Gem Hill
Gem Hill rises to 917 m in California. Double Mountain stands 2,430 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Fiss Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. 142 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49031250, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 917 m
How to reach it
142 named places within 25 miles
- Rosamond Park: 5.0 mi
- Jim Williford Community Park: 5.1 mi
- United Street Park: 5.5 mi
- United Park Apartments Park: 5.7 mi
- Mojave East Park: 9.1 mi
- Fiss Hill: 1.6 mi
- Tropico Hill: 3.2 mi
- Rosamond Butte: 3.7 mi
- Middle Butte: 4.2 mi
- Willow Springs Butte: 4.2 mi
- Bean Spring: 6.0 mi
- Lieva Springs: 14.1 mi
- Eagle Spring: 15.3 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 15.8 mi
- Indian John Spring: 17.6 mi
- Test Facility Race Car Paddock Area: 4.1 mi
- The Musical Road of California: 13.3 mi
- F-4 Phantom II: 16.3 mi
- Former Lancaster Grammar School Auditorium: 16.5 mi
- Judy Garland Childhood Home: 16.6 mi
- Century Circle: 13.6 mi
- Antelope Valley Rural Museum: 14.2 mi
- Museum of Art and History: 16.3 mi
- Air Force Flight Test Center Museum: 17.0 mi
- Tehachapi Heritage League Museum: 19.1 mi
- Poppy Nature Area: 14.8 mi
- Prime Desert Woodland Preserve: 17.7 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 23.6 mi
- Tuf Quarry Mill: 15.9 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 16.3 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 19.4 mi
- One Desert Sky: 16.2 mi
- Astral Challenger: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gem Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Mountain | WNW 297° | 2,430 m | 16.8 mi |
| Tehachapi Mountain | WNW 300° | 2,418 m | 17.1 mi |
| Covington Mountain | WNW 294° | 2,392 m | 15.6 mi |
| Cummings Mountain | WNW 292° | 2,362 m | 21.4 mi |
| Cache Peak | N 355° | 2,035 m | 20.6 mi |
| Liebre Twins | W 276° | 1,941 m | 20.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 341° | 1,893 m | 21.2 mi |
| Middle Knob | N 0° | 1,891 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:33 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:07 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mojave, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1660668 — Gem Hill, Kern County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358808083
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- Palmdale · 24 mi
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