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Black Mountain

Black Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Black Mountain rises to 893 m in New Hampshire. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the north-northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is North Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 3.8 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States of America (GNIS ID = 871523).

Wikidata Q34835906, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
893 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.04834, -71.60497

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Cliffs
  • Russell Crag: 4.5 mi
  • Split Cliff: 4.6 mi
  • Alchemy Wall: 4.6 mi
  • Jeremy's Wall: 4.6 mi
  • Bird Murder: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 47
  • Franconia Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Avalanche Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Georgiana Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Harvard Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Kinsman Falls: 6.6 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Alpine Adventures Outdoor Recreation: 3.5 mi
  • Ice Castles: 4.8 mi
  • Flume Gorge: 4.8 mi
  • Table Rock Flume Brook: 4.9 mi
  • Flume Gorge & Visitor Center: 5.0 mi
Museums: 21
Historic sites: 20
Beaches: 12
Picnic sites: 10
Springs: 8
  • Liberty Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Elliott Spring: 15.6 mi
  • lower falls: 18.0 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 22.4 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Tree Harp: 19.7 mi
  • Sunflowers: 19.7 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 19.7 mi
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 20.5 mi
  • Hannes Schneider: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
Gardens: 3
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Peace Garden: 20.3 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LafayetteNNW1,600 m8.0 mi
Mount LincolnNNW1,551 m7.2 mi
North LincolnNNW1,524 m7.6 mi
North LafayetteNNW1,519 m8.4 mi
Little Haystack MountainNNW1,440 m6.7 mi
Mount BondNNE1,432 m8.1 mi
Mount CarrigainENE1,422 m8.5 mi
West BondNNE1,358 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0419:4920:34
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1915:2416:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029425463686659473626
Precip in3.43.03.45.24.24.86.03.93.85.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Nepp, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357729687

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