Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 3,584 m in California. Mount Dana stands 3,976 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Excelsior Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 8.8 miles off.
The story
Black Mountain is an 11,797-foot-elevation (3,596-meter) summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Mono County of northern California, United States. The mountain is set within the Hoover Wilderness, on the common boundary shared by Inyo National Forest with Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest, and 1.5 mile outside the boundary of Yosemite National Park. The peak is situated immediately southwest above Virginia Lakes, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) northeast of line parent Excelsior Mountain, and 1.8 miles (2.9 km) south of Dunderberg Peak. Topographic relief is significant as the north aspect rises 1,500 feet (460 meters) above Cooney Lake in one-half mile (0.80 km), and the south aspect rises 3,600 feet (1,100 meters) above Lundy Canyon in one and a half miles (2.4 km). The first ascent of the summit was made in 1905 by George R. Davis, Albert Hale Sylvester, and Pearson Chapman, all with the United States Geological Survey.
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Wikidata Q35727768, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3584 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 8 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 11 mi
- Lembert Dome · 11 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Excelsior Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Dunderberg Peak: 1.8 mi
- Mount Olsen: 1.8 mi
- Epidote Peak: 2.0 mi
- Mount Scowden: 2.3 mi
- Jordan Spring: 3.9 mi
- Mono Vista Spring: 7.7 mi
- Rancheria Gulch Spring: 9.2 mi
- Coyote Spring: 11.9 mi
- Soda Springs: 12.1 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 8.8 mi
- White Cascade: 11.8 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 11.9 mi
- California Falls: 12.2 mi
- LeConte Falls: 12.4 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 6.3 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 7.2 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 9.2 mi
- Lee Vining: 10.4 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 12.1 mi
- Dore Cliff: 3.2 mi
- Locomotive Point: 18.3 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 23.3 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 24.6 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 4.8 mi
- Bennettville: 7.1 mi
- Dog Town: 10.1 mi
- Bodie: 18.8 mi
- Mono Mills: 20.3 mi
- Upside-Down House: 10.3 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 14.8 mi
- South Tufa Area: 15.2 mi
- Navy Beach: 15.6 mi
- Perched Boulder: 20.9 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 7.6 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 10.2 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 13.4 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 19.0 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 21.0 mi
- Danburg Beach: 8.0 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 13.4 mi
- Navy Beach: 15.5 mi
- June Lake Beach: 20.4 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 10.3 mi
- Mono County Museum: 15.3 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 15.3 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 18.7 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Warm Springs: 20.3 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 22.5 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dana | SSE 162° | 3,976 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Conness | SSW 205° | 3,825 m | 5.5 mi |
| Excelsior Mountain | SW 236° | 3,791 m | 1.7 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | N 8° | 3,774 m | 1.8 mi |
| Mount Warren | SE 138° | 3,758 m | 4.5 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NW 305° | 3,756 m | 5.3 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | NW 304° | 3,749.3 m | 6.7 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | NW 307° | 3,731 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LEE Vining, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 257132 — Black Mountain, Mono County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796917
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 15 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 26 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 27 mi
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