Black Mountain
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.
The story
Mountain in Park County, Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49013729, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,677 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mans Foot Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Sawtooth Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Sphinx Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Shooting Star Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 6.1 mi
- Dick Randall Point: 6.5 mi
- Devils Slide: 6.6 mi
- Point of Rocks: 8.6 mi
- Red Cliff: 15.6 mi
- Gallatin State Wildlife Management Area: 11.9 mi
- Arch Park: 12.6 mi
- Gallatin Game Preserve: 13.8 mi
- Willow Park: 20.4 mi
- Town Center: 20.7 mi
- 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
- 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
- Yellowstone Hot Springs: 6.5 mi
- Roosevelt Arch: 12.6 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 12.7 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 15.4 mi
- Osprey Falls: 18.3 mi
- Rustic Falls: 16.7 mi
- Undine Falls: 19.0 mi
- Wraith Falls: 19.9 mi
- Passage Falls: 22.1 mi
- Palisade Falls: 23.3 mi
- Aldridge: 8.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Peak | SSE 155° | 3,341 m | 9.7 mi |
| Emigrant Peak | NE 49° | 3,327 m | 13.9 mi |
| Joseph Peak | S 171° | 3,176 m | 12.1 mi |
| Monitor Peak | E 81° | 3,168 m | 13.8 mi |
| Gray Peak | S 171° | 3,139 m | 13.2 mi |
| Bannock Peak | S 172° | 3,137 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mineral Mountain | ENE 69° | 3,131 m | 16.0 mi |
| Ramshorn Peak | W 281° | 3,113 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 18:57 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:30 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:56 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 60 | 47 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gardiner, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357941285
Day trips start here
- Gardiner · 12 mi
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