Burke Hill
Burke Hill rises to 1,206 m in California. Sunday Peak stands 2,531 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Windmill Tree Peak, a peak 2.3 miles away.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q35730537, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1206 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Windmill Tree Peak: 2.3 mi
- Goat Peak: 3.2 mi
- Ball Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Basket Peak: 4.2 mi
- Rough and Ready Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Callioud Spring: 2.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 3.1 mi
- Caughran Spring: 4.3 mi
- Burnt Spring: 4.3 mi
- Canary Spring: 4.4 mi
- Greenhorn Mountain County Park: 11.5 mi
- Uffert Park: 12.0 mi
- Lake Isabella Park: 12.0 mi
- Wofford Heights Park: 15.3 mi
- Kern River County Park: 15.3 mi
- woody rd: 10.0 mi
- Coso Mines: 13.0 mi
- checkpoint: 14.2 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 21.8 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 24.0 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 11.7 mi
- California Living Museum: 16.5 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 18.0 mi
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 23.8 mi
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village: 23.8 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 15.8 mi
- CSLC Open Space: 17.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 17.6 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 10.5 mi
- Mon Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Stickneys Ferry: 18.8 mi
- Fountain Springs: 22.5 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 23.7 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 24.0 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 9.7 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 24.1 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Burke Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Peak | NNE 29° | 2,531 m | 13.1 mi |
| Tobias Peak | NNE 24° | 2,526 m | 17.6 mi |
| Bull Run Peak | NNE 25° | 2,448 m | 16.4 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | NNE 28° | 2,417 m | 13.6 mi |
| Breckenridge Mountain | SSE 151° | 2,298 m | 13.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 49° | 2,267 m | 13.0 mi |
| Shirley Peak | NE 51° | 2,164 m | 9.9 mi |
| Cooks Peak | NE 54° | 2,114 m | 10.4 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 | 19:37 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:07 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1656444 — Burke Hill, Kern County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358804271
Day trips start here
- Bakersfield · 25 mi
- Kern County · 25 mi
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