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.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49069500, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1728 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
- Lake Ming County Park: 18.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 20.6 mi
- CSLC Open Space: 21.6 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 15.0 mi
- Mon Bluff: 20.1 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 17.8 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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