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Black Hill

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.

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Wikidata Q4920934, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
182 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.35854, -120.83162

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Peaks
Museums: 25
Attractions: 21
Nature reserves: 17
  • 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
Beaches: 13
  • 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
Gardens: 8
Picnic sites: 6
  • 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
Springs: 6
  • McLain Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Sulphur Pot: 16.2 mi
  • Salsipuedes Spring #1: 22.4 mi
  • Salsipuedes Spring #2: 22.9 mi
  • Town Spring: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Islay Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Reservoir Creek Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Big Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Little Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Little Falls: 20.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Smugglers Cave: 14.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cypress MountainNNW 338°894 m18.2 mi
Lopez MountainESE 105°869 m14.8 mi
Hi Mountain PotreroESE 105°865 m23.5 mi
Vulture RockNNW 332°857 m22.4 mi
Bald MountainESE 114°855 m20.3 mi
Gay MountainESE 108°850 m15.9 mi
Tassajera PeakENE 71°836 m7.4 mi
Black ButteESE 103°824 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4219:15
June solstice05:5019:4520:22
September equinox06:5218:2819:02
December solstice07:0916:1616:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565757585960626364646055
Precip in3.63.63.21.00.40.20.10.00.10.71.32.7

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

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