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Middle Knob

Middle Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Middle Knob rises to 1,891 m in California. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49049838, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1891 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.16135, -118.21980

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks: 56
Parks: 28
Museums: 7
Attractions: 6
  • Historic Water Tower: 13.0 mi
  • Historic Tehachapi Depot: 13.0 mi
  • Tehachapi Loop: 18.2 mi
  • Red cliffs trail: 19.5 mi
  • Test Facility Race Car Paddock Area: 20.0 mi
Historic sites: 6
Nature reserves: 6
Picnic sites: 3
  • Donley: 18.5 mi
  • Red Rooster Picnic Site: 18.5 mi
  • Tamarisk Grove: 18.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 4 Island Lake Beach: 24.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Middle Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piute PeakNNW 334°2,565 m22.2 mi
Double MountainWSW 240°2,430 m17.5 mi
Tehachapi MountainWSW 242°2,418 m16.9 mi
Covington MountainSW 235°2,392 m17.6 mi
Cummings MountainWSW 248°2,362 m21.5 mi
Sorrell PeakNNW 348°2,348 m18.1 mi
Bear MountainW 277°2,106 m23.8 mi
Cache PeakNNW 338°2,035 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:05
June solstice05:4019:3420:11
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5816:0616:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454853586777838275645244
Precip in1.11.50.80.20.10.00.20.20.10.40.30.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mojave, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358789127

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