El Vejón
El Vejón rises to 166 m in California. Orchard Peak stands 953 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cerro del Sur, a peak 1.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49027487, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 166 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerro del Sur: 1.2 mi
- Cascajo Hill: 1.4 mi
- Oyster Hill: 2.8 mi
- Badger Hill: 3.8 mi
- El Rabo: 5.4 mi
- Ellings Spring: 18.4 mi
- Ortega Spring: 18.9 mi
- Double Spring: 20.8 mi
- Tiger Spring: 21.1 mi
- Little Tiger Spring: 21.5 mi
- Kern National Wildlife Refuge: 13.7 mi
- Lost Hills Park: 15.9 mi
- Floyd Rice Park: 20.4 mi
- Alpaugh County Park: 23.9 mi
- James Dean Memorial: 23.0 mi
- Caltrans Fallen Workers Memorial District: 24.7 mi
- Bravo Farms Kettleman City: 14.7 mi
- Kern National Wildlife Refuge: 15.8 mi
- Coalinga Avenal Safety Roadside Rest Area - Northbound: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of El Vejón. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Peak | WSW 257° | 953 m | 13.9 mi |
| Zwang Peak | WNW 300° | 939 m | 22.9 mi |
| Yeguas Mountain | SSW 200° | 848 m | 21.1 mi |
| Garza Peak | WNW 301° | 800 m | 20.1 mi |
| Johnson Peak | W 275° | 784 m | 14.7 mi |
| Three Peaks | W 275° | 784 m | 15.5 mi |
| Roundtop | WNW 303° | 775 m | 20.1 mi |
| Tar Peak | WNW 304° | 739 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:42 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:11 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 52 | 56 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kettleman City, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 254094 — El Vejón, Kern County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358795767
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