Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 2,448 m in Nevada. Bald Mountain stands 2,792 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Paiute Spring, a spring 3.7 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway passes 26 miles off. 68 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Mineral County, Nevada, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49013764, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,448 m
How to reach it
- 25.7 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
68 named places within 25 miles
- White Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Reese: 5.2 mi
- Reservation Hill: 5.3 mi
- Henry Hill: 11.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 11.8 mi
- Paiute Spring: 3.7 mi
- Hussman Spring: 3.8 mi
- Buck Brush Spring: 7.8 mi
- Summit Spring: 8.5 mi
- Abraham Spring: 9.2 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 13.6 mi
- Mason Valley Swimming Pool Park: 13.7 mi
- Arizzle Skate Park: 13.7 mi
- Mountain View: 14.0 mi
- Colony Park: 14.0 mi
- Rand: 17.4 mi
- Ludwig: 19.6 mi
- Pine Grove: 21.6 mi
- Rockland: 22.4 mi
- Lyon County Museum: 13.7 mi
- Sportsmans Beach: 19.0 mi
- Thompson Smelter: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | SSE 159° | 2,792 m | 11.8 mi |
| Pike Peak | S 172° | 2,517 m | 24.2 mi |
| Reese | SE 140° | 2,448 m | 5.2 mi |
| Lobdell Summit | SW 215° | 2,403 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mount Etna | SW 216° | 2,154 m | 21.1 mi |
| Mount Wilson | WSW 249° | 2,057 m | 17.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf | SSW 209° | 1,996 m | 20.7 mi |
| Cleaver Peak | NNW 328° | 1,984 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:45 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:55 | 16:37 |
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 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 51 | 60 | 69 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yerington, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357545356
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