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Black Hill

Black Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Black Hill rises to 374 m in California. Sawtooth Mountain stands 901 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Midland, a ghost town 6.7 miles away. 34 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Riverside County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5328990

Wikidata Q35727596, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
374 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.81134, -114.70241

34 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 13
  • Palo Verde Mesa: 9.0 mi
  • McCoy Peak: 14.2 mi
  • Black Rock: 14.3 mi
  • Moon Mountain: 16.4 mi
  • Riverside Mountain: 17.7 mi
Parks: 8
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • McCoy Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Tank Spring: 17.2 mi
Museums: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Rice Shoe Fence: 20.5 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Poston Memorial Monument: 21.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sawtooth MountainSE 125°901 m24.0 mi
Ferra PeakSE 125°896 m24.0 mi
Middle Camp MountainESE 114°761 m23.0 mi
Riverside MountainNE 38°652 m17.7 mi
Arica MountainNW 319°638 m20.5 mi
Oldman MountainESE 110°625 m24.6 mi
McCoy PeakSW 218°589 m14.2 mi
La Paz MountainESE 117°405 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:1818:51
June solstice05:2919:1719:53
September equinox06:2818:0418:37
December solstice06:4115:5616:35

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565966728089959588756354
Precip in0.50.60.50.10.10.00.30.40.30.20.20.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blythe Asos, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358780831

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