Central Park
Central Park is a park in California, at a recorded 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 0.2 miles away. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 124 m
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Weill Park: 0.4 mi
- Centennial Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Joshua Park: 0.5 mi
- Lowell Park: 1.1 mi
- Lowell Park: 1.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 15.4 mi
- Dripping Spring: 15.6 mi
- Tunnel Spring: 17.5 mi
- Haypress Spring: 18.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 18.6 mi
- Ant Hill: 7.6 mi
- Brushy Hill: 8.8 mi
- Round Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Knob Hill: 13.3 mi
- Mount Poso: 14.9 mi
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village: 1.2 mi
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 1.2 mi
- California Living Museum: 7.9 mi
- Minter Field Air Museum: 13.1 mi
- The Green Hotel: 17.3 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 4.8 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 4.9 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 5.6 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor: 12.9 mi
- Veterans Park Memorial Site: 17.6 mi
- McFarland Veterans Memorial: 23.9 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 3.8 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 5.2 mi
- checkpoint: 16.1 mi
- woody rd: 24.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 6.8 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 8.7 mi
- CSLC Open Space: 14.3 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve State Park: 20.4 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 0.9 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 3.2 mi
- Mon Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 16.1 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 23.6 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Rio Bravo: 6.2 mi
- 4 Island Lake Beach: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Central Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breckenridge Mountain | ENE 78° | 2,298 m | 24.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | ESE 120° | 2,106 m | 24.0 mi |
| Hole in the Mountain | E 80° | 1,743 m | 23.4 mi |
| Ball Mountain | NE 53° | 1,404 m | 21.0 mi |
| Oiler Peak | E 94° | 1,315 m | 23.8 mi |
| Saturday Peak | ENE 61° | 1,260 m | 18.4 mi |
| Burke Hill | NE 46° | 1,206 m | 24.0 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NE 46° | 1,184 m | 18.5 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.
- Rose-ringed Parakeet92 obs
- Mallard38 obs
- Northern Mockingbird34 obs
- Rock Pigeon28 obs
- Yellow-rumped Warbler24 obs
- Mourning Dove23 obs
- European Starling20 obs
- Black Phoebe17 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/60113941
Day trips start here
- Bakersfield · 1 mi
- Kern County · 8 mi
- Buttonwillow · 24 mi
- Taft · 30 mi
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