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La Cima

La Cima, seen from above at true elevation

La Cima rises to 415 m in California. Castle Mountain stands 1,312 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is El Piso, a peak 0.2 miles away.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49042960, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
415 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.00384, -120.05708

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 14
Parks: 12
  • Floyd Rice Park: 3.9 mi
  • Almond Tree Oasis RV Park: 10.9 mi
  • Keenan Park: 13.9 mi
  • Chestnut Park: 14.3 mi
  • Huron Community Park: 14.4 mi
Historic sites: 3
Attractions: 1
  • Bravo Farms Kettleman City: 5.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Coalinga Avenal Safety Roadside Rest Area - Northbound: 6.7 mi
Museums: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of La Cima. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle MountainWSW1,312 m16.4 mi
Zwang PeakWSW939 m11.4 mi
Picacho RockWSW850 m13.9 mi
Garza PeakWSW800 m9.4 mi
Johnson PeakSSW784 m15.1 mi
Three PeaksSSW784 m15.2 mi
RoundtopWSW775 m8.9 mi
Tar PeakSW739 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3919:12
June solstice05:4519:4320:21
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:0816:1116:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465256627077838276665447
Precip in1.41.51.50.60.40.00.10.00.10.20.61.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kettleman City, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 255529 — La Cima, Kings County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358796423

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