Cross Mountain
Cross Mountain rises to 1,586 m in California. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cutterbank Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q35736524, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1585.9 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cutterbank Spring: 1.2 mi
- Peeping Tom Spring: 2.7 mi
- Tolly Spring: 4.1 mi
- Trail Spring: 4.1 mi
- Quail Spring: 4.4 mi
- White Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Chuckwalla Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Sand Hill: 3.5 mi
- Blue Point: 4.2 mi
- Toms Hill: 4.3 mi
- Balsitis Park: 12.8 mi
- Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park: 14.3 mi
- J Kerman Cooper Field: 14.9 mi
- Central Park: 15.0 mi
- Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park: 15.1 mi
- Red cliffs trail: 10.7 mi
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel: 17.1 mi
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel: 17.3 mi
- Historic Water Tower: 20.2 mi
- Historic Tehachapi Depot: 20.3 mi
- Red Cliffs Natural Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Red Rock Canyon State Park: 12.6 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Desert Tortoise Habitat Area: 15.1 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 15.4 mi
- Josephine Stephens Bishop: 7.8 mi
- Cudahy camp: 14.9 mi
- Bickel Camp: 17.8 mi
- The Cross on the Loop: 23.2 mi
- Tehachapi Loop Overlook: 23.2 mi
- Tehachapi Depot Museum: 20.3 mi
- Tehachapi Museum: 20.4 mi
- Tehachapi Heritage League Museum: 20.4 mi
- Errea House Museum: 20.4 mi
- Errea House Museum: 20.4 mi
- Red Rooster Picnic Site: 9.9 mi
- Donley: 10.2 mi
- Tamarisk Grove: 10.3 mi
- Last Chance Canyon Arch: 16.2 mi
- Garlock: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cross Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | NW 310° | 2,565 m | 18.6 mi |
| Brown Peak | NW 311° | 2,466 m | 21.5 mi |
| Liebel Peak | NW 317° | 2,452 m | 21.6 mi |
| Inspiration Point | NW 322° | 2,387 m | 20.4 mi |
| Sorrell Peak | NW 318° | 2,348 m | 12.9 mi |
| Skinner Peak | N 2° | 2,172 m | 19.9 mi |
| Sunset Point | NW 318° | 2,100 m | 23.3 mi |
| Heald Peak | NNW 336° | 2,100 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:34 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mojave, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 241122 — Cross Mountain, Kern County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358782713
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