Ball Mountain
Ball Mountain rises to 1,404 m in California. Sunday Peak stands 2,531 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Canary Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q35725704, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1404 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Canary Spring: 0.8 mi
- Caughran Spring: 1.1 mi
- Prefedio Spring: 1.8 mi
- Little Tenant Spring: 2.2 mi
- Big Tenant Spring: 2.6 mi
- Pine Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Saturday Peak: 3.6 mi
- Burke Hill: 4.1 mi
- Rough and Ready Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Windmill Tree Peak: 6.3 mi
- Kern River County Park: 11.8 mi
- Rivers Edge Park: 12.0 mi
- Father Garces Monument: 12.0 mi
- Solera Gardens Park: 12.8 mi
- Uffert Park: 13.0 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 24.3 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 24.4 mi
- woody rd: 12.4 mi
- checkpoint: 14.0 mi
- Coso Mines: 15.2 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 19.5 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 21.4 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 12.5 mi
- California Living Museum: 13.2 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 20.9 mi
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 20.9 mi
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village: 20.9 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 12.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 14.3 mi
- CSLC Open Space: 16.5 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 9.9 mi
- Mon Bluff: 14.3 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 21.1 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 21.1 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 21.2 mi
- Martyr's Rock: 24.1 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 9.9 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 21.1 mi
- Stickneys Ferry: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Ball Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Peak | NNE 24° | 2,531 m | 17.0 mi |
| Brown Peak | ESE 108° | 2,466 m | 16.8 mi |
| Liebel Peak | ESE 101° | 2,452 m | 17.8 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | NNE 23° | 2,417 m | 17.5 mi |
| Breckenridge Mountain | SE 137° | 2,298 m | 10.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 39° | 2,267 m | 16.4 mi |
| Shirley Peak | NE 39° | 2,164 m | 13.2 mi |
| Cooks Peak | NE 42° | 2,114 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:37 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 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 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 56 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glennville, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358780230
Day trips start here
- Kern County · 21 mi
- Bakersfield · 22 mi
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