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West Kern Oil Museum

West Kern Oil Museum from directly overhead

West Kern Oil Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 288 m. San Emigdio Mountain stands 2,282 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Jameson #17, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. 110 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
288 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.13349, -119.44796
Around it

110 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
Springs: 20
  • Bitterwater Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Quail Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Padrones Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Lawson Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Willow Spring: 13.4 mi
Peaks: 12
Attractions: 5
  • Jameson #17: 0.0 mi
  • Ethel D. Oil Tool & Supply House: 0.1 mi
  • Oil Patch Fire House: 0.1 mi
  • Szent András-törésvonal (San Andreas): 11.2 mi
  • Szent András-törésvonal (San Andreas): 12.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Flume Creek Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
  • The Crossing: 18.1 mi
  • The Crossing: 18.1 mi
  • Twin Falls Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
  • The Patio: 18.5 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Lakeview Gusher #1: 3.9 mi
  • Wallace Creek: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
Museums: 1
  • West Kern Oil Museum: 0.1 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Whiterock Bluff: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Kern Oil Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Emigdio MountainSE 140°2,282 m23.6 mi
Brush MountainSE 144°2,149 m21.3 mi
Eagle Rest PeakSE 131°1,834 m23.7 mi
Fox MountainSSW 201°1,569 m23.7 mi
Caliente MountainWSW 249°1,556.3 m18.9 mi
McKittrick SummitWNW 301°1,318 m20.9 mi
Midway PeakWNW 282°1,116.2 m9.8 mi
Elkhorn HillsSSW 197°980.5 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3619:10
June solstice05:4519:3920:16
September equinox06:4718:2318:56
December solstice07:0316:1116:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505359637076838277685750
Precip in1.11.21.00.60.40.00.00.00.10.30.40.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Taft, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/53992839

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