Kern River Preserve
Kern River Preserve is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 799 m. Sirretta Peak stands 3,041 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is South Fork Wildlife Area, a park 0.8 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 799 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Nicoll Spring: 3.2 mi
- Cane Spring: 3.7 mi
- Andress Spring: 4.0 mi
- Ashley Hot Spring: 4.5 mi
- Brown Spring: 5.2 mi
- Nicolls Peak: 3.6 mi
- Onyx Peak: 5.1 mi
- Heald Peak: 5.4 mi
- Rocky Point: 7.1 mi
- Pilot Knob: 7.1 mi
- South Fork Wildlife Area: 0.8 mi
- Scodie Park: 5.6 mi
- Mountain Mesa Park: 5.7 mi
- Freear Park: 7.6 mi
- Wofford Heights Park: 7.9 mi
- Coso Mines: 9.0 mi
- R-Ranch Adult Building: 24.5 mi
- Cabin 240: 24.5 mi
- Cabin 234: 24.5 mi
- Cabin 242: 24.5 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
- South Creek Falls: 23.1 mi
- Seven Teacups: 24.3 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 8.6 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 11.0 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 13.8 mi
- Berts Canyon Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Freeman Junction: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Kern River Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sirretta Peak | N 357° | 3,041 m | 17.6 mi |
| Cannell Peak | N 349° | 2,887.1 m | 13.8 mi |
| Cherry Hill | N 350° | 2,687 m | 17.9 mi |
| Taylor Dome | N 3° | 2,683 m | 12.9 mi |
| Church Dome | N 11° | 2,595 m | 13.0 mi |
| Owens Peak | ENE 75° | 2,574 m | 18.5 mi |
| Piute Peak | SSW 196° | 2,565 m | 15.7 mi |
| Rockhouse Peak | NNE 17° | 2,548 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:35 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:05 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 52 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lake FS, 3 mi away.
- Western Bluebird74 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird67 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk55 obs
- House Finch55 obs
- Song Sparrow53 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird48 obs
- Pacific chorus frog45 obs
- White-crowned Sparrow44 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/358840107
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