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Chuckwalla Mountain

Chuckwalla Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Chuckwalla Mountain rises to 1,533 m in California. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cutterbank Spring, a spring 2.0 miles away. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q35734646, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,532.8 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.27247, -118.09515

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks: 52
Nature reserves: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Red cliffs trail: 9.1 mi
  • Burro Schmidt Tunnel: 15.4 mi
  • Historic Water Tower: 22.1 mi
  • Historic Tehachapi Depot: 22.1 mi
  • B-52: 22.7 mi
Museums: 4
Historic sites: 3
  • Josephine Stephens Bishop: 5.6 mi
  • Cudahy camp: 13.5 mi
  • Bickel Camp: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Red Rooster Picnic Site: 8.2 mi
  • Donley: 8.3 mi
  • Tamarisk Grove: 8.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Last Chance Canyon Arch: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piute PeakNW2,565 m20.8 mi
Brown PeakNW2,466 m23.6 mi
Liebel PeakNW2,452 m23.5 mi
Inspiration PointNW2,387 m22.2 mi
Sorrell PeakNW2,348 m14.8 mi
Skinner PeakN2,172 m20.4 mi
Cache PeakWSW2,035 m9.4 mi
Wyleys KnobN1,941 m18.4 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 solstice06:5816:0516:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454853586777838275645244
Precip in1.11.50.80.20.10.00.20.20.10.40.30.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mojave, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358782128

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