West Park
West Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,213 m. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Errea House Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1213 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Indian John Spring: 4.3 mi
- Rock Spring: 9.2 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 9.4 mi
- Whitton Spring: 9.6 mi
- Harry Payne Spring: 9.6 mi
- Black Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Tehachapi Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Double Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Covington Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Eagle Peak: 8.6 mi
- Railroad Park: 0.6 mi
- Philip Marx Central Park: 0.6 mi
- Aviator Park and Campground: 1.0 mi
- Meadowbrook Park: 1.4 mi
- Orchard Park: 1.7 mi
- Errea House Museum: 0.4 mi
- Errea House Museum: 0.4 mi
- Tehachapi Heritage League Museum: 0.4 mi
- Tehachapi Museum: 0.4 mi
- Tehachapi Depot Museum: 0.5 mi
- Historic Tehachapi Depot: 0.5 mi
- Historic Water Tower: 0.6 mi
- Tehachapi Loop: 6.8 mi
- Test Facility Race Car Paddock Area: 20.8 mi
- Tehachapi Loop Overlook: 6.4 mi
- The Cross on the Loop: 6.8 mi
- Martyr's Rock: 9.2 mi
- Bear Vally Veteran's Memorial: 10.9 mi
- 4 Island Lake Beach: 11.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | N 9° | 2,565 m | 22.6 mi |
| Brown Peak | N 4° | 2,466 m | 24.6 mi |
| Double Mountain | SSW 195° | 2,430 m | 6.8 mi |
| Tehachapi Mountain | SSW 196° | 2,418 m | 5.9 mi |
| Covington Mountain | S 188° | 2,392 m | 8.0 mi |
| Cummings Mountain | SW 228° | 2,362 m | 8.9 mi |
| Sorrell Peak | NNE 25° | 2,348 m | 22.1 mi |
| Breckenridge Mountain | NNW 342° | 2,298 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:35 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:07 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 42 | 45 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tehachapi 4 SE, 3 mi away.
- House Sparrow38 obs
- Mule Deer33 obs
- Western Bluebird28 obs
- Turkey Vulture27 obs
- Common Raven26 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk25 obs
- Yellow-rumped Warbler21 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove19 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/44403531
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- Kern County · 28 mi
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