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Red Mountain

Red Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates35.14913, -118.27258

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks: 56
Parks: 25
Attractions: 6
  • 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
Museums: 6
Historic sites: 5
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Red Rooster Picnic Site: 21.3 mi
  • Donley: 21.4 mi
  • Tamarisk Grove: 21.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piute PeakNNW 342°2,565 m21.9 mi
Brown PeakNNW 340°2,466 m24.7 mi
Double MountainWSW 237°2,430 m14.5 mi
Tehachapi MountainWSW 240°2,418 m13.9 mi
Covington MountainSW 231°2,392 m14.7 mi
Cummings MountainWSW 246°2,362 m18.5 mi
Sorrell PeakN 357°2,348 m18.6 mi
Bear MountainW 281°2,106 m21.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4019:3420:11
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5816:0616:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424245495766727166574841
Precip in2.43.02.00.80.40.10.30.10.20.50.92.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tehachapi 4 SE, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358791032

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