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Tehachapi Mountain Park

Tehachapi Mountain Park from directly overhead

Tehachapi Mountain Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,784 m. Double Mountain stands 2,430 m to the south, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian John Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
1784 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.06200, -118.48371

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Indian John Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Stag Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Rosemarr Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Havala Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Lieva Springs: 12.1 mi
Parks: 22
  • Brite Lake Recreational Park: 4.4 mi
  • West Park: 4.9 mi
  • Orchard Park: 4.9 mi
  • Philip Marx Central Park: 5.1 mi
  • Meadowbrook Park: 5.3 mi
Museums: 5
Historic sites: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Historic Tehachapi Depot: 5.3 mi
  • Historic Water Tower: 5.3 mi
  • Tehachapi Loop: 10.0 mi
  • Test Facility Race Car Paddock Area: 18.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 4 Island Lake Beach: 12.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Poppy Nature Area: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tehachapi Mountain Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Double MountainS 185°2,430 m2.0 mi
Tehachapi MountainS 183°2,418 m1.1 mi
Covington MountainS 171°2,392 m3.3 mi
Cummings MountainWSW 254°2,362 m5.2 mi
Bear MountainNW 319°2,106 m13.2 mi
Cache PeakNE 50°2,035 m17.2 mi
Liebre TwinsSW 215°1,941 m8.9 mi
Weldon PeakNNE 28°1,937 m23.1 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 solstice06:5916:0816:47

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, 4 mi away.

  • Callippe Fritillary42 obs
  • canyon live oak32 obs
  • California black oak24 obs
  • white fir22 obs
  • woollypod milkweed18 obs
  • Steller's Jay17 obs
  • Western Wallflower17 obs
  • Mountain Chickadee16 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 way/44403378

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