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Black Mountain

Black Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Black Mountain rises to 1,907 m in California. North Maggie Mountain stands 3,119 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Ward Spring, a spring 2.7 miles away.

The story

mountain in Tulare County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5329064

Wikidata Q35727917, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1907 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.09661, -118.73454

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 35
  • Ward Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Soda Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Camp Nelson soda spring: 7.8 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 7.8 mi
  • North Cold Spring: 8.6 mi
Parks: 24
  • Springville Veterans Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
  • Lake Success Big Sycamore Park: 10.7 mi
  • Bartlett Park: 11.0 mi
  • Murry Park: 15.1 mi
  • Fallen Heros Park: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Attractions: 6
  • Trail of 100 Giants: 11.3 mi
  • Cabin 236: 13.7 mi
  • Cabin 234: 13.8 mi
  • Cabin 242: 13.8 mi
  • Cabin 240: 13.8 mi
Historic sites: 5
Picnic sites: 2
  • Sunset Point Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
  • Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 1
  • McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Museums: 1
  • Porterville Historical Museum: 16.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • World's Largest Olive: 22.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Maggie MountainNNE 23°3,119 m13.6 mi
Maggie MountainNNE 29°3,046 m13.2 mi
Slate MountainE 96°2,829 m8.9 mi
Moses MountainNNE 13°2,820 m12.9 mi
Jordan PeakNE 52°2,774 m9.6 mi
Dennison MountainN 358°2,645 m15.4 mi
Hermit RockENE 68°2,576 m13.3 mi
Onion Meadow PeakESE 122°2,529 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3919:3820:16
September equinox06:4418:1918:53
December solstice07:0316:0516:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495459637078838277685649
Precip in2.11.92.00.90.30.10.00.00.10.61.01.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Porterville, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1660343 — Black Mountain, Tulare County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358807826

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