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.
The story
mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q35725712, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1248 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
- Scovern Hot Springs: 4.0 mi
- O'Brien Spring: 4.2 mi
- Delonegha Hot Springs: 6.1 mi
- Saddle Spring: 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 19.2 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 |
| Sorrell Peak | SE 131° | 2,348 m | 16.0 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
Day trips start here
- Kern County · 29 mi
Take the scenic way to Ball Mountain.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.