Tropico Hill
Tropico Hill rises to 882 m in California. Double Mountain stands 2,430 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Test Facility Race Car Paddock Area, a attraction 1.6 miles away. 160 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Kern County, California, United States
Wikidata Q49084932, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 882 m
How to reach it
160 named places within 25 miles
- Jim Williford Community Park: 2.5 mi
- Rosamond Park: 3.7 mi
- United Street Park: 4.7 mi
- United Park Apartments Park: 4.7 mi
- Apollo Park: 9.6 mi
- Fiss Hill: 1.7 mi
- Willow Springs Butte: 2.5 mi
- Rosamond Butte: 3.0 mi
- Gem Hill: 3.2 mi
- Middle Butte: 6.3 mi
- Bean Spring: 4.7 mi
- Mud Spring: 15.8 mi
- Indian Spring: 15.8 mi
- Lieva Springs: 17.0 mi
- Troedel Spring: 18.0 mi
- Test Facility Race Car Paddock Area: 1.6 mi
- The Musical Road of California: 10.3 mi
- F-4 Phantom II: 13.6 mi
- Former Lancaster Grammar School Auditorium: 13.8 mi
- Judy Garland Childhood Home: 13.9 mi
- Antelope Valley Rural Museum: 11.4 mi
- Museum of Art and History: 13.6 mi
- Century Circle: 13.7 mi
- Air Force Flight Test Center Museum: 17.8 mi
- Joe Davies Heritage Airpark: 20.8 mi
- Tuf Quarry Mill: 13.1 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 13.6 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 13.6 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 20.0 mi
- Poppy Nature Area: 12.3 mi
- Prime Desert Woodland Preserve: 14.7 mi
- One Desert Sky: 13.6 mi
- Astral Challenger: 16.6 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tropico Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Mountain | NW 306° | 2,430 m | 17.9 mi |
| Tehachapi Mountain | NW 309° | 2,418 m | 18.4 mi |
| Covington Mountain | NW 304° | 2,392 m | 16.6 mi |
| Cummings Mountain | WNW 300° | 2,362 m | 22.2 mi |
| Cache Peak | N 358° | 2,035 m | 23.7 mi |
| Liebre Twins | WNW 285° | 1,941 m | 20.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNW 345° | 1,893 m | 24.0 mi |
| Middle Knob | N 2° | 1,891 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:33 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:07 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 54 | 59 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 81 | 74 | 63 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358793612
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