Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 1,144 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Stakes, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Stanislaus County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5329061.
Wikidata Q35727901, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,144 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Henry Willard Coe State Park: 10.9 mi
- Woodland Star Park: 16.5 mi
- Blue Fiesta Park: 16.8 mi
- Early Gold Park: 16.8 mi
- Rosette Park: 16.8 mi
- Mount Stakes: 0.7 mi
- Snodgrass Peak: 5.0 mi
- Robison Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Mikes Peak: 5.4 mi
- Grass: 5.5 mi
- Day Use Area: 6.4 mi
- Deer Creek Canyon Area: 6.5 mi
- Minniear Day Use Area: 7.9 mi
- Henry W. Coe State Park: 11.2 mi
- Lick Observatory: 12.5 mi
- Pacheco Camp: 12.6 mi
- Woodchopper's Flat Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Pala Seca Cabin: 16.8 mi
- Stockman's Group Picnic SIte: 16.8 mi
- Twin Redwoods Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Frog pond: 14.6 mi
- Community & Cultural Center: 19.4 mi
- CordeValle Winery: 22.0 mi
- Little Dipper: 22.1 mi
- Lazy River: 22.1 mi
- Hatch Spring: 4.5 mi
- Bear Spring: 7.9 mi
- Bear Spring Concrete Basin: 7.9 mi
- Bear Springs: 8.0 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 8.0 mi
- Fred W. “Bill” Gehri Bridge: 4.9 mi
- Henry Coe Monument: 12.1 mi
- Reverend Hamilton: 12.8 mi
- Gilroy Hot Springs: 15.8 mi
- Pala Seca Cabin: 16.8 mi
- The Center Building: 18.1 mi
- Villa Mira Monte: 19.3 mi
- Morgan Hill Museum: 19.3 mi
- Wings of History Air Museum: 20.4 mi
- Newman City Museum: 21.3 mi
- Discoveries: 21.2 mi
- Health Brings Peace of Heart and Happiness: 22.7 mi
- Lunar New Year: 22.8 mi
- Bird's Eye View: 23.1 mi
- A Monument to the Last Barn: 23.9 mi
- Morgan Hill Community Garden: 19.5 mi
- Lake Cunningham Native Garden: 21.7 mi
- Chinese Cultural Garden: 24.5 mi
- Ponderosa Woods: 24.9 mi
- Blue Garden: 24.9 mi
- Pinto Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
- Robison Falls: 4.4 mi
- Pacheco Falls: 13.2 mi
- Murietta Falls: 21.8 mi
- Finnegan Falls: 24.6 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 23.0 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 23.6 mi
- Tuolumne City: 24.2 mi
- San Joaquin City: 24.6 mi
- Westley Rest Area: 17.9 mi
- The Bluff: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | W 275° | 1,327 m | 12.1 mi |
| Observatory Peak | W 273° | 1,298 m | 12.8 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | W 275° | 1,295 m | 12.0 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | W 273° | 1,286 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | W 273° | 1,279 m | 12.8 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | W 273° | 1,276 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mount Isabel | W 268° | 1,275 m | 11.6 mi |
| Galileo Peak | W 276° | 1,273 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:11 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 59 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Hamilton, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358806121
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