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Covington Mountain

Covington Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Covington Mountain rises to 2,392 m in California. Double Mountain stands 2,430 m to the north-northwest, 1.5 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35736104, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2392 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.01469, -118.47453

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Indian John Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Stag Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Rosemarr Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Havala Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Purdie Spring: 11.8 mi
Peaks: 48
Parks: 24
Historic sites: 6
Museums: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Historic Water Tower: 8.3 mi
  • Historic Tehachapi Depot: 8.3 mi
  • Tehachapi Loop: 13.3 mi
  • Test Facility Race Car Paddock Area: 15.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 4 Island Lake Beach: 14.5 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Poppy Nature Area: 17.5 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Double MountainNNW 332°2,430 m1.5 mi
Tehachapi MountainNNW 345°2,418 m2.3 mi
Cummings MountainWNW 289°2,362 m5.8 mi
Bear MountainNW 325°2,106 m16.1 mi
Cache PeakNE 41°2,035 m19.1 mi
Liebre TwinsSW 234°1,941 m6.9 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNNE 29°1,893 m15.8 mi
Middle KnobNE 55°1,891 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:06
June solstice05:4119:3420:12
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice06:5916:0816:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424245495766727166574841
Precip in2.43.02.00.80.40.10.30.10.20.50.92.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tehachapi 4 SE, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 252328 — Covington Mountain, Kern County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358795182

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