Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 2,759 m in California. Starlight Peak stands 4,324 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Batchelder Spring, a spring 2.3 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Inyo County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5329034.
Wikidata Q35727712, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,759 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Clem Nelson Peak: 9.3 mi
- The Elephant: 9.8 mi
- Silver Peak: 10.2 mi
- Crater Mountain: 11.4 mi
- Piper Peak: 11.6 mi
- Batchelder Spring: 2.3 mi
- Montenegro Spring: 2.5 mi
- Wam Springs: 2.6 mi
- Wilkerson Springs: 5.7 mi
- Uhlmeyer Spring: 5.9 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 7.4 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 7.7 mi
- Bishop City Park: 11.6 mi
- Tri County Fairgrounds: 12.0 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 13.5 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 4.1 mi
- Schulman Grove Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Patriarch Grove Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 11.2 mi
- American Mule Museum: 11.6 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 12.4 mi
- Methuselah: 8.4 mi
- Rock Monster: 24.1 mi
- First Falls: 15.5 mi
- Second Falls: 15.6 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 11.4 mi
- White Mountain City: 16.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 16.7 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starlight Peak | SW 233° | 4,324 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Sill | SW 232° | 4,316 m | 19.3 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | SW 233° | 4,298 m | 19.8 mi |
| Middle Palisade | SW 225° | 4,278 m | 19.1 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | SW 224° | 4,259 m | 19.2 mi |
| Barrett Peak | SW 232° | 4,258 m | 19.7 mi |
| Norman Clyde Peak | SW 226° | 4,245 m | 19.1 mi |
| Balcony Peak | SW 224° | 4,237 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:59 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358762033
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