Round Mountain
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
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Pheasant: 1.6 mi
- Iron Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Red Hill: 4.9 mi
- Pine Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Windmill Tree Peak: 6.4 mi
- 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
- 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
- California Living Museum: 14.4 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 18.1 mi
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 20.2 mi
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village: 20.2 mi
- Minter Field Air Museum: 22.6 mi
- woody rd: 5.1 mi
- checkpoint: 8.0 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 17.5 mi
- Coso Mines: 19.0 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 19.8 mi
- CSLC Open Space: 11.1 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 13.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 15.3 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 21.0 mi
- Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor: 22.7 mi
- McFarland Veterans Memorial: 23.6 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 5.0 mi
- Mon Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Stickneys Ferry: 14.2 mi
- Fountain Springs: 18.8 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 19.7 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 20.6 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 16.1 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Peak | NE 51° | 2,531 m | 16.4 mi |
| Tobias Peak | NE 42° | 2,526 m | 20.2 mi |
| Bull Run Peak | NE 44° | 2,448 m | 19.1 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | NE 49° | 2,417 m | 16.8 mi |
| Breckenridge Mountain | SE 134° | 2,298 m | 17.9 mi |
| Black Mountain | ENE 65° | 2,267 m | 17.9 mi |
| Shirley Peak | ENE 70° | 2,164 m | 15.0 mi |
| Cooks Peak | ENE 71° | 2,114 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:07 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358791395
Day trips start here
- Bakersfield · 22 mi
- Kern County · 23 mi
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