Government Peak
Government Peak rises to 1,419 m in California. Black Mountain stands 1,589 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is The Rand Desert Museum, a museum 1.6 miles away. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49032525, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,419 m
How to reach it
106 named places within 25 miles
- Sidney Peak: 2.4 mi
- Red Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Klinker Mountain: 8.1 mi
- El Paso Peaks: 8.8 mi
- Laurel Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Moment of Engagement: 18.6 mi
- Jet Model: 18.8 mi
- Petroglyphs from Around the World: 18.9 mi
- Rock Alignment: 18.9 mi
- Pictographs: 18.9 mi
- Mesquite Springs: 8.3 mi
- Willow Spring: 9.1 mi
- Poison Spring: 9.7 mi
- Bedrock Spring: 12.1 mi
- Sheep Spring: 12.5 mi
- The Rand Desert Museum: 1.6 mi
- Historical Society of the Upper Mojave Desert: 18.7 mi
- China Lake Museum: 19.2 mi
- Maturango Museum: 19.3 mi
- Naval Museum of Armament & Technology: 21.0 mi
- X-15 Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Fremont: 12.4 mi
- Bickel Camp: 13.3 mi
- Cudahy camp: 14.8 mi
- Josephine Stephens Bishop: 18.8 mi
- Fremont Valley Ecological Reserve: 7.1 mi
- Desert Tortoise Natural Area: 10.4 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Red Rock Canyon State Park: 15.8 mi
- Desert Tortoise Habitat Area: 16.4 mi
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel: 11.9 mi
- Red cliffs trail: 17.1 mi
- F-4 Phantom II - NWC China Lake 1374: 20.7 mi
- plane: 20.8 mi
- Trona Pinnacles: 25.0 mi
- Atolia: 4.5 mi
- Garlock: 7.4 mi
- Freeman Junction: 21.5 mi
- Donley: 16.6 mi
- Tamarisk Grove: 16.8 mi
- Red Rooster Picnic Site: 17.2 mi
- Last Chance Canyon Arch: 14.8 mi
- Herbal Zen Garden: 18.3 mi
- Boron Rest Area: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Government Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | NW 312° | 1,589 m | 12.7 mi |
| Red Mountain | E 92° | 1,580 m | 5.1 mi |
| Chuckwalla Mountain | WSW 257° | 1,533 m | 24.4 mi |
| Dome Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,514 m | 10.4 mi |
| Granite Mountain | E 88° | 1,453 m | 24.7 mi |
| El Paso Peaks | NNW 347° | 1,382 m | 8.8 mi |
| Klinker Mountain | ENE 56° | 1,372 m | 8.1 mi |
| Fremont Peak | SE 131° | 1,362 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:32 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
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 | 47 | 49 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Randsburg, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358784918
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