Black Mountain Open Space
Black Mountain Open Space is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 277 m. Woodson Mountain stands 878 m to the east, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Cyanide Vat, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 277 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cyanide Vat: 0.1 mi
- Cyanide Vat: 0.1 mi
- Cyanide Vat: 0.2 mi
- Eichar's Grave Site: 3.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Black Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Van Dam Peak: 3.2 mi
- Peak 1032: 3.7 mi
- Peak 1091: 3.7 mi
- Boulder Mountain: 3.8 mi
- 4S Ranch Community Park: 0.9 mi
- Rolling Hills Park: 1.3 mi
- Hilltop Community Park: 1.3 mi
- Veridian Dog Park: 1.4 mi
- Veridian Tot Lot: 1.4 mi
- The Hawk: 1.8 mi
- Saint Gregory the Great: 4.8 mi
- Blessed Virgin Mary: 4.8 mi
- Dionysus Bust: 4.9 mi
- The Reading Girl: 7.3 mi
- Cara Knott Memorial Garden: 3.2 mi
- Abraxas Garden: 3.2 mi
- Qualcomm AZ Roof Garden: 7.6 mi
- East Ocean Air Greenbelt: 8.0 mi
- Japanese Garden: 8.2 mi
- Kumeyaay Ipai Interpretive Center: 4.2 mi
- Poway Heritage Museum: 4.6 mi
- Flying Leathernecks Aviation Museum: 7.0 mi
- Escondido Museum: 9.4 mi
- San Diego Children's Discovery Museum: 9.5 mi
- Sycamore crossing: 6.2 mi
- The Kit Carson Park Snake: 7.0 mi
- Potato Chip Rock: 8.2 mi
- Martian Mountains: 8.2 mi
- Annie's Canyon: 8.8 mi
- Del Mar Dog Beach: 9.1 mi
- Tabletops: 9.5 mi
- Torrey Pines City Beach: 11.2 mi
- La Jolla Shores Beach: 12.1 mi
- Boomer Beach: 13.4 mi
- Christopher Hill County Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Meadowbrook Ecological Reserve: 3.3 mi
- Lusardi Creek Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Del Mar Mesa Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Del Mar Mesa Ecological Reserve: 4.4 mi
- Del Mar Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Net Muc: 10.8 mi
- Thumb: 11.8 mi
- Main Area: 11.9 mi
- Lunch Rock: 11.9 mi
- Rock Haven Spring: 8.4 mi
- Indian Rock Spring: 9.8 mi
- Durasnitos Spring: 12.2 mi
- Dog Spring: 12.5 mi
- Bottle Peak Spring: 12.9 mi
- Los Penasquitos Waterfall: 5.7 mi
- Lower Adobe Falls: 14.7 mi
- Adobe Falls: 14.7 mi
- El Salto Falls: 17.0 mi
- Africa Rocks Waterfall: 17.6 mi
- Ridgetop Picnic Site: 6.3 mi
- Tree Lake Picnic Area No. 3: 6.6 mi
- Ray Love Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- El Arroyo Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Royal Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- San Pasqual: 10.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Black Mountain Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodson Mountain | E 81° | 878 m | 8.4 mi |
| North Iron Mountain | E 89° | 824 m | 8.9 mi |
| Iron Mountain | E 98° | 818 m | 9.3 mi |
| Ramona Overlook Peak | E 91° | 802 m | 9.4 mi |
| Middle Summit | E 93° | 790 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Ellie | E 91° | 743.712 m | 8.7 mi |
| Wildwood Mountain | E 94° | 725.424 m | 9.9 mi |
| Silverdome | ESE 110° | 724 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:25 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:09 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 61 | 55 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rancho Bernardo, 3 mi away.
- Artichoke Thistle212 obs
- Western Fence Lizard135 obs
- black sage135 obs
- laurel sumac133 obs
- red bush monkeyflower131 obs
- California Buckwheat127 obs
- lemonade berry125 obs
- blue dicks119 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358845239
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