Black Dome
Black Dome rises to 640 m in Arizona. Signal Peak stands 1,481 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Courthouse Mountain, a peak 4.6 miles away. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
The story
Black Dome is the second highest point on the west end of the Tank Mountains, located in the northwestern Sonoran Desert in northeastern Yuma County, Arizona, and 57 miles (92 km) east northeast of the city of Yuma, Arizona. The western two-thirds of the Tank Mountains, including Black Dome, are located in the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge which is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The east–west trending Tank Mountains lie next to the Kofa Mountains to the northwest.
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Wikidata Q4920676, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 640 m
How to reach it
57 named places within 25 miles
- Courthouse Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Flat Top Butte: 11.1 mi
- Kofa Butte: 11.4 mi
- Steven Magallanes Hill: 14.0 mi
- Polaris Mountain: 15.0 mi
- Natural Arch: 14.1 mi
- Natural Arch: 15.7 mi
- Royal Arch: 19.4 mi
- New Hope: 19.5 mi
- Natural Arch: 20.5 mi
- Dixon Spring: 18.7 mi
- Alamo Spring: 19.5 mi
- Wilkinson Seep: 20.6 mi
- Holly Seep: 21.2 mi
- Tunnel Spring: 21.3 mi
- Hovatter Homestead: 14.6 mi
- Big Eye Mine: 18.2 mi
- Fort Horn Monument: 21.1 mi
- Horn Railway Station: 22.5 mi
- KOFA Pronghorn Protected Area: 11.5 mi
- Kofa Game Range: 13.4 mi
- Polaris: 14.0 mi
- Hoodoo Peak: 18.7 mi
- Castle Dome Mine Museum: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Peak | NW 313° | 1,481 m | 21.6 mi |
| Ten Ewe Mountain | NW 314° | 1,437 m | 21.0 mi |
| Summit Peak | NW 314° | 1,308 m | 20.4 mi |
| Old Smokey Mountain | NW 315° | 1,307 m | 19.2 mi |
| Castle Dome Peak | WSW 258° | 1,151 m | 19.7 mi |
| Polaris Mountain | NW 319° | 1,099 m | 15.0 mi |
| Thumb Peak | WSW 244° | 1,007 m | 18.9 mi |
| New Water | N 351° | 976 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:47 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:12 | 19:48 |
| September equinox | 06:24 | 18:01 | 18:33 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:55 | 17:33 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 58 | 60 | 66 | 71 | 79 | 88 | 92 | 92 | 87 | 77 | 66 | 57 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kofa Mine, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359242759
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