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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.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49066059, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1585 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.59551, -118.59259

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • 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
Parks: 26
Attractions: 3
  • Coso Mines: 8.4 mi
  • woody rd: 15.9 mi
  • checkpoint: 20.1 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Lake Ming County Park: 19.2 mi
  • Rattlesnake Canyon: 21.1 mi
  • CSLC Open Space: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Miracle Hot Springs: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Salmon Creek Falls: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Quartz Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piute PeakSE 131°2,565 m15.1 mi
Sunday PeakN 2°2,531 m12.9 mi
Tobias PeakN 4°2,526 m17.6 mi
Brown PeakSE 129°2,466 m12.2 mi
Liebel PeakESE 119°2,452 m12.5 mi
Bull Run PeakN 3°2,448 m16.4 mi
Portuguese PeakN 2°2,417 m13.5 mi
Inspiration PointESE 114°2,387 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4019:3620:14
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0116:0616:46

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, 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

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