Black Hawk Mountain
Black Hawk Mountain rises to 3,138 m in California. Tower Peak stands 3,582 m to the east-southeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Granite Dome, a peak 2.1 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35727580, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3138 m
How to reach it
- 24.0 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 24.3 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 25 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 27 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 30 mi
- Lembert Dome · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Granite Dome: 2.1 mi
- Relief Peak: 2.3 mi
- Molo Pinnacle: 2.9 mi
- Molo Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Kennedy Peak: 4.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.2 mi
- Sardine Falls: 8.5 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 11.2 mi
- Silver Falls: 13.0 mi
- Wapama Falls: 16.7 mi
- Salt Spring: 8.8 mi
- Sachse Spring: 11.2 mi
- Box Spring: 11.9 mi
- Shingle Spring: 16.4 mi
- Doe Springs: 16.9 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 9.7 mi
- Bridgeport: 14.6 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 16.1 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 23.4 mi
- Walker Community Park: 24.6 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 21.6 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 24.5 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 24.6 mi
- Beach 2: 15.3 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 15.3 mi
- Beach 1: 15.4 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 16.3 mi
- Strawberry: 16.6 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 20.6 mi
- Nature Museum: 23.7 mi
- Interpretive Center: 23.7 mi
- East Flange Rock: 4.2 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 10.4 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 18.3 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 18.7 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 19.5 mi
- Peep Sight: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Black Hawk Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Peak | ESE 116° | 3,581.8 m | 9.7 mi |
| Walker Mountain | E 81° | 3,524 m | 13.0 mi |
| Leavitt Peak | NNE 29° | 3,516 m | 6.4 mi |
| Hanna Mountain | E 96° | 3,491 m | 12.2 mi |
| Sonora Peak | NNE 21° | 3,484 m | 11.0 mi |
| Flatiron Butte | E 93° | 3,470 m | 11.8 mi |
| White Mountain | NNE 23° | 3,470 m | 13.1 mi |
| Center Mountain | ESE 109° | 3,431.3 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 46 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.8 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hetch Hetchy, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 257120 — Black Hawk Mountain, Tuolumne County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796907
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