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Blue Point

Blue Point, seen from above at true elevation

Blue Point rises to 864 m in California. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is 500 Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35728373, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
864 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.32079, -118.08257

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Cutterbank Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Alphie Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Butterbredt Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Peeping Tom Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Tolly Spring: 7.9 mi
Peaks: 56
Parks: 19
Nature reserves: 7
Museums: 6
Attractions: 5
Historic sites: 3
  • Josephine Stephens Bishop: 4.8 mi
  • Cudahy camp: 10.8 mi
  • Bickel Camp: 13.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Red Rooster Picnic Site: 6.0 mi
  • Tamarisk Grove: 6.4 mi
  • Donley: 6.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Last Chance Canyon Arch: 12.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piute PeakWNW 297°2,565 m19.6 mi
Brown PeakWNW 301°2,466 m22.3 mi
Liebel PeakNW 306°2,452 m22.0 mi
Inspiration PointNW 311°2,387 m20.4 mi
Sorrell PeakWNW 300°2,348 m13.4 mi
Skinner PeakN 352°2,172 m17.2 mi
Heald PeakNW 326°2,100 m22.6 mi
Sunset PointNW 307°2,100 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:3919:3320:11
September equinox06:4118:1718:51
December solstice06:5816:0516:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447505767737368595043
Precip in2.53.12.10.90.80.10.10.30.10.50.32.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Loraine 5 NNE, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1656441 — Blue Point, Kern County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358804267

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