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. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49066604, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,298 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 25 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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