Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 1,023 m in California. San Benito Mountain stands 1,597 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away.
The story
Black Mountain is a mountain in the Diablo Range of San Benito County, California, west of the Hernandez Reservoir and approximately 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Pinnacles National Park.
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Wikidata Q4921335, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,023 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Tully Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Laguna Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Vasquez Rock: 4.4 mi
- Tucker Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Los Gatos Creek County Park: 19.1 mi
- Railroad Park: 19.1 mi
- King Street Pocket Park: 19.1 mi
- Mills Ranch Central Park: 19.2 mi
- Town Square Park: 19.4 mi
- Car: 9.9 mi
- Exploratory Mine Shaft: 9.9 mi
- Vehicle: 10.0 mi
- Outhouse: 10.1 mi
- Bus: 10.2 mi
- Aqua Buena Spring: 14.6 mi
- Dick Wright Spring: 18.2 mi
- Parson Spring: 18.9 mi
- Moses Spring: 19.4 mi
- Willow Spring: 19.9 mi
- Day Use Area: 17.7 mi
- Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 19.2 mi
- Bear Creek Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- Picnic Area A: 20.6 mi
- Picnic Area B: 20.6 mi
- The Bluff: 5.2 mi
- The Upper Crust: 19.3 mi
- Discovery Wall: 19.4 mi
- Ignorable Cliffs: 19.4 mi
- Resurrection Wall: 20.6 mi
- San Benito Wilderness Study Area: 11.4 mi
- Griswold Hills Day use area: 12.0 mi
- Panoche Hills: 22.4 mi
- New Idria Mercury Mine: 10.3 mi
- New Idria: 10.3 mi
- Laguna falls: 3.5 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Benito Mountain | E 96° | 1,597 m | 11.8 mi |
| Santa Rita Peak | ESE 102° | 1,560 m | 14.4 mi |
| Condon Peak | ESE 110° | 1,514 m | 14.1 mi |
| San Carlos Peak | E 89° | 1,472 m | 11.0 mi |
| Alta Peak | E 101° | 1,428 m | 11.0 mi |
| Sampson Peak | E 81° | 1,420 m | 8.5 mi |
| North Hill | E 87° | 1,418 m | 10.8 mi |
| Idria Peak | E 86° | 1,415 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:47 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:13 | 16:53 |
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 | 45 | 47 | 49 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 73 | 74 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 44 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Priest Valley, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358780865
Day trips start here
- King City · 19 mi
- Pinnacles National Park · 19 mi
- Monterey County · 20 mi
- San Benito County · 22 mi
- Soledad · 26 mi
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