale Canyon and Oakgrove Canyon) was served by 265th Avenue West. The modern three-mile-long corridor of Three Points Road was developed by 1950 to serve as a softer transition to California State Route 138. Part 1; the history of Three Points Road Three Points Road is named in reference to the community near the extinct Neenach Volcano known as Three Points. Three Points itself is a reference to three canyons it sits in the middle of: Pine Canyon, Oakgrove Canyon and Oakdale Canyon. Three Points was homesteaded by the Laffery family in 1892. Nearby Gookins Lake was named after one of the Laffery family members. Three Points (blue pin) can be seen at the intersection of Pine Canyon Road (now Los...