Red Mountain
Red Mountain rises to 1,770 m in California. Sunday Peak stands 2,531 m to the north-northeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Shirley Peak, a peak 3.0 miles away. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5386583.
Wikidata Q49067630, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,770 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Shirley Peak: 3.0 mi
- Fulton Peak: 3.2 mi
- Basket Peak: 3.5 mi
- Cooks Peak: 3.7 mi
- Bohna Peak: 4.2 mi
- Burnt Spring: 3.1 mi
- Rock Corral Spring: 3.8 mi
- Ranger Spring: 4.1 mi
- Spout Spring: 4.7 mi
- Runyon Spring: 5.3 mi
- Greenhorn Mountain County Park: 4.1 mi
- Wofford Heights Park: 9.2 mi
- Lake Isabella Park: 9.3 mi
- Freear Park: 9.4 mi
- Uffert Park: 9.5 mi
- Coso Mines: 7.9 mi
- woody rd: 13.0 mi
- Trail of 100 Giants: 19.2 mi
- R-Ranch Adult Building: 19.4 mi
- Cabin 234: 19.4 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 17.7 mi
- South Creek Falls: 20.0 mi
- Seven Teacups: 21.6 mi
- Nobe Young Falls: 22.3 mi
- Alder Creek Slides: 24.0 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 9.8 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 11.1 mi
- California Living Museum: 24.0 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 17.0 mi
- Parker Bluffs: 19.7 mi
- Mon Bluff: 22.9 mi
- Stickneys Ferry: 19.4 mi
- Fountain Springs: 21.5 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 9.6 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 23.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Peak | NNE 15° | 2,531 m | 6.0 mi |
| Tobias Peak | NNE 12° | 2,526 m | 10.7 mi |
| Bull Run Peak | NNE 13° | 2,448 m | 9.4 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | NNE 13° | 2,417 m | 6.5 mi |
| Baker Peak | NNE 25° | 2,416 m | 12.3 mi |
| Baker Point | NNE 30° | 2,360 m | 12.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | ENE 60° | 2,267 m | 5.8 mi |
| Shirley Peak | E 80° | 2,164 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 273242 — Red Mountain, Kern County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358801994
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