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Goat Peak

Goat Peak, seen from above at true elevation

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.

The story

mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49031862, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1608 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.65245, -118.66231

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • 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
Parks: 25
Attractions: 10
  • 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
Cliffs: 3
Nature reserves: 3
  • Lake Ming County Park: 19.0 mi
  • CSLC Open Space: 19.5 mi
  • Rattlesnake Canyon: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Salmon Creek Falls: 21.9 mi
  • South Creek Falls: 24.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Miracle Hot Springs: 8.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Goat Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunday PeakNNE 26°2,531 m10.0 mi
Tobias PeakNNE 20°2,526 m14.6 mi
Bull Run PeakNNE 21°2,448 m13.3 mi
Portuguese PeakNNE 24°2,417 m10.5 mi
Baker PeakNNE 29°2,416 m16.4 mi
Baker PointNNE 33°2,360 m16.5 mi
Breckenridge MountainSSE 162°2,298 m14.6 mi
Black MountainNE 52°2,267 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:4019:3720:14
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0116:0616:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424346505664717065564741
Precip in3.73.53.11.70.80.20.10.10.10.91.93.3

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

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