Ford City Park
Ford City Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 277 m. Brush Mountain stands 2,149 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cougar Sports Center, a park 0.3 miles away. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
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What the record says
- Elevation
- 277 m
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cougar Sports Center: 0.3 mi
- Taft State Park: 0.8 mi
- Franklin Field: 0.9 mi
- Franklin Field: 1.0 mi
- Taft City Park: 1.1 mi
- Bitterwater Spring: 10.5 mi
- Quail Spring: 12.5 mi
- Padrones Spring: 12.7 mi
- Lawson Spring: 12.9 mi
- Willow Spring: 14.1 mi
- Twentyfive Hill: 2.8 mi
- Midway Peak: 9.0 mi
- Hillcrest Point: 9.7 mi
- Elkhorn Hills: 10.4 mi
- Panorama Point: 14.4 mi
- Jameson #17: 1.5 mi
- Ethel D. Oil Tool & Supply House: 1.6 mi
- Oil Patch Fire House: 1.6 mi
- Szent András-törésvonal (San Andreas): 10.9 mi
- Szent András-törésvonal (San Andreas): 12.3 mi
- Flume Creek Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- The Crossing: 19.4 mi
- The Crossing: 19.4 mi
- Twin Falls Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- The Patio: 19.9 mi
- West Kern Oil Museum: 1.5 mi
- West Kern Oil Museum: 1.6 mi
- Lakeview Gusher #1: 5.4 mi
- Wallace Creek: 22.4 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve State Park: 12.2 mi
- Whiterock Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Rio Bravo: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ford City Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brush Mountain | SE 145° | 2,149 m | 22.8 mi |
| Fox Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,569 m | 24.8 mi |
| Caliente Mountain | WSW 245° | 1,556.3 m | 18.9 mi |
| McKittrick Summit | WNW 299° | 1,318 m | 19.6 mi |
| Midway Peak | W 274° | 1,116.2 m | 9.0 mi |
| Elkhorn Hills | SSW 192° | 980.5 m | 10.4 mi |
| Panorama Point | W 277° | 766 m | 14.4 mi |
| Twentyfive Hill | SSW 192° | 515 m | 2.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:39 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:11 | 16:50 |
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, 2 mi away.
- Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard8 obs
- Blainville's Horned Lizard5 obs
- Mourning Dove4 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk4 obs
- Nelson's Antelope Squirrel4 obs
- House Sparrow3 obs
- Gopher Snake3 obs
- Western Rattlesnake3 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/53649235
Day trips start here
- Taft · 2 mi
- Maricopa · 7 mi
- McKittrick · 14 mi
- Buttonwillow · 18 mi
- Bakersfield · 29 mi
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