Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 2,160 m in Wyoming. Turning Point stands 3,706 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. Bighorn Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off. 98 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States of America
Wikidata Q49013868, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2160 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Bighorn Scenic Byway
- 7.7 mi off the Red Gulch/Alkali National Back Country Byway
- 14.4 mi off the Medicine Wheel Passage
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Viewpoint · 6 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 11 mi
- Scenic Viewpoint · 16 mi
- Beaver Creek Overlook · 17 mi
98 named places within 25 miles
- Table Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Horse Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 2.9 mi
- Bush Butte: 4.3 mi
- Red Butte: 5.2 mi
- Long Park: 7.8 mi
- Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite: 8.8 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 17.5 mi
- Shutts Flats: 18.5 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Reserve Spring: 3.4 mi
- Bull Springs: 5.2 mi
- Deer Spring: 7.7 mi
- Wolf Springs: 8.6 mi
- Wolf Springs: 8.6 mi
- Devils Leap: 4.8 mi
- Spanish Point: 11.9 mi
- Weston Point: 19.2 mi
- Ed Point: 24.0 mi
- Spear Lake Cliff: 24.9 mi
- Granite Creek Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Burgess Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Pine Island Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Big Horn Basin Geoscience Center: 19.5 mi
- Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting: 20.9 mi
- Shell Falls: 4.7 mi
- Caboose: 19.4 mi
- Medicine Wheel: 24.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turning Point | ESE 111° | 3,706 m | 24.5 mi |
| Near Miss Pinnacles | ESE 111° | 3,589 m | 24.0 mi |
| Cross Creek Peak | ESE 103° | 3,584 m | 23.4 mi |
| Five Fingers | ESE 110° | 3,572 m | 24.2 mi |
| Starvation Peak | ESE 108° | 3,548 m | 24.6 mi |
| Panoram Point | ESE 109° | 3,536 m | 24.0 mi |
| Spear Peak | ESE 105° | 3,517 m | 19.6 mi |
| Elk Mountain | ESE 124° | 3,437 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:15 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:46 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 24 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shell, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1609069 — Black Mountain, Big Horn County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356511219
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