Tar Peak
Tar Peak rises to 739 m in California. Castle Mountain stands 1,312 m to the west, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Roundtop, a peak 0.9 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49081416, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 739 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Roundtop: 0.9 mi
- Garza Peak: 1.2 mi
- Flattop: 1.4 mi
- Ragged Top: 2.7 mi
- Zwang Peak: 4.0 mi
- Double Spring: 5.1 mi
- Tiger Spring: 5.5 mi
- Sugar Tail Spring: 5.6 mi
- Sugar Spring: 5.7 mi
- Little Tiger Spring: 6.7 mi
- Floyd Rice Park: 5.8 mi
- Almond Tree Oasis RV Park: 13.9 mi
- Olsen Park: 17.0 mi
- Lynch Family Park: 17.1 mi
- William Keck Memorial Park: 17.6 mi
- Caltrans Fallen Workers Memorial District: 11.2 mi
- James Dean Memorial: 16.0 mi
- Coalinga Avenal Safety Roadside Rest Area - Northbound: 11.3 mi
- Shandon Rest Area: 20.3 mi
- Bravo Farms Kettleman City: 12.9 mi
- R C Baker Memorial Museum: 17.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Tar Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Mountain | W 272° | 1,312 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mine Mountain | W 279° | 1,108 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mustang Peak | WNW 282° | 1,096 m | 13.4 mi |
| Orchard Peak | S 170° | 953 m | 13.8 mi |
| Zwang Peak | WNW 282° | 939 m | 4.0 mi |
| Picacho Rock | WNW 285° | 850 m | 7.0 mi |
| Garza Peak | W 263° | 800 m | 1.2 mi |
| Three Peaks | S 176° | 784 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:43 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:11 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 52 | 56 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kettleman City, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1656639 — Tar Peak, Kings County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358804389
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