Rankin Peak
Rankin Peak rises to 1,298 m in California. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the southeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is O'Brien Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away.
The story
mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49066604, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1298 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- O'Brien Hill: 0.8 mi
- Lightner Peak: 2.2 mi
- Hooper Hill: 2.4 mi
- Ball Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Bald Eagle Peak: 2.7 mi
- O'Brien Spring: 1.7 mi
- Murphy Spring: 3.8 mi
- Delonegha Hot Springs: 5.2 mi
- Johnson Spring: 5.3 mi
- Metoe Spring: 5.5 mi
- Uffert Park: 5.6 mi
- Lake Isabella Park: 6.1 mi
- Mountain Mesa Park: 9.6 mi
- Freear Park: 12.4 mi
- Wofford Heights Park: 12.6 mi
- Coso Mines: 9.9 mi
- woody rd: 21.4 mi
- Tehachapi Loop: 23.1 mi
- checkpoint: 24.5 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 4.8 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 16.2 mi
- California Living Museum: 21.5 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Martyr's Rock: 21.1 mi
- The Cross on the Loop: 22.9 mi
- Tehachapi Loop Overlook: 23.4 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 20.4 mi
- Mon Bluff: 24.5 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 20.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 22.5 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 3.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Rankin Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | SE 127° | 2,565 m | 9.4 mi |
| Sunday Peak | N 349° | 2,531 m | 17.5 mi |
| Brown Peak | ESE 121° | 2,466 m | 6.6 mi |
| Liebel Peak | ESE 104° | 2,452 m | 7.3 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | N 349° | 2,417 m | 18.1 mi |
| Inspiration Point | E 99° | 2,387 m | 9.5 mi |
| Sorrell Peak | ESE 121° | 2,348 m | 15.5 mi |
| Breckenridge Mountain | SSW 210° | 2,298 m | 6.6 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 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:06 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 52 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lake FS, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 273204 — Rankin Peak, Kern County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358801981
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- Kern County · 27 mi
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