Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 2,844 m in Montana. Tweedy Mountain stands 3,394 m to the north, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Baldy Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway passes 5.7 miles off.
The story
hill in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States
Wikidata Q49013714, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2844 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway
- 24.1 mi off the Big Sheep Creek Back Country Byway
- 29.6 mi off the Lewis and Clark Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Grand Vista Scenic Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Baldy Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Alturas Number One Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Garrett Hill: 3.1 mi
- Red Butte: 3.1 mi
- Alturas Number Two Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Crystal Park: 11.2 mi
- Storm Park: 16.8 mi
- Cornell Park/Kiwanis Family Project: 18.9 mi
- Bannack Historical Marker: 19.3 mi
- Clark's Lookout State Park: 19.3 mi
- Warm Spring: 16.1 mi
- Reservoir Spring: 22.2 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 22.9 mi
- Mill Spring: 22.9 mi
- Box Spring: 22.9 mi
- Hangmans Gulch: 12.1 mi
- Hotel Meade: 12.2 mi
- Hardware Store Museum: 12.2 mi
- Skinner's Saloon: 12.3 mi
- School & Masonic Lodge: 12.3 mi
- Coolidge: 10.6 mi
- Clark's Lookout Monument: 19.4 mi
- The Sandbar: 2.8 mi
- Mill Point: 7.5 mi
- Aspen Rest Stop: 9.1 mi
- Lupine Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Beaverhead County Museum: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tweedy Mountain | N 11° | 3,394 m | 9.9 mi |
| Torrey Mountain | N 10° | 3,392 m | 8.2 mi |
| Granite Mountain | NNE 12° | 3,238 m | 16.2 mi |
| Baldy Mountain | NW 315° | 3,211 m | 1.6 mi |
| Alturas Number Two Mountain | N 355° | 3,191 m | 3.8 mi |
| Barb Mountain | NNE 16° | 3,190 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Alverson | N 5° | 3,176 m | 13.3 mi |
| Highboy Mountain | N 356° | 3,174 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:06 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:39 | 21:24 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 08:09 | 16:03 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 20 | 29 | 38 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 61 | 52 | 39 | 27 | 18 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dillon 18 WSW, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357933233
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