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Rock Pile

Rock Pile, seen from above at true elevation

Rock Pile rises to 196 m in California. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Haypress Spring, a spring 4.3 miles away. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49068957, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
196 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.26107, -118.75843

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Haypress Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Railroad Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Billy Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Lower Hog Camp Spring: 7.4 mi
Parks
Peaks: 37
Picnic sites: 6
Historic sites: 5
Attractions: 5
  • Tehachapi Loop: 13.1 mi
  • Historic Tehachapi Depot: 19.7 mi
  • Historic Water Tower: 19.7 mi
  • Bakersfield Jam: 19.8 mi
  • Bakersfield Speedway: 20.1 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Lake Ming County Park: 13.7 mi
  • Rattlesnake Canyon: 13.8 mi
Artworks: 2
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 1
  • 4 Island Lake Beach: 8.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Sister City Gardens: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rock Pile. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piute PeakENE 57°2,565 m24.5 mi
Brown PeakNE 51°2,466 m24.3 mi
Double MountainSE 136°2,430 m22.0 mi
Tehachapi MountainSE 134°2,418 m21.4 mi
Covington MountainSE 137°2,392 m23.4 mi
Cummings MountainSE 145°2,362 m18.5 mi
Breckenridge MountainNE 37°2,298 m16.4 mi
Bear MountainESE 120°2,106 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3419:07
June solstice05:4219:3620:14
September equinox06:4418:2018:53
December solstice07:0116:0816:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495257627077848277675648
Precip in1.31.31.20.60.30.00.00.00.10.20.51.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersfield 5 NW, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358809257

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