Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 2,301 m in New Mexico. McKnight Mountain stands 3,092 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Larkins Spring Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway passes 7.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Grant County, New Mexico, United States of America; geonames ID = 5457806.
Wikidata Q49013798, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,301 m
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 10.1 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
- 11.4 mi off the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway, National
- 24.2 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Overlooks nearby
- Emory Pass Vista · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Larkins Spring Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Pine Flat Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Noonday Peak: 2.8 mi
- Pine Spring Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Thompson Cone: 3.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 8.0 mi
- Bald Hill Spring: 15.3 mi
- Magnum Spring: 16.0 mi
- Negro Bill Spring: 16.3 mi
- 6 B Spring: 16.6 mi
- Percha Bank Historic Site: 9.4 mi
- Lake Valley: 10.9 mi
- Luciana B Grijalva House Historic Site: 10.9 mi
- Tom Eby Storage Building Historic Site: 10.9 mi
- Acklin Store Historic Site: 11.1 mi
- Lake Valley: 10.8 mi
- Santa Rita: 19.0 mi
- Mowry City: 21.3 mi
- Nutt: 22.1 mi
- Mimbres River Tract Wildlife Area: 13.7 mi
- Bear Canyon Lake Wildlife Management Area: 16.6 mi
- Old Town Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 20.7 mi
- Gooseberry Park: 18.1 mi
- Victorio Park: 19.3 mi
- Bataan Memorial Park: 24.5 mi
- Black Range Museum: 13.6 mi
- Mimbres Culture Heritage Site Museum: 13.8 mi
- City of Rocks Desert Botanical Garden: 19.5 mi
- Butterfield Rest Area: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKnight Mountain | NNW 340° | 3,092 m | 19.7 mi |
| Hillsboro Peak | NNW 348° | 3,053 m | 12.0 mi |
| Sawyers Peak | NNW 338° | 2,936 m | 6.9 mi |
| Cross-O Mountain | NNW 347° | 2,890 m | 10.5 mi |
| Granite Peak | N 355° | 2,830 m | 15.2 mi |
| Seven Brothers Mountain | NNW 347° | 2,657 m | 5.6 mi |
| Cookes Peak | S 179° | 2,444 m | 17.0 mi |
| Thompson Cone | NNW 345° | 2,396 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:47 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:37 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:32 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 45 | 51 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 69 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Faywood, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357592254
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