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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.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49028000, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1515 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
Parks: 19
Historic sites: 6
Nature reserves: 6
Museums: 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
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 23.2 miles of Emerald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piute PeakNNW 336°2,565 m14.8 mi
Brown PeakNNW 333°2,466 m17.7 mi
Liebel PeakNNW 340°2,452 m18.5 mi
Double MountainSW 217°2,430 m19.2 mi
Tehachapi MountainSW 218°2,418 m18.4 mi
Covington MountainSSW 213°2,392 m19.8 mi
Inspiration PointNNW 347°2,387 m18.2 mi
Cummings MountainSW 228°2,362 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 5080 °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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