Black Rock
Black Rock is a cliff in Idaho, at a recorded elevation of 1,694 m. Matterhorn stands 3,250 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Rock, a cliff 1.2 miles away. California Trail Back Country Byway passes 29 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1694 m
How to reach it
- 28.8 mi off the California Trail Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Horse Hill: 2.6 mi
- Pence Butte: 4.2 mi
- Mud Flat Hill: 6.6 mi
- Little Grassy Hill: 9.0 mi
- Elk Mountain: 10.6 mi
- Coyote Spring: 5.1 mi
- Whiteside Spring: 6.5 mi
- Granite Spring: 8.0 mi
- Robinson Hole: 9.9 mi
- Chicken Spring: 10.3 mi
- Castle Rock: 1.2 mi
- Danger Point: 21.2 mi
- The Palisade: 23.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 24.0 mi
- Urdahl Concentrated Use Area: 18.9 mi
- Castle Grayskull: 19.2 mi
- Rowland: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Black Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matterhorn | SSW 204° | 3,250 m | 18.7 mi |
| Bald Peak | SSW 210° | 3,208 m | 16.9 mi |
| Jarbidge Peak | SSW 210° | 3,207 m | 17.2 mi |
| Jumbo Peak | SSW 208° | 3,189 m | 17.7 mi |
| Square Top | SSW 206° | 3,189 m | 18.2 mi |
| Marys River Peak | SSW 199° | 3,189 m | 21.7 mi |
| Cougar Peak | SSW 202° | 3,154 m | 19.6 mi |
| Prospect Peak | SSW 200° | 3,137 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:38 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:28 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 37 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Murphy (desert) HOT Springs, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358660434
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