Black Mountain
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. 195 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
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
- 1,093 m
How to reach it
195 named places within 25 miles
- Green Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Tollhouse Rock: 3.9 mi
- Red Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Backbone Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Burrough Mountain: 4.4 mi
- San Joaquin River Gorge Management Area: 7.3 mi
- San Joaquin River Gorge Special Recreation Management Area: 7.5 mi
- Shaver Lake Community Park: 9.5 mi
- Kechaye Cultural Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Trimmer Recreation Area: 11.7 mi
- Academy: 9.8 mi
- Exact Center of California: 10.6 mi
- Cottonwood Park Arch: 18.0 mi
- Cottonwood Park Observation Point: 18.1 mi
- Whites Cabin: 18.6 mi
- 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
- Eagle Point Day Use Area: 12.4 mi
- Dinkey Fisherman Picnic Site: 16.9 mi
- Mc Kinley Botanical Area: 19.0 mi
- Dowville Picnic Site: 19.3 mi
- Covered Picnic Site: 19.8 mi
- Museum of the Sierra: 10.7 mi
- Millerton Courthouse Museum: 13.6 mi
- Sierra-Mono Indian Museum: 15.2 mi
- Tarpey Depot: 18.9 mi
- Coarsegold Historic Museum: 19.7 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 2.7 mi
- San Joaquin Butte: 6.3 mi
- Grand Bluff: 12.9 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 18.0 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 21.3 mi
- 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
- 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
- Stevenson Creek Falls: 12.0 mi
- Whisky Falls: 19.0 mi
- Line Creek Falls: 21.7 mi
- Angel Falls: 23.4 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 24.0 mi
- Clovis Rodeo Statue: 19.0 mi
- Bookie Bear: 22.0 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 24.4 mi
- Tollhouse Crossing: 17.8 mi
- Oakhurst: 18.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamarack Mountain | NE 48° | 2,414 m | 17.2 mi |
| Ely Mountain | NE 44° | 2,091 m | 14.1 mi |
| Musick Mountain | NE 36° | 2,065 m | 13.4 mi |
| Dinkey Mountain | E 86° | 2,034 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mount Stevenson | NE 42° | 1,941 m | 10.3 mi |
| Source Point | NNE 13° | 1,888 m | 15.0 mi |
| Flume Peak | NE 36° | 1,813 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mormon Hill | N 5° | 1,810 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 52 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 80 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auberry 2 NW, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358796911
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