Knob Hill
Knob Hill rises to 329 m in California. Breckenridge Mountain stands 2,298 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mon Bluff, a cliff 2.8 miles away. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49042132, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 329 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hart Memorial Park: 8.3 mi
- Kern River State Recreation Area: 8.8 mi
- Kern County Soccer Park: 9.3 mi
- Kern River State Park: 9.4 mi
- North Highland Park: 9.6 mi
- Dead Ox Spring: 8.8 mi
- Carver Spring: 8.9 mi
- Willow Spring: 9.0 mi
- Coyote Spring: 13.1 mi
- Butler Spring: 13.7 mi
- Mount Poso: 3.6 mi
- Red Hill: 4.2 mi
- Brushy Hill: 5.0 mi
- Round Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Round Mountain: 9.0 mi
- California Living Museum: 9.8 mi
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 12.5 mi
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village: 12.5 mi
- Minter Field Air Museum: 13.8 mi
- The Green Hotel: 18.8 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 18.1 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 18.1 mi
- checkpoint: 2.9 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 9.0 mi
- woody rd: 11.0 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 11.5 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor: 13.8 mi
- McFarland Veterans Memorial: 17.4 mi
- Veterans Park Memorial Site: 19.6 mi
- CSLC Open Space: 3.2 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 9.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 10.1 mi
- Stickneys Ferry: 17.3 mi
- Rio Bravo: 19.5 mi
- Fountain Springs: 22.6 mi
- Mon Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 4.1 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 11.5 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 12.9 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 13.5 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Knob Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breckenridge Mountain | ESE 111° | 2,298 m | 22.0 mi |
| Shirley Peak | ENE 66° | 2,164 m | 24.0 mi |
| Cooks Peak | ENE 67° | 2,114 m | 24.5 mi |
| Bohna Peak | NE 56° | 2,066 m | 24.0 mi |
| Woodward Peak | ENE 75° | 1,992 m | 21.4 mi |
| Lightner Peak | E 96° | 1,943 m | 21.9 mi |
| Basket Peak | ENE 71° | 1,869 m | 18.5 mi |
| Red Mountain | ENE 64° | 1,770 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:08 | 16:47 |
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 | 50 | 54 | 59 | 63 | 71 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 78 | 68 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersfield AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 244349 — Knob Hill, Kern County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358787016
Day trips start here
- Bakersfield · 15 mi
- Kern County · 19 mi
- Buttonwillow · 30 mi
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