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Pine Mountain

Pine Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Pine Mountain rises to 1,184 m in California. Sunday Peak stands 2,531 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Ball Mountain, a peak 3.4 miles away.

The story

mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49061728, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1184 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.56245, -118.76953

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs
Parks
  • Kern River County Park: 9.9 mi
  • Rivers Edge Park: 10.3 mi
  • Father Garces Monument: 10.7 mi
  • Kern River State Recreation Area: 11.0 mi
  • Kern River State Park: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Attractions: 5
  • woody rd: 10.4 mi
  • checkpoint: 10.6 mi
  • Bakersfield Speedway: 16.5 mi
  • Coso Mines: 18.1 mi
  • Bakersfield Jam: 18.6 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Lake Ming County Park: 10.5 mi
  • Rattlesnake Canyon: 12.1 mi
  • CSLC Open Space: 13.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Miracle Hot Springs: 13.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Sister City Gardens: 18.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Pine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunday PeakNE 34°2,531 m18.4 mi
Brown PeakESE 105°2,466 m20.2 mi
Portuguese PeakNNE 33°2,417 m18.9 mi
Breckenridge MountainSE 126°2,298 m13.0 mi
Black MountainNE 48°2,267 m18.5 mi
Shirley PeakNE 50°2,164 m15.4 mi
Cooks PeakNE 52°2,114 m15.9 mi
Sunset PointE 97°2,100 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3419:07
June solstice05:4119:3720:15
September equinox06:4418:2018:53
December solstice07:0216:0716:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424346505664717065564741
Precip in3.73.53.11.70.80.20.10.10.10.91.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glennville, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1661225 — Pine Mountain, Kern County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358808533

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