Gould Hill
Gould Hill rises to 431 m in California. McKittrick Summit stands 1,318 m to the south, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lokern Ecological Reserve, a nature reserve 2.5 miles away. 27 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49032490, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 431 m
How to reach it
27 named places within 25 miles
- McKittrick Summit: 8.5 mi
- Overlook Hill: 14.4 mi
- Yeguas Mountain: 15.5 mi
- Panorama Point: 16.5 mi
- Hillcrest Point: 16.8 mi
- Lost Hills Park: 14.3 mi
- Buttonwillow Park: 17.3 mi
- Fellows Park: 20.4 mi
- Kern National Wildlife Refuge: 24.4 mi
- Valley Acres Park: 24.8 mi
- Lokern Ecological Reserve: 2.5 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve State Park: 23.9 mi
- Kern National Wildlife Refuge: 24.0 mi
- Buttonwillow Raceway Park: 14.1 mi
- Szent András-törésvonal (San Andreas): 19.9 mi
- Wallace Creek: 10.4 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 19.3 mi
- Beartrap Spring: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gould Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKittrick Summit | S 179° | 1,318 m | 8.5 mi |
| Branch Mountain | SW 229° | 1,142 m | 23.9 mi |
| Midway Peak | SSE 154° | 1,116 m | 19.2 mi |
| Pilitas Mountain | SW 231° | 1,098 m | 24.3 mi |
| Freeborn Mountain | WSW 241° | 1,003 m | 18.4 mi |
| Hubbard Hill | WSW 252° | 903 m | 19.8 mi |
| Yeguas Mountain | WNW 291° | 848 m | 15.5 mi |
| Panorama Point | S 169° | 766 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:40 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:11 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 58 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buttonwillow, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358784913
Day trips start here
- McKittrick · 11 mi
- Buttonwillow · 18 mi
- Taft · 27 mi
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