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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. 32 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

32 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
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • McCoy Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Tank Spring: 17.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
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 MountainSE901 m24.0 mi
Ferra PeakSE896 m24.0 mi
Middle Camp MountainESE761 m23.0 mi
Riverside MountainNE652 m17.7 mi
Arica MountainNW638 m20.5 mi
Oldman MountainESE625 m24.6 mi
McCoy PeakSW589 m14.2 mi
La Paz MountainESE405 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 50–80 °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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