Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 493 m in California. Big Mountain stands 807 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Black Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Sonoma County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35727862, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 493 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Austin Creek State Recreation Area: 5.5 mi
- Angelo Boles Memorial Grove: 8.2 mi
- Vacation Beach Park: 8.2 mi
- Henry N. Pacheco Memorial Playground: 8.3 mi
- Creekside Park: 8.6 mi
- Peace Totem: 6.7 mi
- Skyline Trailer: 11.8 mi
- Spawn: 13.4 mi
- Poseidon: 13.5 mi
- Frolicking Dolphin: 13.5 mi
- Little Black Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Pole Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Big Oat Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Little Oat Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Sunrise Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Jenner Beach: 3.7 mi
- Goat Rock Beach: 4.3 mi
- Blind Beach: 5.0 mi
- Clam Beach: 5.1 mi
- Shell Beach: 6.6 mi
- Fort Ross: 4.6 mi
- Windmill: 4.8 mi
- Elizabeth "Liz" Burko Memorial Bridge: 12.3 mi
- Children's Bell Tower: 12.6 mi
- Bodega Bay Sea Gals Commemorative Plaque: 12.6 mi
- Pole Mountain Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Little Black Mountain Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Jenner Headlands Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Patterson Point Preserve: 7.6 mi
- The Cedars: 8.0 mi
- Creekside Park Communal Orchard and Farm: 8.6 mi
- Rio Nido Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Ren Brown Gallery Zen Garden: 12.9 mi
- Inn at the Tides Sculpture Garden: 13.5 mi
- Harry and Maggie Wetzel Native Plant Garden: 17.3 mi
- Duncans Mills Depot Museum: 6.7 mi
- Visitor Center: 10.2 mi
- Korbel Museum: 10.6 mi
- Healdsburg Museum: 17.6 mi
- Windsor Museum: 19.2 mi
- Korbel Winery Tour: 10.6 mi
- Whaling Artifacts: 13.6 mi
- Whale Jaw Bone: 13.8 mi
- Iron Horse Vineyards: 14.5 mi
- Sturgeons Steam Mill – Historic: 15.4 mi
- Goat Rock: 4.6 mi
- Osprey Rocks: 7.5 mi
- Deadman Cliff: 16.5 mi
- Tomales Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Gravelly Spring: 7.1 mi
- Skaggs Springs: 15.1 mi
- Johnny Brown Springs: 15.8 mi
- Arched Rock: 5.1 mi
- White Cap Arch: 22.5 mi
- Campo Gianni: 9.3 mi
- Oak Savanna Group Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Mountain | N 3° | 807 m | 14.4 mi |
| Centennial Mountain | N 6° | 747 m | 13.9 mi |
| Crane Peak | N 358° | 728 m | 16.2 mi |
| Pole Mountain | E 85° | 672 m | 2.2 mi |
| Buck Knoll | NE 45° | 627 m | 9.9 mi |
| High Rock | N 0° | 611 m | 7.2 mi |
| Lookout Rock | N 1° | 587 m | 14.9 mi |
| McCray Mountain | ENE 65° | 585 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 50 | 50 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 53 | 49 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 7.0 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 8.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Ross, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358762051
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