Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 1,943 m in California. Dutchman Peak stands 2,261 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is White Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5559919.
Wikidata Q49013657, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,943 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- White Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Copper Butte: 2.8 mi
- Scraggy Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Windy Peak: 4.0 mi
- Lick Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Tunnel Ridge Recreation Site: 16.2 mi
- Little Applegate Recreation Site: 16.6 mi
- Cantrall Buckley County Park: 18.6 mi
- Happy Camp River Park: 19.2 mi
- Terrace Pines Open Space: 24.0 mi
- Reeves' Ranch Spring: 3.2 mi
- Dead Mole Spring: 6.5 mi
- Bed Spring: 6.5 mi
- Alder Spring: 6.6 mi
- Kangaroo Spring: 7.1 mi
- Bigfoot Trap: 8.0 mi
- Sanctuary One: 9.2 mi
- Sterling Mine Tunnel: 16.7 mi
- Sugar pine river access: 17.7 mi
- Cantrall Buckley Swimming Hole: 18.4 mi
- Jack Daniel: 23.5 mi
- Captain Morgan: 23.5 mi
- Madronita: 24.1 mi
- Tree of life: 24.1 mi
- Dragonfly: 24.2 mi
- Ponytail Falls: 3.7 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 3.8 mi
- Maple Falls: 22.0 mi
- Loretta Falls: 24.3 mi
- Copper: 6.5 mi
- Buncom: 15.6 mi
- Sterlingville: 19.7 mi
- Cabin: 8.0 mi
- Scotts Bar Monument: 14.8 mi
- Iron Mike: 24.6 mi
- The People's Center: 19.7 mi
- Oregon Caves Visitor Center: 20.2 mi
- Talent Historical Society: 24.6 mi
- Siskiyou Mountain Park: 24.3 mi
- Oredson-Todd Woods: 24.7 mi
- Beebe Woods: 24.7 mi
- Seattle Bar Day Use Area: 6.0 mi
- Madrone: 24.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 24.2 mi
- Ashland Creek Community Garden: 25.0 mi
- Limestone Bluffs: 15.5 mi
- Jones Beach: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutchman Peak | NE 55° | 2,261 m | 10.9 mi |
| Observation Peak | ENE 64° | 2,237 m | 10.1 mi |
| Condrey Mountain | ESE 104° | 2,164 m | 4.6 mi |
| Big Red Mountain | ENE 59° | 2,149 m | 13.4 mi |
| Scraggy Mountain | E 82° | 2,117 m | 3.2 mi |
| Dry Lake Mountain | ESE 117° | 2,063 m | 7.2 mi |
| Red Butte | WSW 255° | 2,054 m | 6.3 mi |
| Kangaroo Mountain | WSW 251° | 2,040 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:10 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:00 | 16:45 |
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 | 47 | 51 | 59 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruch, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358805695
Day trips start here
- Klamath River · 14 mi
- Oregon Caves National Monument · 20 mi
- Ashland · 25 mi
- Talent · 25 mi
- Hornbrook · 26 mi
- Medford · 27 mi
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