Kern Veterans Memorial
Kern Veterans Memorial is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 124 m. Breckenridge Mountain stands 2,298 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sister City Gardens, a garden 0.1 miles away. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Monument in Kern County, California, U.S.
Wikidata Q6394164, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Centennial Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Central Park: 0.3 mi
- Weill Park: 0.7 mi
- Joshua Park: 0.8 mi
- Lowell Park: 0.8 mi
- Rock Spring: 15.4 mi
- Dripping Spring: 15.7 mi
- Tunnel Spring: 17.6 mi
- Haypress Spring: 18.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 18.5 mi
- Ant Hill: 7.7 mi
- Brushy Hill: 9.1 mi
- Round Mountain: 10.2 mi
- Knob Hill: 13.6 mi
- Mount Poso: 15.2 mi
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village: 1.5 mi
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 1.5 mi
- California Living Museum: 8.0 mi
- Minter Field Air Museum: 13.3 mi
- The Green Hotel: 17.5 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 4.0 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 5.5 mi
- checkpoint: 16.4 mi
- woody rd: 24.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 6.9 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 8.8 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve State Park: 20.3 mi
- Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor: 13.1 mi
- Veterans Park Memorial Site: 17.8 mi
- McFarland Veterans Memorial: 24.2 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 1.1 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 3.4 mi
- Mon Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 16.4 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Rio Bravo: 5.9 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 23.6 mi
- 4 Island Lake Beach: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kern Veterans Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breckenridge Mountain | ENE 77° | 2,298 m | 24.5 mi |
| Bear Mountain | ESE 119° | 2,106 m | 23.9 mi |
| Hole in the Mountain | E 79° | 1,743 m | 23.5 mi |
| Ball Mountain | NE 53° | 1,404 m | 21.2 mi |
| Oiler Peak | E 93° | 1,315 m | 23.7 mi |
| Saturday Peak | ENE 60° | 1,260 m | 18.5 mi |
| Burke Hill | NE 46° | 1,206 m | 24.2 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NE 46° | 1,184 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:09 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 57 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersfield 5 NW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1647957081
Day trips start here
- Bakersfield · 1 mi
- Kern County · 8 mi
- Buttonwillow · 24 mi
- Taft · 29 mi
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