Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 1,106 m in California. San Benito Mountain stands 1,597 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Donut Rock, a peak 2.4 miles away.
The story
Black Mountain is a summit and the high point of Anticline Ridge in the Diablo Range of Fresno County, California. It rises to an elevation of 3,629 feet (1,106 meters).
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Wikidata Q35727680, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,106 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Donut Rock: 2.4 mi
- W K Hill: 7.0 mi
- Wright Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Three Sisters: 8.2 mi
- Alcalde Hills: 9.8 mi
- Los Gatos Creek County Park: 10.8 mi
- Falcon Baseball Field: 11.0 mi
- Coalinga Memorial Bowl: 11.0 mi
- William Keck Memorial Park: 11.7 mi
- Olsen Park: 11.9 mi
- Dick Wright Spring: 7.7 mi
- Aqua Buena Spring: 11.2 mi
- Castro Spring: 19.0 mi
- Live Oak Spring: 19.6 mi
- Iron Spring: 20.0 mi
- Car: 16.4 mi
- Outhouse: 16.4 mi
- Vehicle: 16.9 mi
- Truck: 17.0 mi
- Exploratory Mine Shaft: 17.1 mi
- New Idria Mercury Mine: 16.9 mi
- New Idria: 16.9 mi
- R C Baker Memorial Museum: 11.8 mi
- San Benito Wilderness Study Area: 14.7 mi
- Coalinga Avenal Safety Roadside Rest Area - Northbound: 21.9 mi
- Laguna falls: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Benito Mountain | WNW 289° | 1,597 m | 14.2 mi |
| Santa Rita Peak | WNW 285° | 1,560 m | 11.4 mi |
| Condon Peak | W 274° | 1,514 m | 12.0 mi |
| San Carlos Peak | WNW 293° | 1,472 m | 15.3 mi |
| Alta Peak | WNW 285° | 1,428 m | 14.9 mi |
| Sampson Peak | WNW 293° | 1,420 m | 18.2 mi |
| North Hill | WNW 294° | 1,418 m | 15.7 mi |
| Idria Peak | WNW 292° | 1,415 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:45 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:11 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 58 | 63 | 71 | 79 | 85 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coalinga, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 239427 — Black Mountain, Fresno County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358780862
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