Summit

Summit is a locality in , , and has an elevation of 4,039 feet. Summit is situated nearby to the locality .
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: unincorporated community in Kern County, California
  • Also known as: “Summit Switch” and “Summit, CA”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tehachapi Municipal Airport and Mountain Valley Airport.

Aerodrome
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is in , . It covers 264 acres and has one runway. The airport was established in 1929 originally to support an air mail route between Tehachapi and . is situated 1½ miles west of Summit.

Aerodrome
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is a privately owned public-use located two nautical miles southeast of the central business district of , in , , United States. is situated 2 miles south of Summit.

Museum
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The , a historic house located at 311 S. Green St. in , , is the house is the only surviving building from the settlement of Tehichipa, the first town in the Tehachapi area. is situated 2 miles west of Summit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tehachapi and Monolith.

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is a city in , in a valley within the Mountains which separate the from the .

Locality
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is an unincorporated community in the Tehachapi Valley, in , . The community is located 4.5 miles east of , at an elevation of 3,966 feet in the southern Sierra Nevada and eastern areas. is situated 2½ miles east of Summit.

Village
is a census-designated place in the , in , United States. The population was 9,578 at the 2020 census, up from 8,656 at the 2010 census. adjoins the city of on the west. is situated 4½ miles west of Summit.

Summit

Latitude
35.12774° or 35° 7′ 40″ north
Longitude
-118.41397° or 118° 24′ 50″ west
Elevation
4,039 feet (1,231 metres)
Open location code
85734HHP+3C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150981418
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
5399797
Wiki­data ID
Q7637741
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Polish—“Summit” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “薩米特 (加利福尼亞州克恩縣)”
  • Chinese: “薩米特”
  • French: “Summit”
  • Polish: “Summit”

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