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
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
- Lake Ming County Park: 19.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 21.1 mi
- CSLC Open Space: 22.9 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 16.3 mi
- Mon Bluff: 21.2 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 17.6 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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