Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 216 m in Ohio. Horseback Knob stands 403 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Haddox Preserve, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 54 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Ohio, United States of America
Wikidata Q34810577, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 216 m
How to reach it
- 53.9 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 18.4 mi off the Hocking Hills Scenic Byway, National
- 26.4 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
- 29.0 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lower Falls Lookout · 24 mi
- Stag · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Logan Elm State Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Circleville Township Park: 2.4 mi
- Canal Park: 3.5 mi
- Calamus Swamp: 3.6 mi
- Bartley Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Burning Indian Mound: 3.6 mi
- Sugarloaf: 9.6 mi
- Hays Hill: 10.1 mi
- Bald Hill: 10.2 mi
- Jobs Knob: 10.4 mi
- Haddox Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Kreisel Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Marsha Gunder Schneider Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Cossin-Kreisel Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Samuel L. Fox Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Pickaway County Veterans Memorial: 5.0 mi
- A W Marion Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Story Mound State Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Dard Hunter: 14.2 mi
- Homestead Ruins: 14.8 mi
- Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Visitor Center: 11.4 mi
- Ohio’s Small Town Museum: 12.3 mi
- Mighty Children's Museum: 14.2 mi
- Ross County Museum: 14.3 mi
- Lucy Webb Hayes Heritage Center: 14.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain Prospecting Company: 9.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain Amphitheatre: 9.7 mi
- The Grove: 12.9 mi
- Adena Mansion & Gardens Historic Site: 12.9 mi
- Natural Bathtub: 15.0 mi
- Rock House Falls: 19.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 21.6 mi
- Rim Trail Falls (off-trail): 21.7 mi
- Whispering Cave: 23.7 mi
- Broken Rock Falls: 23.8 mi
- Alum Cliffs: 16.9 mi
- Cantwell Cliffs: 21.0 mi
- Airplane Rock: 22.1 mi
- Parish Rocks: 23.5 mi
- Hunters Rock: 23.7 mi
- Pumpkin Show Mural: 4.7 mi
- Ashville Fourth of July Parade: 12.3 mi
- Carlisle Hill Star: 14.2 mi
- The Space Between Us: 23.1 mi
- Richard Outcault mural: 23.2 mi
- Third Tier: 12.9 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 12.9 mi
- Ornimental Garden: 12.9 mi
- Orchard Hill Arboretum: 24.1 mi
- South Ridge: 16.9 mi
- Hocking River ?: 19.4 mi
- Knockemstiff: 20.2 mi
- Picnic table: 22.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseback Knob | SSW 197° | 403 m | 21.6 mi |
| Chestnut Oak Knob | SSW 198° | 402 m | 23.3 mi |
| Sand Hill | SSE 167° | 395 m | 10.8 mi |
| Ball Knob | SSW 195° | 394 m | 22.6 mi |
| Davis Knob | SSW 197° | 392 m | 22.8 mi |
| Rocky Knob | SSE 166° | 390 m | 12.1 mi |
| Asher Hill | SW 226° | 390 m | 20.5 mi |
| Selby Knob | SSW 197° | 386 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:23 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 16:29 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 42 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Circleville, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1048525 — Black Mountain, Pickaway County, Ohio.
OpenStreetMap element node/357419069
Day trips start here
- Chillicothe · 14 mi
- Southeast Ohio · 27 mi
- Columbus/South · 28 mi
- Columbus · 29 mi
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