Metropolitan Recreation Center
Metropolitan Recreation Center is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 126 m. Hole in the Mountain stands 1,743 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library, a museum 0.2 miles away. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverview Park: 0.6 mi
- Weill Park: 1.0 mi
- Joshua Park: 1.1 mi
- Kern River Parkway Park: 1.3 mi
- Central Park: 1.4 mi
- Rock Spring: 16.0 mi
- Dripping Spring: 16.3 mi
- Tunnel Spring: 17.9 mi
- Saturday Spring: 19.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 19.6 mi
- Brushy Hill: 7.7 mi
- Ant Hill: 7.9 mi
- Round Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Knob Hill: 12.4 mi
- Mount Poso: 13.7 mi
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 0.2 mi
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village: 0.2 mi
- California Living Museum: 8.1 mi
- Minter Field Air Museum: 11.7 mi
- The Green Hotel: 16.0 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 6.0 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 6.1 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 6.5 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor: 11.6 mi
- Veterans Park Memorial Site: 16.4 mi
- McFarland Veterans Memorial: 22.5 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 2.3 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 3.9 mi
- checkpoint: 15.1 mi
- woody rd: 23.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 7.1 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 8.9 mi
- CSLC Open Space: 13.2 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve State Park: 19.9 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 0.6 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 1.7 mi
- Mon Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 15.5 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 22.6 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 22.7 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 1.6 mi
- Rio Bravo: 7.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Metropolitan Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hole in the Mountain | E 83° | 1,743 m | 24.0 mi |
| Ball Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,404 m | 20.9 mi |
| Oiler Peak | E 97° | 1,315 m | 24.7 mi |
| Saturday Peak | ENE 65° | 1,260 m | 18.5 mi |
| Burke Hill | NE 50° | 1,206 m | 23.8 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NE 51° | 1,184 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mount Pheasant | NE 38° | 1,103 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mount Adelaide | E 81° | 1,041 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 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, 2 mi away.
- Mallard44 obs
- California Scrub-Jay42 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk41 obs
- Northern Mockingbird31 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird25 obs
- Yellow-rumped Warbler25 obs
- White-crowned Sparrow24 obs
- Black Phoebe24 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/60113938
Day trips start here
- Bakersfield · 2 mi
- Kern County · 10 mi
- Buttonwillow · 24 mi
- Taft · 30 mi
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