Cantil (Spanish for "Stone Cliff") is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.
Its zip code is 93519, and it uses area codes 442 and 760.
The Red Rock Elementary School and Red Rock Community Day School are in Cantil. Both help students who were not successful in the regular school system.
History
Cantil was founded as a station on the Nevada and California Railroad in 1908 or 1909 when the line was extended from Owens Lake to Mojave. The first post office opened in 1916.
On October 31, 2014, the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise crashed in the Mojave Desert near Cantil, killing one of the two pilots.
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Cantil has a cold desert climates, abbreviated "BWk" on climate maps. Average rainfall is just . The highest temperature ever recorded in Cantil was in 1972. The lowest temperature on record was , recorded in 1963. The average daily high for January is , with average lows of . High temperatures average in July with average lows of .