Rock Pile
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
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Kovacevich Park: 5.2 mi
- Di Giorgio County Park: 5.7 mi
- Smothermon Park: 6.1 mi
- Bear Valley Park: 8.5 mi
- Lamont Park: 8.6 mi
- Pampa Peak: 7.7 mi
- Bear Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Horsethief Mountain: 10.5 mi
- Oiler Peak: 11.5 mi
- Mount Adelaide: 11.7 mi
- California Living Museum: 13.9 mi
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village: 17.3 mi
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 17.3 mi
- Tehachapi Depot Museum: 19.7 mi
- Errea House Museum: 19.7 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 14.7 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 14.7 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Bear Vally Veteran's Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Martyr's Rock: 11.3 mi
- The Cross on the Loop: 13.2 mi
- Tehachapi Loop Overlook: 13.4 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 16.1 mi
- 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
- Lake Ming County Park: 13.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 13.8 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 17.0 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 19.1 mi
- Mon Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 23.6 mi
- 4 Island Lake Beach: 8.9 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 16.1 mi
- Rio Bravo: 17.0 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | ENE 57° | 2,565 m | 24.5 mi |
| Brown Peak | NE 51° | 2,466 m | 24.3 mi |
| Double Mountain | SE 136° | 2,430 m | 22.0 mi |
| Tehachapi Mountain | SE 134° | 2,418 m | 21.4 mi |
| Covington Mountain | SE 137° | 2,392 m | 23.4 mi |
| Cummings Mountain | SE 145° | 2,362 m | 18.5 mi |
| Breckenridge Mountain | NE 37° | 2,298 m | 16.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | ESE 120° | 2,106 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:08 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 57 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bakersfield 5 NW, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358809257
Day trips start here
- Kern County · 8 mi
- Bakersfield · 16 mi
- The Grapevine · 26 mi
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