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Nellies Nipple

Nellies Nipple, seen from above at true elevation

Nellies Nipple rises to 1,390 m in California. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Stevenson Peak, a peak 2.1 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49056693, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1390 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.25691, -118.39203

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs
  • Soda Springs: 3.4 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Rock Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Saddle Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Beartrap Spring: 5.5 mi
Parks: 19
Museums: 6
Picnic sites: 6
Historic sites: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Tehachapi Loop: 9.1 mi
  • Historic Water Tower: 9.2 mi
  • Historic Tehachapi Depot: 9.2 mi
  • Red cliffs trail: 24.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 4 Island Lake Beach: 16.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Miracle Hot Springs: 23.5 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Nellies Nipple. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piute PeakN 0°2,565 m13.4 mi
Brown PeakN 353°2,466 m15.8 mi
Liebel PeakN 359°2,452 m17.3 mi
Double MountainSSW 199°2,430 m16.4 mi
Tehachapi MountainSSW 200°2,418 m15.4 mi
Covington MountainSSW 196°2,392 m17.4 mi
Inspiration PointN 6°2,387 m17.7 mi
Cummings MountainSW 214°2,362 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:4019:3520:12
September equinox06:4218:1818:52
December solstice06:5916:0716:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447505767737368595043
Precip in2.53.12.10.90.80.10.10.30.10.50.32.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Loraine 5 NNE, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358808387

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