Mountain House, Kern County, California

• San Francisco – Western terminus and 1st Division headquarters, located in downtown San Francisco.
  
• Clarks's Station – Located 12 miles south of San Francisco in what is now San Bruno.
  
• Sun Water Station – Located 9 miles south of Clarks Station in what is now San Mateo.
  
• Redwood City – Located 9 miles south of Sun Water Station.
  
• Mountain View Station – Located 12 miles south of Redwood City.
  
• San Jose Station – Located 11 miles south of Mountain View Station in the city of San Jose.
  
• Seventeen Mile House – Located 17 miles south of San Jose.
  
• Gilroy Station – Located 13 miles south of Seventeen Mile House in what is now Gilroy, California.
  
• Pacheco Pass Station – Located 18 miles east of Gilroy
  
• St. Louis Ranch – Located 17 miles east of Pacheco Pass.
  
• Lone Willow Station – Located 18 miles east of St. Louis Ranch near Los Banos.
  
• Temple's Ranch – Located 13 miles southeast of Lone Willow Station near Dos Palos.
  
• Firebaugh's Ferry – Located 15 miles southeast of Temples Ranch, on the San Joaquin River.
  
• Fresno City – Located 19 miles southeast of Firebaugh's Ferry.
  
• Elkhorn Spring Station – Located 22 miles east of Fresno City near present-day Riverdale.
  
• Whitmore's Ferry – Located 17 miles southeast of Elkhorn Spring Station.
  
• Head of Cross Creek Station – Located 15 miles southeast of Whitmore's Ferry.
  
• Visalia – Located 12 miles southeast of Cross Creek Station.
  
• Packwood Station – Located 12 miles east of Visalia.
  
• Tule River Station – Located 14 miles south of Packwood Station.
  
• Fountain Spring Station – Located 14 miles southeast of Tule River Station.
  
• Mountain House – Located 12 miles south of Fountain Spring Station.
  
• Posey Creek Station – Located 15 miles southwest of Mountain House, on Posey (Poso) Creek.
  
• Gordon's Ferry (Kern River Station) – Located 10 miles south of Posey Creek Station on the Kern River just above present-day Bakersfield.
  
• Kern River Slough Station – Located 12 miles south of Gordons Ferry.
  
• Sink of Tejon Station – Located 14 miles southwest of Kern River Slough Station.
  
• Fort Tejon – Located 15 miles southwest of Sink of Tejon Station.
  
• Reed's Station – Located 8 miles southeast of Fort Tejon, near the Tejon Pass summit.
  
• French John's Station – Located 14 miles east southeast of Reeds Station, in the vicinity of the mouth of Cow Springs Creek Canyon.
  
• Mud Spring, a station operating in 1860, 14 miles east from French Johns and 13 miles north from Clayton's Station (formerly Widow Smith's Station).
  
• Widow Smith's Station (Clayton's Station, Major Gordon's Station) – Located 24 miles from French John's Station, in upper San Francisquito Canyon near Green Valley.
  
• King's Station – Located 10 miles south of Widow Smith's Station in lower San Francisquito Canyon.
  
• Hart's Station or Lyons Station – Located 12 miles south of King's Station, near Santa Clara River.
  
• Lopez Station – Located 8¹⁄₂ miles southeast of Hart's Station, in the San Fernando Valley north of Mission San Fernando Rey de España.
  
• Cahuenga Station – Located 12 miles southeast of Mission San Fernando, in Cahuenga Pass, the Santa Monica Mountains.

Source: "List of Butterfield Overland Mail Stations "Itinerary of the Route"". New York Times. October 14, 1858.