Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 1,731 m in California. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Tehachapi Loop Overlook, a historic site 2.2 miles away. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35727720, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,731 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Gale Spring: 6.3 mi
- Twinky Spring: 6.4 mi
- Whitton Spring: 6.4 mi
- Bob Spring: 6.6 mi
- Harry Payne Spring: 6.7 mi
- Bear Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Eagle Peak: 6.9 mi
- Tehachapi Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Antimony Peak: 8.6 mi
- Cummings Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Old Town State Historic Landmark: 2.4 mi
- Meadowbrook Park: 3.4 mi
- Brite Lake Recreational Park: 4.1 mi
- West Park: 4.7 mi
- Railroad Park: 5.1 mi
- Tehachapi Loop Overlook: 2.2 mi
- The Cross on the Loop: 2.7 mi
- Martyr's Rock: 5.0 mi
- Bear Vally Veteran's Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Tehachapi Depot Museum: 5.0 mi
- Errea House Museum: 5.1 mi
- Tehachapi Museum: 5.1 mi
- Tehachapi Heritage League Museum: 5.1 mi
- Tehachapi Loop: 2.6 mi
- Historic Tehachapi Depot: 5.0 mi
- Historic Water Tower: 5.1 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- 4 Island Lake Beach: 7.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | NNE 21° | 2,565 m | 21.3 mi |
| Brown Peak | NNE 15° | 2,466 m | 23.0 mi |
| Liebel Peak | NNE 17° | 2,452 m | 24.9 mi |
| Double Mountain | SSE 165° | 2,430 m | 9.3 mi |
| Tehachapi Mountain | SSE 163° | 2,418 m | 8.4 mi |
| Covington Mountain | SSE 163° | 2,392 m | 10.7 mi |
| Cummings Mountain | SSW 196° | 2,362 m | 8.7 mi |
| Sorrell Peak | NE 37° | 2,348 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:35 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:07 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 42 | 45 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 57 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tehachapi 4 SE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358780851
Day trips start here
- Kern County · 23 mi
- The Grapevine · 29 mi
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