Black Hill
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Black Hill rises to 182 m in California. Cypress Mountain stands 894 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bayshore Bluffs Park, a park 0.8 miles away. San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1 passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
Black Hill is a mountain situated in Morro Bay, California, part of Morro Bay State Park. It is one of a series of volcanic plugs called the Nine Sisters.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q4920934, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 182 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cayucos Point · 9 mi
- Estero Bay · 9 mi
- Avila Overlook · 17 mi
- Octopus Oak · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bayshore Bluffs Park: 0.8 mi
- Morro Bay City Park: 0.9 mi
- Monty Young Park: 0.9 mi
- Tidelands Park: 1.1 mi
- Mariner Park: 1.2 mi
- Cerro Cabrillo: 1.1 mi
- Morro Rock: 2.2 mi
- Hollister Peak: 2.7 mi
- Hang Glider Hill: 5.3 mi
- Hazard Peak: 5.4 mi
- Morro Bay Museum of Natural History: 1.1 mi
- Morro Bay Skateboard Museum: 1.3 mi
- Morro Bay Maritime Museum: 1.6 mi
- Robert Hoover Herbarium: 10.5 mi
- San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum: 10.8 mi
- Sperm Whale Jaw: 1.0 mi
- Sea Otter Nursery: 1.5 mi
- Morro Bay Landing: 1.6 mi
- Devils Gap: 8.7 mi
- Cal Poly Architecture Graveyard: 10.5 mi
- Morro Bay National Estuary Program: 1.3 mi
- El Moro Elfin Forest Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Morro Bay State Marine Recreational Management Area: 1.7 mi
- Morro Rock Natural Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Sweet Springs Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Jeff, Anne, and Siena Fairbanks Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Landing of the First Filipinos: 1.8 mi
- Nuestra Senora de Esperanza Landing historical marker: 1.9 mi
- Morro Rock California Registered Historical Landmark: 2.1 mi
- The Bent of The Tau Beta Pi Association - CA Mu Chapter: 10.2 mi
- Ford Rear Bench: 1.5 mi
- The Fishermen's Family: 2.0 mi
- Udderly Osos: 2.3 mi
- Portola's Sacred Expedition: 3.2 mi
- Water Tanks: 10.3 mi
- Morro Rock Beach: 2.1 mi
- Morro Dunes Natural Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Morro Strand State Beach: 4.6 mi
- Spooner's Cove: 6.6 mi
- Cayucos State Beach: 7.4 mi
- San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden: 6.1 mi
- Student Experimental Farm (SEF): 9.5 mi
- Emerson Park Garden: 11.0 mi
- Rotary Garden: 11.5 mi
- Laurel Lane Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Holloway Garden: 6.7 mi
- Road Runner Picnic Site: 13.5 mi
- Rockrose: 21.6 mi
- Willow Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Meadow View: 21.7 mi
- Islay Falls: 6.4 mi
- Reservoir Creek Falls: 12.4 mi
- Big Falls: 19.2 mi
- Little Falls: 20.8 mi
- McLain Spring: 9.7 mi
- Sulphur Pot: 16.2 mi
- Town Spring: 24.3 mi
- McNeil Spring: 24.8 mi
- Sand Dunes Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Cracked Wall: 8.7 mi
- Fossil Point: 14.1 mi
- Smugglers Cave: 14.3 mi
- Franklin Hot Springs: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Black Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Mountain | NNW 338° | 894 m | 18.2 mi |
| Lopez Mountain | ESE 105° | 869 m | 14.8 mi |
| Hi Mountain Potrero | ESE 105° | 865 m | 23.5 mi |
| Vulture Rock | NNW 332° | 857 m | 22.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ESE 114° | 855 m | 20.3 mi |
| Gay Mountain | ESE 108° | 850 m | 15.9 mi |
| Tassajera Peak | ENE 71° | 836 m | 7.4 mi |
| Black Butte | ESE 103° | 824 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:45 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:16 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 60 | 55 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morro BAY Fire Dept, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 239403 — Black Hill, San Luis Obispo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358780833
Day trips start here
- Morro Bay · 2 mi
- Los Osos · 3 mi
- San Luis Obispo · 11 mi
- Atascadero · 12 mi
- Avila Beach · 14 mi
- Pismo Beach · 17 mi
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