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Black Hill

Black Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Black Hill rises to 140 m in California. Bear Mountain stands 879 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Boucher Mountain, a peak 5.4 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Stanislaus County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5328994.

Wikidata Q35727619, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
140 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.97409, -120.81160

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites: 14
Museums: 14
Springs: 7
  • Churchs Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Hicks Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Gooseberry Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Turners Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Vine Spring: 22.1 mi
Attractions: 7
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Heron Point Day Use: 16.1 mi
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 16.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 2
Gardens: 2
Nature reserves: 2
  • National Recreation Area: 17.1 mi
  • Red Hills: 21.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 19.0 mi
Artworks: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Black Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bear MountainENE879 m12.8 mi
Joaquin PeakNNE854 m13.3 mi
Quiggs MountainNNE843 m20.7 mi
Soapstone HillNE799 m20.3 mi
Carmen PeakNE786 m9.9 mi
High MountainNE748 m21.2 mi
Kennebec HillE721 m22.9 mi
Mount AraratNNE679 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4119:15
June solstice05:4219:5120:30
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:1616:0716:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054586674818076665548
Precip in5.94.94.82.61.50.40.00.00.21.52.95.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Melones DAM HQ, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 219368 — Black Hill, Stanislaus County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358762027

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