Rough and Ready Mountain
Rough and Ready Mountain rises to 1,728 m in California. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Quartz Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49069500, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,728 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Quartz Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Woodward Peak: 3.1 mi
- Basket Peak: 3.2 mi
- Goat Peak: 3.8 mi
- Burke Hill: 4.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 1.9 mi
- Callioud Spring: 2.3 mi
- Ranger Spring: 2.9 mi
- Bog Hole Spring: 3.2 mi
- Delonegha Hot Springs: 3.7 mi
- Uffert Park: 7.4 mi
- Lake Isabella Park: 7.5 mi
- Greenhorn Mountain County Park: 9.3 mi
- Wofford Heights Park: 11.5 mi
- Freear Park: 11.5 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 7.1 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 14.6 mi
- California Living Museum: 19.5 mi
- Coso Mines: 8.9 mi
- woody rd: 14.2 mi
- checkpoint: 18.7 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 15.0 mi
- Mon Bluff: 20.1 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 18.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 20.6 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 5.3 mi
- Stickneys Ferry: 22.4 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rough and Ready Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | SE 131° | 2,565 m | 16.8 mi |
| Sunday Peak | N 9° | 2,531 m | 12.0 mi |
| Tobias Peak | N 9° | 2,526 m | 16.7 mi |
| Brown Peak | SE 129° | 2,466 m | 13.9 mi |
| Liebel Peak | ESE 120° | 2,452 m | 14.2 mi |
| Bull Run Peak | N 9° | 2,448 m | 15.4 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | N 8° | 2,417 m | 12.6 mi |
| Inspiration Point | ESE 115° | 2,387 m | 16.1 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 | 16:46 |
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 | 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1661337 — Rough and Ready Mountain, Kern County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358808628
Day trips start here
- Kern County · 27 mi
- Bakersfield · 29 mi
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