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. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q35730537, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,206 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- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 23.8 mi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
- Chalk Cliff: 10.5 mi
- Mon Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 15.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 17.6 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 25 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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