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Old Town State Historic Landmark

Old Town State Historic Landmark from directly overhead

Old Town State Historic Landmark is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,166 m. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Meadowbrook Park, a park 1.0 miles away. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
1166 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.14302, -118.49453

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Indian John Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Whitton Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Gale Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Twinky Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Harry Payne Spring: 8.1 mi
Parks: 19
Museums: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Historic Tehachapi Depot: 2.7 mi
  • Historic Water Tower: 2.8 mi
  • Tehachapi Loop: 4.7 mi
  • Test Facility Race Car Paddock Area: 22.8 mi
Historic sites: 4
Beaches: 1
  • 4 Island Lake Beach: 9.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Town State Historic Landmark. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piute PeakNNE 15°2,565 m22.1 mi
Brown PeakN 10°2,466 m23.9 mi
Double MountainS 177°2,430 m7.6 mi
Tehachapi MountainS 175°2,418 m6.7 mi
Covington MountainS 173°2,392 m8.9 mi
Cummings MountainSSW 212°2,362 m8.3 mi
Sorrell PeakNNE 31°2,348 m22.2 mi
Breckenridge MountainNNW 347°2,298 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4119:3520:12
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5916:0716:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424245495766727166574841
Precip in2.43.02.00.80.40.10.30.10.20.50.92.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tehachapi 4 SE, 5 mi away.

  • Mallard64 obs
  • House Sparrow61 obs
  • Common Raven52 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow51 obs
  • House Finch43 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay43 obs
  • American Coot42 obs
  • Turkey Vulture40 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358840797

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