Bear Vally Veteran's Memorial
Bear Vally Veteran's Memorial is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,239 m. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Valley Nature Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Martina Spring: 7.3 mi
- Pine Spring: 7.7 mi
- Warm Spring: 7.9 mi
- Barrington Spring: 8.0 mi
- Salt Lick Spring: 8.3 mi
- Bear Valley Nature Park: 0.2 mi
- Beaubien Athletic Field: 0.3 mi
- Bear Valley Park: 0.9 mi
- Brite Lake Recreational Park: 7.0 mi
- Old Town State Historic Landmark: 8.6 mi
- Bear Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Horsethief Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Black Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Cummings Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Rock Pile: 9.4 mi
- Tehachapi Loop Overlook: 6.6 mi
- Martyr's Rock: 6.7 mi
- The Cross on the Loop: 6.8 mi
- Mess Hall: 24.3 mi
- Junior Officer's Quarters: 24.3 mi
- Tehachapi Depot Museum: 11.3 mi
- Errea House Museum: 11.3 mi
- Tehachapi Heritage League Museum: 11.4 mi
- Tehachapi Museum: 11.4 mi
- California Living Museum: 23.1 mi
- Tehachapi Loop: 6.6 mi
- Historic Tehachapi Depot: 11.3 mi
- Historic Water Tower: 11.4 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 22.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 23.2 mi
- 4 Island Lake Beach: 0.7 mi
- Water: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bear Vally Veteran's Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | NE 35° | 2,565 m | 24.6 mi |
| Double Mountain | SE 135° | 2,430 m | 12.6 mi |
| Tehachapi Mountain | SE 131° | 2,418 m | 12.0 mi |
| Covington Mountain | SE 136° | 2,392 m | 14.0 mi |
| Cummings Mountain | SSE 153° | 2,362 m | 9.3 mi |
| Breckenridge Mountain | N 10° | 2,298 m | 20.3 mi |
| Bear Mountain | N 7° | 2,106 m | 3.0 mi |
| Cache Peak | E 79° | 2,035 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:35 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:08 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 42 | 45 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tehachapi 4 SE, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1276701747
Day trips start here
- Kern County · 17 mi
- The Grapevine · 24 mi
- Bakersfield · 25 mi
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