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. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49044175, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,943 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
- 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
- Lake Ming County Park: 18.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 20.4 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 3.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 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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