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Round Mountain

Round Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Round Mountain rises to 903 m in California. Sunday Peak stands 2,531 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Pheasant, a peak 1.6 miles away.

The story

mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5389033

Wikidata Q49069735, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
903 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.63190, -118.81204

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs
  • Dead Ox Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Butler Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Carver Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Fine Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Willow Spring: 7.2 mi
Parks
  • Padre Francisco Garces Historical Monument: 11.6 mi
  • Kern River County Park: 13.6 mi
  • Hart Memorial Park: 13.8 mi
  • Kern River State Recreation Area: 13.9 mi
  • Kern River State Park: 14.2 mi
Attractions: 5
  • woody rd: 5.1 mi
  • checkpoint: 8.0 mi
  • Bakersfield Speedway: 17.5 mi
  • Coso Mines: 19.0 mi
  • Bakersfield Jam: 19.8 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • CSLC Open Space: 11.1 mi
  • Lake Ming County Park: 13.9 mi
  • Rattlesnake Canyon: 15.3 mi
Historic sites: 3
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Miracle Hot Springs: 16.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Sister City Gardens: 20.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunday PeakNE 51°2,531 m16.4 mi
Tobias PeakNE 42°2,526 m20.2 mi
Bull Run PeakNE 44°2,448 m19.1 mi
Portuguese PeakNE 49°2,417 m16.8 mi
Breckenridge MountainSE 134°2,298 m17.9 mi
Black MountainENE 65°2,267 m17.9 mi
Shirley PeakENE 70°2,164 m15.0 mi
Cooks PeakENE 71°2,114 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:07
June solstice05:4119:3720:15
September equinox06:4418:2018:54
December solstice07:0216:0716:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424346505664717065564741
Precip in3.73.53.11.70.80.20.10.10.10.91.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glennville, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358791395

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