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Double Mountain, California

Prominence: 3821 ft, 1165 m

Elevation: 7981 feet, 2433 meters

True Isolation: 28.78 mi, 46.32 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 7984 ft / 2434 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	35° 2' 0'' N, 118° 29' 12'' W 35.033254, -118.486726 (Dec Deg) 364383 E 3877741 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	Kern
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 115 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 108) Selected Trip Reports: 1991-02-23 by Greg Gerlach 2005-01-16 by Bob Burd 2011-05-08 by Eric Kassan (GPS Track) 2011-11-03 by Dennis Poulin (GPS Track) 2014-01-18 by John Ray (GPS Track) 2014-02-15 by Kathy Wing (GPS Track) 2015-02-19 by Bob Bolton 2015-02-22 by Mihai Giurgiulescu (GPS Track) 2015-03-28 by Craig Barlow 2015-09-19 by Patrick ONeill (GPS Track) 2016-04-23 by Marcus Sierra (GPS Track) 2016-10-07 by David Sanger (GPS Track) 2016-10-07 by Andrew Kirmse 2017-05-07 by Connor McEntee (GPS Track) 2017-05-14 by Mike Maki 2017-11-02 by Coby King (GPS Track) 2018-02-06 by Josef Nuernberger 2020-06-13 by Christopher Burdorf (GPS Track) 2021-07-10 by Christopher "Neo" L (GPS Track) 2021-07-14 by Christopher "Neo" L (GPS Track) 2021-08-19 by Greg Sweel 2021-11-07 by Brett Marciasini (GPS Track) 2022-06-17 by Christopher "Neo" L (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track) 2022-06-25 by Christopher "Neo" L (GPS Track)
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Looking west from the non tower peak (2021-07-10). Photo by Christopher "Neo" L.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 3821 ft/1165 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 3861 ft/1177 m
  Key Col: 4160 ft/1268 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 28.78 mi/46.32 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 35.4423, -118.3849
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Piute Benchmark  (NNE)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Pacific Ranges
Range3: Sierra Nevada
Range4: Southern Sierra Nevada
Range5: Tehachapi Mountains (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Buena Vista Lake Bed
South San Joaquin Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

Fremont Valley
Great Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

Topo Map

Tehachapi South O35118a4 1:24,000

Data Source

1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map

Dynamic Map

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Other Photos

Survey marker on the non tower summit (2021-07-10). Photo by Christopher "Neo" L.
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Tehachapi Mountain viewed from non tower summit of Double Mountain (2021-07-10). Photo by Christopher "Neo" L.
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Town of Tehachapi from non tower summit of Double Mountain (2021-07-10). Photo by Christopher "Neo" L.
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Double Mountain radio tower from the road (2021-07-10). Photo by Christopher "Neo" L.
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Spineless Horsebrush flowers blooming on the non tower summit. Summit vegetation mostly dry and many wildflowers finished blooming early this year (2021-07-14). Photo by Christopher "Neo" L.
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Western Branded Skipper butterfly on Spineless Horsebrush flowers about halfway up the mountain (2021-07-14). Photo by Christopher "Neo" L.
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One of the other summit visitors that day. Golden Hairstreak butterfly on Ponderosa Pine (2021-07-14). Photo by Christopher "Neo" L.
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Another visitor on the summit that day. Probably a Comstock's Blue butterfly on Ponderosa Pine (2021-07-14). Photo by Christopher "Neo" L.
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Bear cub playing on log on Double Mountain (2022-06-25). Photo by Christopher "Neo" L.
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A Macaria Fritillary (Speyeria Callippe Macaria) on the summit of Double Mountain. Still no sightings of the related but rare Tehachapi Silverspot butterfly (Speyeria Egleis Tehachapina) in over 20 years. (2022-06-25). Photo by Christopher "Neo" L.
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