Lightner Peak
Lightner Peak rises to 1,943 m in California. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is O'Brien Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away.
The story
mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49044175, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1943 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- O'Brien Spring: 1.0 mi
- Delonegha Hot Springs: 3.4 mi
- Murphy Spring: 3.6 mi
- Barrel Spring: 4.0 mi
- Metoe Spring: 4.0 mi
- O'Brien Hill: 1.7 mi
- Rankin Peak: 2.2 mi
- Hooper Hill: 3.8 mi
- Ball Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Bald Eagle Peak: 4.8 mi
- Uffert Park: 7.0 mi
- Lake Isabella Park: 7.4 mi
- Mountain Mesa Park: 11.4 mi
- Freear Park: 13.6 mi
- Wofford Heights Park: 13.7 mi
- Coso Mines: 10.9 mi
- woody rd: 19.8 mi
- checkpoint: 22.4 mi
- Tehachapi Loop: 22.8 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 6.2 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 17.4 mi
- California Living Museum: 19.4 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 18.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 20.4 mi
- CSLC Open Space: 24.9 mi
- Martyr's Rock: 20.7 mi
- The Cross on the Loop: 22.7 mi
- Tehachapi Loop Overlook: 23.2 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 18.4 mi
- Mon Bluff: 22.3 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 3.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Lightner Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | ESE 119° | 2,565 m | 11.1 mi |
| Sunday Peak | N 356° | 2,531 m | 17.5 mi |
| Brown Peak | ESE 112° | 2,466 m | 8.4 mi |
| Liebel Peak | E 99° | 2,452 m | 9.4 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | N 356° | 2,417 m | 18.1 mi |
| Inspiration Point | E 96° | 2,387 m | 11.6 mi |
| Sorrell Peak | ESE 117° | 2,348 m | 17.2 mi |
| Breckenridge Mountain | SSW 192° | 2,298 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:06 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 68 | 59 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Loraine 5 NNE, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358801587
Day trips start here
- Kern County · 25 mi
- Bakersfield · 28 mi
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