McKittrick Summit
McKittrick Summit rises to 1,318 m in California. Caliente Mountain stands 1,556 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Wallace Creek, a historic site 3.9 miles away. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49048933, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,318 m
How to reach it
55 named places within 25 miles
- Panorama Point: 8.2 mi
- Gould Hill: 8.5 mi
- Overlook Hill: 8.8 mi
- Midway Peak: 12.0 mi
- Hillcrest Point: 14.3 mi
- Fellows Park: 14.4 mi
- Buttonwillow Park: 18.7 mi
- A Street Park: 19.4 mi
- Taft State Park: 19.6 mi
- Ford City Park: 19.6 mi
- Semper Spring: 17.8 mi
- Wells Spring: 18.4 mi
- Lawson Spring: 20.7 mi
- Juniper Spring: 21.4 mi
- Padrones Spring: 22.1 mi
- Szent András-törésvonal (San Andreas): 11.8 mi
- Buttonwillow Raceway Park: 19.0 mi
- Ethel D. Oil Tool & Supply House: 20.9 mi
- Oil Patch Fire House: 20.9 mi
- Lokern Ecological Reserve: 7.7 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve State Park: 22.8 mi
- Whiterock Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Twin Rocks: 23.7 mi
- Wallace Creek: 3.9 mi
- West Kern Oil Museum: 20.9 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McKittrick Summit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caliente Mountain | S 179° | 1,556 m | 17.6 mi |
| Timber Peak | SW 217° | 1,452 m | 23.7 mi |
| Miranda Pine Mountain | SW 222° | 1,259 m | 23.3 mi |
| Plowshare Peak | SW 224° | 1,195 m | 22.8 mi |
| Branch Mountain | WSW 248° | 1,142 m | 19.5 mi |
| Midway Peak | SE 137° | 1,116 m | 12.0 mi |
| Pilitas Mountain | WSW 251° | 1,098 m | 20.2 mi |
| Freeborn Mountain | W 269° | 1,003 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:40 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:12 | 16:51 |
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 | 48 | 52 | 58 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buttonwillow, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 245710 — McKittrick Summit, Kern County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358788923
Day trips start here
- McKittrick · 8 mi
- Buttonwillow · 20 mi
- Taft · 22 mi
- Maricopa · 26 mi
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