Wagon Wheel Mountain
Wagon Wheel Mountain rises to 199 m in California. Orchard Peak stands 953 m to the west-northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Vernon, a peak 1.5 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49087261, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 199 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Vernon: 1.5 mi
- Emigrant Hill: 2.0 mi
- Cascajo Hill: 6.3 mi
- Indian Rocks: 6.5 mi
- Cerro del Sur: 6.6 mi
- Ellings Spring: 11.8 mi
- Ortega Spring: 12.4 mi
- Double Spring: 18.6 mi
- Tiger Spring: 18.7 mi
- Little Tiger Spring: 18.8 mi
- Lost Hills Park: 17.5 mi
- Kern National Wildlife Refuge: 19.1 mi
- Floyd Rice Park: 22.0 mi
- Crawford W Clarke Memorial Park: 22.4 mi
- Kern National Wildlife Refuge: 20.9 mi
- Lokern Ecological Reserve: 24.0 mi
- James Dean Memorial: 17.4 mi
- Bravo Farms Kettleman City: 19.2 mi
- Shandon Rest Area: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Wagon Wheel Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Peak | WNW 283° | 953 m | 8.5 mi |
| Zwang Peak | NW 318° | 939 m | 21.9 mi |
| Yeguas Mountain | S 188° | 848 m | 15.0 mi |
| Garza Peak | NW 322° | 800 m | 19.5 mi |
| Johnson Peak | WNW 303° | 784 m | 11.2 mi |
| Three Peaks | WNW 302° | 784 m | 12.0 mi |
| Roundtop | NW 324° | 775 m | 19.6 mi |
| Tar Peak | NW 325° | 739 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:42 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 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, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358804418
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