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Tecuya Mountain

Tecuya Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Tecuya Mountain rises to 2,180 m in California. Mount Pinos stands 2,697 m to the west-southwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Frazier Mountain County Park, a park 2.4 miles away. 138 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.

The story

Tecuya Mountain in southern Kern County, California, more than 7,163 feet (2,183 m) high, is the highest point on the Tecuya Ridge of the San Emigdio Mountains in the Transverse Ranges.

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Wikidata Q7692923, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2180 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.84220, -118.98149

138 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 47
Springs: 46
  • Big Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Pine Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Mesa Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Elderberry Springs: 15.1 mi
  • Buck Creek Spring: 15.5 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Adobe Brick Pit: 5.3 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 5.3 mi
  • Officer's Quarters: 5.4 mi
  • Hospital: 5.4 mi
  • Barracks #2: 5.4 mi
Parks: 14
Picnic sites: 8
  • The Patio: 14.7 mi
  • Twin Falls Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
  • The Crossing: 15.2 mi
  • The Crossing: 15.2 mi
  • Flume Creek Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • San Emigdio Plantation: 6.0 mi
  • Hungry Valley Oak Woodland Natural Preserve: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tecuya Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PinosWSW 258°2,696.5 m9.5 mi
Sawmill MountainW 259°2,685 m10.7 mi
Grouse MountainW 261°2,613 m11.6 mi
Cerro NoroesteW 267°2,525 m12.6 mi
Frazier MountainS 171°2,442 m4.7 mi
Reyes PeakSW 229°2,284 m22.4 mi
San Emigdio MountainW 281°2,282 m11.4 mi
Haddock MountainSW 224°2,265 m21.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3519:08
June solstice05:4419:3620:13
September equinox06:4518:2118:54
December solstice07:0016:1016:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454649526069767772625245
Precip in2.53.72.00.80.40.10.10.10.10.60.82.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandberg, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358802275

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