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Emerald Mountain

Emerald Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Emerald Mountain rises to 1,515 m in California. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Spring, a spring 1.5 miles away. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49028000, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,515 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.25579, -118.28397

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Pine Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Soda Springs: 2.9 mi
  • Champagne Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Saddle Spring: 3.4 mi
Peaks: 60
Parks: 18
Historic sites: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Historic Water Tower: 12.5 mi
  • Historic Tehachapi Depot: 12.6 mi
  • Tehachapi Loop: 14.9 mi
  • Red cliffs trail: 18.8 mi
Museums: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Red Rooster Picnic Site: 18.2 mi
  • Tamarisk Grove: 18.6 mi
  • Donley: 18.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 4 Island Lake Beach: 22.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Last Chance Canyon Arch: 23.9 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piute PeakNNW2,565 m14.8 mi
Brown PeakNNW2,466 m17.7 mi
Liebel PeakNNW2,452 m18.5 mi
Double MountainSW2,430 m19.2 mi
Tehachapi MountainSW2,418 m18.4 mi
Covington MountainSSW2,392 m19.8 mi
Inspiration PointNNW2,387 m18.2 mi
Cummings MountainSW2,362 m22.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4019:3420:12
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5916:0616:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447505767737368595043
Precip in2.53.12.10.90.80.10.10.30.10.50.32.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Loraine 5 NNE, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358783698

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