Planz Park
Planz Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Bear Mountain stands 2,106 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilson Park, a park 0.8 miles away. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Wilson Park: 0.8 mi
- Wilson Park: 0.8 mi
- Stiern Park: 1.2 mi
- Wayside Park: 1.4 mi
- Casa Loma County Park: 1.6 mi
- Amargo Springs: 17.0 mi
- Dripping Spring: 17.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 17.2 mi
- Warm Spring: 18.0 mi
- Haypress Spring: 18.4 mi
- Ant Hill: 10.3 mi
- Brushy Hill: 12.6 mi
- Round Mountain: 13.4 mi
- Rock Pile: 15.4 mi
- Knob Hill: 17.1 mi
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village: 4.8 mi
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 4.8 mi
- California Living Museum: 10.7 mi
- Minter Field Air Museum: 15.4 mi
- The Green Hotel: 18.9 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 1.2 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 1.2 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 2.1 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor: 15.2 mi
- Veterans Park Memorial Site: 19.1 mi
- Bear Vally Veteran's Memorial: 24.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 9.6 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 11.4 mi
- CSLC Open Space: 18.1 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve State Park: 19.2 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 6.9 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 8.8 mi
- checkpoint: 19.9 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 4.4 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 6.5 mi
- Mon Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 19.8 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 23.6 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Rio Bravo: 2.8 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 3.6 mi
- 4 Island Lake Beach: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Planz Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Mountain | ESE 111° | 2,106 m | 23.1 mi |
| Ball Mountain | NE 47° | 1,404 m | 23.9 mi |
| Oiler Peak | E 85° | 1,315 m | 24.5 mi |
| Saturday Peak | NE 53° | 1,260 m | 21.0 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NE 40° | 1,184 m | 21.7 mi |
| Mount Adelaide | ENE 64° | 1,041 m | 17.2 mi |
| Horsethief Mountain | SE 131° | 963 m | 22.3 mi |
| Pampa Peak | E 80° | 955 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 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, 7 mi away.
- Kit Fox8 obs
- Western Spadefoot6 obs
- Domestic Cat6 obs
- Half-edged Wall Jumping Spider6 obs
- European Starling5 obs
- Mediterranean House Gecko5 obs
- Rose-ringed Parakeet4 obs
- Western Black Widow4 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/60113834
Day trips start here
- Bakersfield · 3 mi
- Kern County · 7 mi
- Buttonwillow · 24 mi
- Taft · 27 mi
- Maricopa · 28 mi
- The Grapevine · 29 mi
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