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El Taco

El Taco, seen from above at true elevation

El Taco rises to 296 m in California. Castle Mountain stands 1,312 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is La Clavija, a peak 0.2 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49027477, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
296 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.03745, -120.08291

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 16
  • Floyd Rice Park: 3.2 mi
  • Almond Tree Oasis RV Park: 8.2 mi
  • Keenan Park: 11.3 mi
  • Chestnut Park: 11.9 mi
  • Huron Community Park: 11.9 mi
Springs: 13
Historic sites: 3
Museums: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Coalinga Avenal Safety Roadside Rest Area - Northbound: 4.0 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Bravo Farms Kettleman City: 7.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of El Taco. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle MountainWSW 245°1,312 m15.9 mi
Zwang PeakSW 236°939 m11.1 mi
Picacho RockWSW 246°850 m13.2 mi
Garza PeakSW 222°800 m9.8 mi
Three PeaksSSW 196°784 m16.9 mi
Johnson PeakSSW 194°784 m16.9 mi
RoundtopSW 222°775 m9.3 mi
Tar PeakSW 217°739 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3919:12
June solstice05:4519:4320:21
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:0816:1116:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465256627077838276665447
Precip in1.41.51.50.60.40.00.10.00.10.20.61.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kettleman City, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1660608 — El Taco, Kings County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358808046

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