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Red Hill

Red Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Red Hill rises to 540 m in California. Sunday Peak stands 2,531 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Chalk Cliff, a cliff 0.5 miles away.

The story

mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5386526

Wikidata Q49067265, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
540 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.59468, -118.88565

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs
  • Dead Ox Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Carver Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Willow Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Butler Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Fine Spring: 10.2 mi
Parks
  • Hart Memorial Park: 10.2 mi
  • Kern River State Recreation Area: 10.4 mi
  • Kern River County Park: 10.9 mi
  • Kern River State Park: 10.9 mi
  • Kern County Soccer Park: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Attractions: 5
  • checkpoint: 3.7 mi
  • woody rd: 7.6 mi
  • Bakersfield Speedway: 12.8 mi
  • Bakersfield Jam: 15.2 mi
  • Coso Mines: 23.6 mi
Historic sites: 4
Nature reserves: 3
  • CSLC Open Space: 6.5 mi
  • Lake Ming County Park: 11.0 mi
  • Rattlesnake Canyon: 11.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Sister City Gardens: 16.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Miracle Hot Springs: 19.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Red Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunday PeakNE 52°2,531 m21.3 mi
Bull Run PeakNE 47°2,448 m23.9 mi
Portuguese PeakNE 51°2,417 m21.6 mi
Breckenridge MountainESE 120°2,298 m19.7 mi
Black MountainENE 63°2,267 m22.7 mi
Shirley PeakENE 67°2,164 m19.8 mi
Cooks PeakENE 68°2,114 m20.4 mi
Peel PeakNE 47°2,067 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:08
June solstice05:4119:3720:15
September equinox06:4418:2018:54
December solstice07:0216:0716:47

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, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 248045 — Red Hill, Kern County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358791015

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