Jefferson Park
Jefferson Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 150 m. Breckenridge Mountain stands 2,298 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilkins Park, a park 0.7 miles away. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Wilkins Park: 0.7 mi
- Heritage Park: 0.9 mi
- Joshua Park: 1.3 mi
- Panorama Park: 1.4 mi
- Kern River Parkway Park: 1.4 mi
- Rock Spring: 14.0 mi
- Dripping Spring: 14.3 mi
- Tunnel Spring: 16.1 mi
- Saturday Spring: 17.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 17.5 mi
- Ant Hill: 6.1 mi
- Brushy Hill: 8.1 mi
- Round Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Knob Hill: 12.3 mi
- Mount Adelaide: 13.9 mi
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village: 1.9 mi
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 1.9 mi
- California Living Museum: 6.4 mi
- Minter Field Air Museum: 13.6 mi
- The Green Hotel: 18.1 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 5.8 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 5.9 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 6.9 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor: 13.4 mi
- Veterans Park Memorial Site: 18.4 mi
- McFarland Veterans Memorial: 24.0 mi
- Bear Vally Veteran's Memorial: 24.8 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 4.2 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 4.9 mi
- checkpoint: 15.1 mi
- woody rd: 22.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 5.3 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 7.2 mi
- CSLC Open Space: 13.6 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve State Park: 21.8 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 1.9 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 3.5 mi
- Mon Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 14.9 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 24.7 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 24.7 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 1.6 mi
- Rio Bravo: 7.5 mi
- 4 Island Lake Beach: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jefferson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breckenridge Mountain | E 79° | 2,298 m | 23.0 mi |
| Bear Mountain | ESE 123° | 2,106 m | 23.4 mi |
| Hole in the Mountain | E 82° | 1,743 m | 22.1 mi |
| Ball Mountain | NE 53° | 1,404 m | 19.5 mi |
| Windmill Tree Peak | NE 42° | 1,393 m | 24.2 mi |
| Oiler Peak | E 96° | 1,315 m | 22.6 mi |
| Saturday Peak | ENE 61° | 1,260 m | 16.9 mi |
| Burke Hill | NE 46° | 1,206 m | 22.6 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, 4 mi away.
- Red-tailed Hawk41 obs
- California Ground Squirrel41 obs
- California Scrub-Jay40 obs
- Mallard39 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird31 obs
- Black Phoebe21 obs
- California Quail19 obs
- Ash-throated Flycatcher19 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/60113882
Day trips start here
- Bakersfield · 3 mi
- Kern County · 8 mi
- Buttonwillow · 26 mi
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