College Park
College Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 226 m. Breckenridge Mountain stands 2,298 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Siemon Park, a park 1.0 miles away. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Siemon Park: 1.0 mi
- Wilkins Park: 1.4 mi
- Panorama Park: 1.6 mi
- Heritage Park: 1.6 mi
- Jefferson Park: 1.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 12.7 mi
- Dripping Spring: 13.2 mi
- Tunnel Spring: 14.6 mi
- Saturday Spring: 15.6 mi
- Willow Spring: 16.3 mi
- Ant Hill: 4.5 mi
- Round Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Brushy Hill: 6.7 mi
- Knob Hill: 10.6 mi
- Mount Adelaide: 12.5 mi
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 3.3 mi
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village: 3.3 mi
- California Living Museum: 4.7 mi
- Minter Field Air Museum: 13.7 mi
- The Green Hotel: 18.5 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 7.6 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 7.7 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 8.8 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor: 13.6 mi
- Veterans Park Memorial Site: 19.0 mi
- McFarland Veterans Memorial: 23.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 3.7 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 5.5 mi
- CSLC Open Space: 12.1 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve State Park: 23.3 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 4.5 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 4.8 mi
- checkpoint: 13.4 mi
- woody rd: 21.0 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 3.5 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 4.2 mi
- Mon Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 13.0 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 3.5 mi
- Rio Bravo: 9.5 mi
- 4 Island Lake Beach: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of College Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breckenridge Mountain | E 83° | 2,298 m | 21.7 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SE 128° | 2,106 m | 23.3 mi |
| Lightner Peak | ENE 70° | 1,943 m | 24.1 mi |
| Basket Peak | NE 48° | 1,869 m | 24.8 mi |
| Hole in the Mountain | E 85° | 1,743 m | 20.7 mi |
| Rough and Ready Mountain | NE 55° | 1,728 m | 23.9 mi |
| Goat Peak | NE 46° | 1,608 m | 23.8 mi |
| Quartz Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,585 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:08 | 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, 5 mi away.
- California Ground Squirrel34 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk22 obs
- California Scrub-Jay22 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird20 obs
- Mallard18 obs
- Ash-throated Flycatcher18 obs
- Black Phoebe17 obs
- Great Egret15 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/59251974
Day trips start here
- Bakersfield · 5 mi
- Kern County · 9 mi
- Buttonwillow · 27 mi
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