Kern National Wildlife Refuge
Kern National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 68 m. Gould Hill stands 431 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 68 m
How to reach it
58 named places within 25 miles
- Kern National Wildlife Refuge: 2.2 mi
- Lost Hills Park: 9.3 mi
- Lost Hills Park: 9.8 mi
- Alpaugh County Park: 12.7 mi
- Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park: 15.3 mi
- Cerro del Sur: 15.5 mi
- El Vejón: 15.8 mi
- Cascajo Hill: 17.2 mi
- Oyster Hill: 17.7 mi
- Badger Hill: 18.7 mi
- Heritage Park Museum: 21.1 mi
- Shafter Depot Museum: 24.9 mi
- Depot Museum: 24.9 mi
- Harlin P. Wilson Agricultural Museum: 24.9 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- Buttonwillow Raceway Park: 17.4 mi
- Pixley National Wildlife Refuge: 18.2 mi
- McFarland Veterans Memorial: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kern National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gould Hill | SSW 201° | 431 m | 24.0 mi |
| La Morra | WNW 301° | 285 m | 24.6 mi |
| Emigrant Hill | W 270° | 227 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Vernon | W 262° | 199 m | 19.9 mi |
| Wagon Wheel Mountain | W 265° | 199 m | 20.9 mi |
| Cascajo Hill | W 281° | 178 m | 17.2 mi |
| El Vejón | W 281° | 166 m | 15.8 mi |
| Parejo Hill | WNW 302° | 161 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:41 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:10 | 16:49 |
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 | 54 | 59 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 84 | 83 | 78 | 68 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wasco, 18 mi away.
- Red-tailed Hawk58 obs
- Black-necked Stilt56 obs
- White-faced Ibis55 obs
- Northern Shoveler50 obs
- Cinnamon Teal42 obs
- Gadwall41 obs
- Greater Yellowlegs40 obs
- American Coot36 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/44403033
Day trips start here
- Buttonwillow · 25 mi
- McKittrick · 30 mi
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