Buena Vista Aquatic Recreational Area
Buena Vista Aquatic Recreational Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 90 m. San Emigdio Mountain stands 2,282 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is A W Noon Park, a park 3.6 miles away. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 90 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- A W Noon Park: 3.6 mi
- Buena Vista Golf Course: 3.6 mi
- Valley Acres Park: 8.0 mi
- 2800 Acre Water Bank: 9.0 mi
- Belcourt Park: 9.8 mi
- West Kern Oil Museum: 12.0 mi
- West Kern Oil Museum: 12.1 mi
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village: 18.1 mi
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 18.1 mi
- The Green Hotel: 19.1 mi
- Jameson #17: 12.0 mi
- Oil Patch Fire House: 12.1 mi
- Ethel D. Oil Tool & Supply House: 12.1 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 18.2 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 20.6 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 13.5 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 15.4 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 15.5 mi
- Flume Creek Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- The Crossing: 17.2 mi
- Twentyfive Hill: 13.7 mi
- Hillcrest Point: 14.4 mi
- Elkhorn Hills: 19.9 mi
- Midway Peak: 20.3 mi
- Eagle Rest Peak: 23.2 mi
- Lakeview Gusher #1: 12.0 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 17.8 mi
- Veterans Park Memorial Site: 18.6 mi
- Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor: 19.6 mi
- Bitterwater Spring: 18.7 mi
- Quail Spring: 22.9 mi
- Padrones Spring: 23.7 mi
- Lawson Spring: 24.3 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve State Park: 8.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 24.7 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 17.9 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 18.4 mi
- Rio Bravo: 12.8 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buena Vista Aquatic Recreational Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Emigdio Mountain | SSE 168° | 2,282 m | 24.8 mi |
| Brush Mountain | S 174° | 2,149 m | 23.7 mi |
| Eagle Rest Peak | SSE 161° | 1,834 m | 23.2 mi |
| Midway Peak | WSW 258° | 1,116.2 m | 20.3 mi |
| Elkhorn Hills | SW 221° | 980.5 m | 19.9 mi |
| Twentyfive Hill | SW 236° | 515 m | 13.7 mi |
| Hillcrest Point | WNW 288° | 470 m | 14.4 mi |
| Brushy Hill | NE 38° | 367 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 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 | 50 | 53 | 59 | 63 | 70 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 68 | 57 | 50 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Taft, 11 mi away.
- California Ground Squirrel11 obs
- Variegated Meadowhawk7 obs
- Clark's Grebe4 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk4 obs
- White-crowned Sparrow4 obs
- Blue Dasher4 obs
- Western Pondhawk4 obs
- American Coot3 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 node/358858057
Day trips start here
- Taft · 12 mi
- Maricopa · 14 mi
- Buttonwillow · 16 mi
- Bakersfield · 17 mi
- Kern County · 21 mi
- McKittrick · 21 mi
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