Baker Hughes

Airplane aficionados fly high at the Minter Field Air Museum. The premier high-flying museum boasts the honorable distinction as the official home base for many restoration companies that specialize in warbirds and antiques. Visitors can see WWII aircrafts, including Stearmans, Ryans, Stinsons, North American AT-6's, and a P-15 Mustang.

Conduct your evening out at the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra. Enjoy listening to the sweeping sounds of the professional 80 member orchestra under the direction of Maestro John Farrer, as it performs classical music masterpieces written by the musical greats. Productions have included Beethoven's Overture to Egmont, Brahms Symphony No. 4 and Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker.

Nature lovers love the Wind Wolves Preserve. Discover an ecologically unique region brimming with miles and miles of seasonal wildflowers, abundant wildlife and outdoor beauty. Bring your family and friends to hike, bike, picnic, and camp at a preserve that travels across California's Transverse Ranges, Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada, western Mojave Desert, and San Joaquin Valley.

Discover tranquility at the Central Park at Mill Creek in Bakersfield. Spend a day in the park, surrounded by trees and three million pounds of boulders from the Kern River. The park features stamp concrete walkways, lined with turn-of-the-century themed fixtures, and a covered pedestrian bridge crossing over a babbling brook.