Basket Peak
Basket Peak rises to 1,869 m in California. Sunday Peak stands 2,531 m to the north-northeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Burnt Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35726185, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,869 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Goat Peak: 1.3 mi
- Rough and Ready Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Woodward Peak: 3.4 mi
- Windmill Tree Peak: 3.4 mi
- Red Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Burnt Spring: 0.9 mi
- Ranger Spring: 3.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 3.8 mi
- Rock Corral Spring: 3.8 mi
- Callioud Spring: 3.8 mi
- Greenhorn Mountain County Park: 7.4 mi
- Lake Isabella Park: 9.1 mi
- Uffert Park: 9.2 mi
- Wofford Heights Park: 11.2 mi
- Freear Park: 11.4 mi
- Coso Mines: 9.2 mi
- woody rd: 12.0 mi
- checkpoint: 17.8 mi
- Trail of 100 Giants: 22.5 mi
- R-Ranch Adult Building: 22.8 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 9.1 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 13.8 mi
- California Living Museum: 20.6 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 14.4 mi
- Mon Bluff: 20.1 mi
- Parker Bluffs: 23.1 mi
- Stickneys Ferry: 19.7 mi
- Fountain Springs: 22.6 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 19.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 21.7 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 21.1 mi
- South Creek Falls: 23.5 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 8.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Basket Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Peak | NNE 19° | 2,531 m | 9.4 mi |
| Tobias Peak | NNE 15° | 2,526 m | 14.1 mi |
| Brown Peak | SE 134° | 2,466 m | 16.8 mi |
| Bull Run Peak | NNE 16° | 2,448 m | 12.8 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | NNE 17° | 2,417 m | 10.0 mi |
| Baker Peak | NNE 25° | 2,416 m | 15.7 mi |
| Baker Point | NNE 29° | 2,360 m | 15.7 mi |
| Breckenridge Mountain | SSE 167° | 2,298 m | 14.4 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 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:06 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358800869
Day trips start here
- Kern County · 28 mi
- Bakersfield · 29 mi
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