Mound
Mound rises to 897 m in California. Fremont Peak stands 1,362 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Boron Park, a park 2.6 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49051771, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 897 m
How to reach it
- 25.2 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
63 named places within 25 miles
- Saddleback Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Haystack Butte: 7.8 mi
- Jackrabbit Hill: 8.8 mi
- Kramer Hills: 10.7 mi
- Red Buttes: 12.7 mi
- Boron Park: 2.6 mi
- Pioneer Park: 2.9 mi
- North Edwards Park: 9.0 mi
- Onizuka Park: 14.2 mi
- Corvais Community Park: 15.0 mi
- Boron Aerospace Museum: 2.8 mi
- Twenty Mule Team Museum: 2.8 mi
- Rio Tinto Borax Mine Visitor Center: 4.5 mi
- Air Force Flight Test Center Museum: 14.2 mi
- Century Circle: 18.8 mi
- Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary: 19.5 mi
- Desert Tortoise Habitat Area: 19.8 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 20.9 mi
- Harper Dry Lake: 21.7 mi
- Carl O Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary: 23.3 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 12.3 mi
- Fremont: 16.6 mi
- Boron Rest Area: 3.6 mi
- B-52: 11.8 mi
- Saddleback Butte picnic area: 20.8 mi
- Moody Springs: 24.4 mi
- Atolia: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont Peak | NE 38° | 1,362 m | 20.3 mi |
| Sidney Peak | N 357° | 1,309 m | 24.9 mi |
| Silver Peak | SSE 154° | 1,220 m | 17.4 mi |
| Saddleback Butte | SSW 199° | 1,077 m | 21.1 mi |
| Red Buttes | SE 142° | 1,037 m | 12.7 mi |
| Haystack Butte | SSE 153° | 1,030 m | 7.8 mi |
| Adobe Mountain | S 179° | 1,018 m | 18.0 mi |
| Kramer Hills | ESE 116° | 1,010 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:31 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:05 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 47 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 75 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Mirage, 26 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 246250 — Mound, Kern County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358789455
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