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Black Mountain

Black Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Black Mountain rises to 1,093 m in California. Tamarack Mountain stands 2,414 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Sandy Bluff, a cliff 2.7 miles away.

The story

mountain in Fresno County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5329033

Wikidata Q35727696, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1093 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.01306, -119.45226

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites: 22
Springs: 15
  • Cole Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Home Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Chimney Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Rock Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Arnold Spring: 14.9 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 10
Museums: 9
Attractions: 7
  • Table Mountain Casino: 10.9 mi
  • Clovis Botanical Garden: 17.9 mi
  • Clovis Rodeo Grounds: 18.9 mi
  • Whitewater Voyages Headquarters: 19.7 mi
  • Zephyr Headquarters: 19.7 mi
Nature reserves: 5
  • Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 8.1 mi
  • Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 14.3 mi
  • San Joaquin Experimental Range: 17.2 mi
  • Whisky Snowmobile Area: 17.9 mi
  • Parkway Trust / Caglia: 20.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Artworks: 3
  • Clovis Rodeo Statue: 19.0 mi
  • Bookie Bear: 22.0 mi
  • Oakhurst Mural: 24.4 mi
Gardens: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tamarack MountainNE 48°2,414 m17.2 mi
Bald MountainENE 65°2,389 m15.0 mi
Ely MountainNE 44°2,091 m14.1 mi
Musick MountainNE 36°2,065 m13.4 mi
Dinkey MountainE 86°2,034 m16.0 mi
Mount StevensonNE 42°1,941 m10.3 mi
Source PointNNE 13°1,888 m15.0 mi
Flume PeakNE 36°1,813 m11.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3619:10
June solstice05:3919:4320:22
September equinox06:4618:2218:56
December solstice07:0816:0516:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464852576574818075645345
Precip in5.34.44.12.11.00.30.10.00.11.22.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auberry 2 NW, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358796911

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