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Cummings Mountain

Cummings Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Cummings Mountain rises to 2,362 m in California. Double Mountain stands 2,430 m to the east, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Stag Spring, a spring 3.8 miles away. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Cummings Mountain is a mountain located in the Tehachapi Mountains of central California. It is located near the town of Tehachapi and State Route 58. Due to the peaks elevation snow falls on the summit during the winter months.

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Wikidata Q5194121, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2362 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.04164, -118.57176

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Stag Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Rosemarr Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Havala Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Indian John Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Purdie Spring: 8.8 mi
Parks: 26
Historic sites: 20
Museums: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Historic Tehachapi Depot: 9.4 mi
  • Historic Water Tower: 9.4 mi
  • Tehachapi Loop: 11.1 mi
  • Test Facility Race Car Paddock Area: 21.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 4 Island Lake Beach: 9.6 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Poppy Nature Area: 21.2 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Double MountainE 97°2,430 m4.8 mi
Tehachapi MountainE 86°2,418 m4.9 mi
Covington MountainESE 109°2,392 m5.8 mi
Bear MountainNNW 342°2,106 m11.9 mi
Cache PeakNE 55°2,035 m22.0 mi
Liebre TwinsS 181°1,941 m5.9 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNE 47°1,893 m17.8 mi
Middle KnobENE 67°1,891 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4119:3520:12
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
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, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1656472 — Cummings Mountain, Kern County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358804273

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