Picnic site · California
Upper Richbar Picnic Area
Upper Richbar Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 446 m. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Richbar Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- US Forest Service
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates35.47603, -118.72240
Named places within 25 miles
Springs
- Tunnel Spring: 1.1 mi
- Saturday Spring: 2.2 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 3.1 mi
- Willow Spring: 3.1 mi
- Coyote Spring: 3.2 mi
Peaks
- Saturday Peak: 2.2 mi
- Mount Adelaide: 3.4 mi
- Ball Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Pine Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Hole in the Mountain: 7.5 mi
Parks
- Father Garces Monument: 7.5 mi
- Rivers Edge Park: 8.0 mi
- Kern River County Park: 8.2 mi
- Solera Gardens Park: 8.3 mi
- Kern River State Park: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 6
- checkpoint: 15.7 mi
- woody rd: 16.9 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 17.3 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 18.8 mi
- Coso Mines: 19.3 mi
Picnic sites: 5
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 20.0 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 20.1 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 21.8 mi
Historic sites: 5
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 17.6 mi
- Martyr's Rock: 19.3 mi
- The Cross on the Loop: 21.7 mi
- Tehachapi Loop Overlook: 22.1 mi
- Bear Vally Veteran's Memorial: 22.2 mi
Museums: 4
- California Living Museum: 9.7 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 15.5 mi
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 17.7 mi
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village: 17.7 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- Lake Ming County Park: 8.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 10.7 mi
- CSLC Open Space: 17.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Chalk Cliff: 11.8 mi
- Mon Bluff: 13.7 mi
Artworks: 2
- Father Francisco Garces: 17.8 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 18.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Miracle Hot Springs: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 1
- Sister City Gardens: 17.5 mi
Beaches: 1
- 4 Island Lake Beach: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Rio Bravo: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Upper Richbar Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | E 95° | 2,565 m | 18.7 mi |
| Brown Peak | E 88° | 2,466 m | 16.8 mi |
| Liebel Peak | E 83° | 2,452 m | 18.4 mi |
| Inspiration Point | E 83° | 2,387 m | 20.7 mi |
| Breckenridge Mountain | ESE 103° | 2,298 m | 8.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNE 31° | 2,267 m | 21.5 mi |
| Shirley Peak | NNE 30° | 2,164 m | 18.3 mi |
| Cooks Peak | NNE 32° | 2,114 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:07 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 56 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glennville, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/358802385
Day trips start here
- Kern County · 16 mi
- Bakersfield · 19 mi
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