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. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35725704, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,404 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 20.9 mi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
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 9.9 mi
- Mon Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 12.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 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 25 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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