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Black Mountain

Black Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Black Mountain rises to 2,677 m in Montana. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the south-southeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mans Foot Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away.

About

The story

mountain in Park County, Montana, United States of America

Wikidata Q49013729, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2677 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.13188, -110.92272
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 13
Parks: 12
  • Gallatin State Wildlife Management Area: 11.9 mi
  • Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Historical Marker: 12.1 mi
  • Arch Park: 12.6 mi
  • Gallatin Game Preserve: 13.8 mi
  • Emigrant Gulch Historical Marker: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Arch Park Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
  • Albright Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
  • Mammoth Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
  • Sheepeater Cliff Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
Springs: 7
  • Orange Spring Mound: 15.3 mi
  • Palette Spring: 15.3 mi
  • New Blue Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Cupid Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Dryad Springs: 15.5 mi
Attractions: 6
Waterfalls: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Electric PeakSSE 155°3,341 m9.7 mi
Emigrant PeakNE 49°3,327 m13.9 mi
Sheep MountainE 97°3,189 m10.9 mi
Joseph PeakS 171°3,176 m12.1 mi
Monitor PeakE 81°3,168 m13.8 mi
Gray PeakS 171°3,139 m13.2 mi
Bannock PeakS 172°3,137 m16.8 mi
Mineral MountainENE 69°3,131 m16.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2818:5719:36
June solstice05:3720:3021:15
September equinox07:1118:4419:23
December solstice08:0015:5616:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262837455362706960473425
Precip in0.80.60.90.92.01.91.31.01.21.51.00.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gardiner, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357941285

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