Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain rises to 745 m in California. Sunday Peak stands 2,531 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is woody rd, a attraction 0.9 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49038997, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 745 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Padre Francisco Garces Historical Monument: 7.3 mi
- Hart Memorial Park: 16.8 mi
- Greenhorn Mountain County Park: 16.8 mi
- Kern River State Recreation Area: 17.0 mi
- Kern River County Park: 17.1 mi
- Dead Ox Spring: 2.2 mi
- Carver Spring: 2.3 mi
- Willow Spring: 3.8 mi
- Fine Spring: 4.8 mi
- Butler Spring: 5.3 mi
- Round Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Doney Hill: 4.6 mi
- Mount Pheasant: 4.8 mi
- Isham Hill: 5.2 mi
- Red Hill: 6.7 mi
- California Living Museum: 17.7 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 21.0 mi
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 22.5 mi
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village: 22.5 mi
- Heritage Park Museum: 22.5 mi
- woody rd: 0.9 mi
- checkpoint: 8.0 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 19.2 mi
- Coso Mines: 21.0 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 21.6 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- McFarland Veterans Memorial: 21.3 mi
- Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor: 22.7 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 23.5 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 7.1 mi
- Mon Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Stickneys Ferry: 9.9 mi
- Fountain Springs: 14.6 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 17.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 18.4 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 21.6 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 22.8 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 19.3 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Peak | ENE 66° | 2,531 m | 16.2 mi |
| Tobias Peak | NE 54° | 2,526 m | 19.2 mi |
| Bull Run Peak | ENE 57° | 2,448 m | 18.3 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | ENE 64° | 2,417 m | 16.4 mi |
| Black Mountain | ENE 78° | 2,267 m | 18.6 mi |
| Shirley Peak | E 85° | 2,164 m | 16.3 mi |
| Cooks Peak | E 86° | 2,114 m | 16.9 mi |
| Peel Peak | ENE 59° | 2,067 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:07 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358786385
Day trips start here
- Bakersfield · 25 mi
- Kern County · 27 mi
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