Goat Peak
Goat Peak rises to 1,608 m in California. Sunday Peak stands 2,531 m to the north-northeast, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Burnt Spring, a spring 1.1 miles away. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49031862, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,608 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Basket Peak: 1.3 mi
- Windmill Tree Peak: 2.1 mi
- Burke Hill: 3.2 mi
- Rough and Ready Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Red Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Burnt Spring: 1.1 mi
- Rock Corral Spring: 3.3 mi
- Callioud Spring: 3.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 3.8 mi
- Ranger Spring: 4.3 mi
- Greenhorn Mountain County Park: 8.3 mi
- Lake Isabella Park: 10.3 mi
- Uffert Park: 10.4 mi
- Wofford Heights Park: 12.5 mi
- Freear Park: 12.6 mi
- Coso Mines: 10.5 mi
- woody rd: 10.8 mi
- checkpoint: 16.5 mi
- Trail of 100 Giants: 22.7 mi
- R-Ranch Adult Building: 23.3 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 10.3 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 15.0 mi
- California Living Museum: 19.7 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Mon Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Parker Bluffs: 23.4 mi
- Stickneys Ferry: 18.7 mi
- Fountain Springs: 21.8 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 19.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 20.8 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 21.9 mi
- South Creek Falls: 24.0 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 8.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Goat Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Peak | NNE 26° | 2,531 m | 10.0 mi |
| Tobias Peak | NNE 20° | 2,526 m | 14.6 mi |
| Bull Run Peak | NNE 21° | 2,448 m | 13.3 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | NNE 24° | 2,417 m | 10.5 mi |
| Baker Peak | NNE 29° | 2,416 m | 16.4 mi |
| Baker Point | NNE 33° | 2,360 m | 16.5 mi |
| Breckenridge Mountain | SSE 162° | 2,298 m | 14.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 52° | 2,267 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:37 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:06 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 56 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glennville, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 271319 — Goat Peak, Kern County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358801329
Day trips start here
- Kern County · 28 mi
- Bakersfield · 29 mi
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