Red Mountain
Red Mountain rises to 1,743 m in California. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Sweetwater Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49067627, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1743 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sweetwater Spring: 1.0 mi
- Lieva Springs: 2.0 mi
- Eagle Spring: 2.5 mi
- Goodwater Spring: 4.4 mi
- Hungry Spring: 4.6 mi
- Pajuela Peak: 2.4 mi
- Middle Knob: 3.1 mi
- Cache Peak: 5.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Emerald Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park: 3.5 mi
- Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park: 3.8 mi
- Mojave West Park: 7.7 mi
- Orchard Park: 9.1 mi
- Mojave East Park: 9.2 mi
- Historic Water Tower: 9.9 mi
- Historic Tehachapi Depot: 10.0 mi
- Tehachapi Loop: 15.4 mi
- Test Facility Race Car Paddock Area: 19.0 mi
- Red cliffs trail: 22.3 mi
- Tehachapi Depot Museum: 10.0 mi
- Tehachapi Museum: 10.0 mi
- Tehachapi Heritage League Museum: 10.0 mi
- Errea House Museum: 10.0 mi
- Errea House Museum: 10.0 mi
- Tehachapi Loop Overlook: 15.1 mi
- The Cross on the Loop: 15.3 mi
- Martyr's Rock: 17.2 mi
- Josephine Stephens Bishop: 18.5 mi
- Bear Vally Veteran's Memorial: 21.1 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 18.9 mi
- Desert Tortoise Habitat Area: 21.8 mi
- Red Cliffs Natural Preserve: 22.6 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 23.1 mi
- Red Rock Canyon State Park: 24.2 mi
- Red Rooster Picnic Site: 21.3 mi
- Donley: 21.4 mi
- Tamarisk Grove: 21.6 mi
- 4 Island Lake Beach: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | NNW 342° | 2,565 m | 21.9 mi |
| Brown Peak | NNW 340° | 2,466 m | 24.7 mi |
| Double Mountain | WSW 237° | 2,430 m | 14.5 mi |
| Tehachapi Mountain | WSW 240° | 2,418 m | 13.9 mi |
| Covington Mountain | SW 231° | 2,392 m | 14.7 mi |
| Cummings Mountain | WSW 246° | 2,362 m | 18.5 mi |
| Sorrell Peak | N 357° | 2,348 m | 18.6 mi |
| Bear Mountain | W 281° | 2,106 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:34 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:06 | 16:46 |
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 | 42 | 45 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tehachapi 4 SE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358791032
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