Brown Peak
Brown Peak rises to 2,466 m in California. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the southeast, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Cold Spring, a spring 2.0 miles away.
The story
Brown Peak is a peak located in Kern County, California. The peak is located on King Solomons Ridge at the head of Haight Canyon, 2.1 miles (3.4 km) southwest of Liebel Peak and 12.5 miles (20 km) north of Loraine, California in Sequoia National Forest. Brown Peak is named for Charlie Brown, a miner who lived in the area during the early 1900s.
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Wikidata Q4976230, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2466 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cold Spring: 2.0 mi
- Saddle Spring: 2.5 mi
- Piute Spring: 3.2 mi
- Thompson Spring: 3.6 mi
- Yates Hot Springs: 4.9 mi
- Liebel Peak: 2.1 mi
- Piute Peak: 3.0 mi
- Sunset Point: 3.0 mi
- Inspiration Point: 4.2 mi
- Bodfish Peak: 4.8 mi
- Uffert Park: 9.2 mi
- Lake Isabella Park: 9.7 mi
- Mountain Mesa Park: 10.5 mi
- South Fork Wildlife Area: 13.7 mi
- Kern River Preserve: 14.1 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 8.7 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 18.7 mi
- Tehachapi Depot Museum: 24.4 mi
- Errea House Museum: 24.6 mi
- Errea House Museum: 24.6 mi
- Coso Mines: 13.2 mi
- Tehachapi Loop: 20.7 mi
- Historic Tehachapi Depot: 24.4 mi
- Historic Water Tower: 24.4 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Martyr's Rock: 19.2 mi
- The Cross on the Loop: 20.5 mi
- Tehachapi Loop Overlook: 20.9 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 8.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Brown Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | SE 142° | 2,565 m | 3.0 mi |
| Liebel Peak | NE 43° | 2,452 m | 2.1 mi |
| Inspiration Point | ENE 63° | 2,387 m | 4.2 mi |
| Sorrell Peak | ESE 121° | 2,348 m | 8.9 mi |
| Breckenridge Mountain | WSW 256° | 2,298 m | 9.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNW 343° | 2,267 m | 18.6 mi |
| Skinner Peak | ENE 71° | 2,172 m | 17.7 mi |
| Shirley Peak | NNW 334° | 2,164 m | 17.1 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 | 19:35 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 68 | 59 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Loraine 5 NNE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358800971
Day trips start here
- Kern County · 30 mi
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