Quartz Mountain
Quartz Mountain rises to 1,585 m in California. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Rough and Ready Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49066059, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,585 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rough and Ready Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Woodward Peak: 3.4 mi
- Basket Peak: 4.8 mi
- Lightner Peak: 4.9 mi
- Hooper Hill: 4.9 mi
- Delonegha Hot Springs: 2.9 mi
- Bog Hole Spring: 3.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 3.1 mi
- Ranger Spring: 3.4 mi
- Callioud Spring: 3.5 mi
- Uffert Park: 6.1 mi
- Lake Isabella Park: 6.2 mi
- Greenhorn Mountain County Park: 9.9 mi
- Mountain Mesa Park: 10.7 mi
- Freear Park: 11.0 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 5.7 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 14.4 mi
- California Living Museum: 20.0 mi
- Coso Mines: 8.4 mi
- woody rd: 15.9 mi
- checkpoint: 20.1 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 16.3 mi
- Mon Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 19.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 21.1 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 3.6 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 23.5 mi
- Stickneys Ferry: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Quartz Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | SE 131° | 2,565 m | 15.1 mi |
| Sunday Peak | N 2° | 2,531 m | 12.9 mi |
| Tobias Peak | N 4° | 2,526 m | 17.6 mi |
| Brown Peak | SE 129° | 2,466 m | 12.2 mi |
| Liebel Peak | ESE 119° | 2,452 m | 12.5 mi |
| Bull Run Peak | N 3° | 2,448 m | 16.4 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | N 2° | 2,417 m | 13.5 mi |
| Inspiration Point | ESE 114° | 2,387 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:06 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 56 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glennville, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 273152 — Quartz Mountain, Kern County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358801964
Day trips start here
- Kern County · 27 mi
- Bakersfield · 29 mi
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