Ball Mountain
Ball Mountain rises to 1,248 m in California. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Hooper Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35725712, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,248 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hooper Hill: 0.5 mi
- Bald Eagle Peak: 2.2 mi
- Rankin Peak: 2.7 mi
- Bodfish Peak: 3.1 mi
- White Rock: 3.2 mi
- Scovern Hot Springs: 4.0 mi
- O'Brien Spring: 4.2 mi
- Delonegha Hot Springs: 6.1 mi
- Saddle Spring: 6.2 mi
- Gautche Springs: 6.2 mi
- Uffert Park: 3.0 mi
- Lake Isabella Park: 3.4 mi
- Mountain Mesa Park: 7.1 mi
- Freear Park: 9.7 mi
- Wofford Heights Park: 9.9 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 2.1 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 13.6 mi
- California Living Museum: 23.4 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Coso Mines: 7.2 mi
- woody rd: 21.2 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 22.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 24.5 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 1.7 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 21.3 mi
- Martyr's Rock: 23.6 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 23.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | SE 142° | 2,565 m | 10.3 mi |
| Sunday Peak | NNW 343° | 2,531 m | 15.4 mi |
| Brown Peak | SE 142° | 2,466 m | 7.3 mi |
| Liebel Peak | SE 125° | 2,452 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bull Run Peak | NNW 347° | 2,448 m | 18.6 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | NNW 343° | 2,417 m | 16.0 mi |
| Inspiration Point | ESE 115° | 2,387 m | 9.1 mi |
| Baker Point | N 0° | 2,360 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 52 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lake FS, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1660301 — Ball Mountain, Kern County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358807798
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- Kern County · 29 mi
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