Red Hill
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
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Knob Hill: 4.2 mi
- Round Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Mount Pheasant: 6.4 mi
- Mount Poso: 6.6 mi
- Iron Mountain: 6.7 mi
- 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
- California Living Museum: 11.2 mi
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 15.8 mi
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village: 15.8 mi
- Minter Field Air Museum: 17.8 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 22.1 mi
- checkpoint: 3.7 mi
- woody rd: 7.6 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 12.8 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 15.2 mi
- Coso Mines: 23.6 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor: 17.9 mi
- McFarland Veterans Memorial: 20.0 mi
- Veterans Park Memorial Site: 23.7 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Stickneys Ferry: 15.4 mi
- Fountain Springs: 20.6 mi
- Rio Bravo: 22.7 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 0.5 mi
- Mon Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 11.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 11.9 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 15.1 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 16.2 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 16.7 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Red Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Peak | NE 52° | 2,531 m | 21.3 mi |
| Bull Run Peak | NE 47° | 2,448 m | 23.9 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | NE 51° | 2,417 m | 21.6 mi |
| Breckenridge Mountain | ESE 120° | 2,298 m | 19.7 mi |
| Black Mountain | ENE 63° | 2,267 m | 22.7 mi |
| Shirley Peak | ENE 67° | 2,164 m | 19.8 mi |
| Cooks Peak | ENE 68° | 2,114 m | 20.4 mi |
| Peel Peak | NE 47° | 2,067 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:07 | 16:47 |
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, 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
Day trips start here
- Bakersfield · 18 mi
- Kern County · 20 mi
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