Sunset Point
Sunset Point rises to 2,100 m in California. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the south-southeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Saddle Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Kern County, California, United States.
Wikidata Q49080254, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,100 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Liebel Peak: 1.7 mi
- Bodfish Peak: 2.7 mi
- Brown Peak: 3.0 mi
- Laura Peak: 3.2 mi
- Inspiration Point: 3.4 mi
- Saddle Spring: 0.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.3 mi
- Steve Spring: 4.6 mi
- Gautche Springs: 5.3 mi
- Piute Spring: 5.7 mi
- Uffert Park: 6.9 mi
- Lake Isabella Park: 7.2 mi
- Mountain Mesa Park: 7.5 mi
- South Fork Wildlife Area: 10.8 mi
- Kern River Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Berts Canyon Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Martyr's Rock: 22.1 mi
- The Cross on the Loop: 23.5 mi
- Tehachapi Loop Overlook: 23.9 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 6.5 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 15.8 mi
- Coso Mines: 10.5 mi
- Tehachapi Loop: 23.6 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 7.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Sunset Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | SSE 166° | 2,565 m | 5.4 mi |
| Sunday Peak | NNW 332° | 2,531 m | 20.0 mi |
| Brown Peak | S 189° | 2,466 m | 3.0 mi |
| Liebel Peak | SE 145° | 2,452 m | 1.7 mi |
| Inspiration Point | ESE 108° | 2,387 m | 3.4 mi |
| Sorrell Peak | SE 137° | 2,348 m | 10.4 mi |
| Breckenridge Mountain | WSW 241° | 2,298 m | 10.8 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNW 338° | 2,267 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:35 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 52 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lake FS, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358808802
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