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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. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49061728, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,184 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.56245, -118.76953

Named places within 25 miles

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
Peaks: 57
Springs
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
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Nature reserves: 2
  • Lake Ming County Park: 10.5 mi
  • Rattlesnake Canyon: 12.1 mi
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 25 miles of Pine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunday PeakNE2,531 m18.4 mi
Brown PeakESE2,466 m20.2 mi
Portuguese PeakNNE2,417 m18.9 mi
Breckenridge MountainSE2,298 m13.0 mi
Black MountainNE2,267 m18.5 mi
Shirley PeakNE2,164 m15.4 mi
Cooks PeakNE2,114 m15.9 mi
Peel PeakNNE2,067 m19.2 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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