Ragged Top
Ragged Top rises to 584 m in California. Castle Mountain stands 1,312 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Flattop, a peak 1.3 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49066394, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 584 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Flattop: 1.3 mi
- Tar Peak: 2.7 mi
- Roundtop: 3.6 mi
- Garza Peak: 3.7 mi
- La Oveja: 6.3 mi
- Double Spring: 6.3 mi
- Tiger Spring: 6.8 mi
- Sugar Spring: 7.2 mi
- Sugar Tail Spring: 7.2 mi
- Little Tiger Spring: 7.9 mi
- Floyd Rice Park: 6.4 mi
- Almond Tree Oasis RV Park: 15.3 mi
- Olsen Park: 19.4 mi
- Lynch Family Park: 19.5 mi
- Keenan Park: 19.7 mi
- Caltrans Fallen Workers Memorial District: 12.0 mi
- James Dean Memorial: 16.0 mi
- Coalinga Avenal Safety Roadside Rest Area - Northbound: 12.1 mi
- Shandon Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Bravo Farms Kettleman City: 11.2 mi
- R C Baker Memorial Museum: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Ragged Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Mountain | W 278° | 1,312 m | 11.5 mi |
| Orchard Peak | S 179° | 953 m | 12.3 mi |
| Zwang Peak | WNW 289° | 939 m | 6.6 mi |
| Picacho Rock | WNW 289° | 850 m | 9.6 mi |
| Garza Peak | WNW 288° | 800 m | 3.7 mi |
| Three Peaks | SSW 193° | 784 m | 8.0 mi |
| Johnson Peak | S 187° | 784 m | 8.1 mi |
| Roundtop | WNW 296° | 775 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:43 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:11 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 52 | 56 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kettleman City, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 247911 — Ragged Top, Kings County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358790924
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