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Black Mountain

Black Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Black Mountain rises to 2,477 m in Montana. Flint Mountain stands 2,749 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Jumbo Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away.

The story

mountain in Powell County, Montana, United States of America; geonames ID = 5640732

Wikidata Q49013737, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2477 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.37716, -113.16256

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 5
  • Cottonwood Park: 19.2 mi
  • Seeley Lake Game Preserve: 21.2 mi
  • Sun River Game Preserve: 21.7 mi
  • Salmon Lake State Park: 22.7 mi
  • Placid Lake State Park: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Morrell Falls: 15.1 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Holland Falls: 20.0 mi
Museums: 2
  • Seeley Lake Historical Museum and Visitor Center: 21.2 mi
  • The Brand Bar Museum: 24.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 22.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flint MountainESE 103°2,749 m12.0 mi
Goat MountainWSW 252°2,687 m8.9 mi
Twin PeaksNNE 32°2,664 m9.2 mi
Junction MountainN 11°2,649 m9.8 mi
Count PeakWSW 255°2,639 m11.3 mi
Sugarloaf MountainE 79°2,634 m10.3 mi
Cardinal PeakW 271°2,610 m9.6 mi
Una MountainWNW 300°2,604 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0519:45
June solstice05:3720:4621:34
September equinox07:2018:5219:32
December solstice08:1815:5316:45

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222533404956646355423122
Precip in2.61.91.41.41.92.31.11.01.22.02.52.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seeley Lake RS, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357933230

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