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Black Mountain

Black Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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
1731 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.16302, -118.52842

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • 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
Peaks: 44
Parks: 23
Museums: 5
Historic sites: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Tehachapi Loop: 2.6 mi
  • Historic Tehachapi Depot: 5.0 mi
  • Historic Water Tower: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piute PeakNNE 21°2,565 m21.3 mi
Brown PeakNNE 15°2,466 m23.0 mi
Liebel PeakNNE 17°2,452 m24.9 mi
Double MountainSSE 165°2,430 m9.3 mi
Tehachapi MountainSSE 163°2,418 m8.4 mi
Covington MountainSSE 163°2,392 m10.7 mi
Cummings MountainSSW 196°2,362 m8.7 mi
Sorrell PeakNE 37°2,348 m22.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4119:3520:12
September equinox06:4318:1918:52
December solstice07:0016:0716:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424245495766727166574841
Precip in2.43.02.00.80.40.10.30.10.20.50.92.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tehachapi 4 SE, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358780851

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