Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 1,098 m in Arizona. Keystone Peak stands 1,881 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Potam Park, a park 2.2 miles away. Patagonia-Sonoita Scenic Road passes 22 miles off.
The story
Black Mountain is a lava capped mesa in Pima County, Arizona, that rises 1,000 feet above its base to an altitude of 3,700 feet (1,128 m). It is a northeast trending ridge, 5,600 feet in length, located along Mission Road nine miles southwest of Tucson. It is on the San Xavier Indian Reservation, 3.18 miles southwest of the Mission San Xavier del Bac. The Sierrita Mountains rise to the southwest and the Santa Cruz River is about four miles to the east. On top of Black Mountain are the ruins of an ancient Hohokam fortification. Long stone walls, circular stone rings, petroglyphs, man-made trails, and pottery sherds can still be seen today. However, the site is on reservation land, and is therefore not open to the general public.
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Wikidata Q16241928, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1098 m
How to reach it
- 21.9 mi off the Patagonia-Sonoita Scenic Road
- 23.7 mi off the Sky Island Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Babad Do'ag Viewpoint · 25 mi
- Molino Canyon Vista · 27 mi
- Thimble Mountain Vista · 27 mi
- Seven Cateracts Vista · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Potam Park: 2.2 mi
- Torim Park: 2.2 mi
- Pascua Pueblo Park: 2.3 mi
- Pueblo Park Track: 2.4 mi
- Presidio Gardens Community Park: 2.8 mi
- Grotto Hill: 3.3 mi
- Saginaw Hill: 4.2 mi
- Martinez Hill: 4.2 mi
- Beehive Peak: 4.4 mi
- Red Butte: 4.6 mi
- Beehive Peak: 4.4 mi
- Tres Leones: 4.8 mi
- Valencia Site: 5.4 mi
- Mountain Village Estates: 6.0 mi
- Ryan Park: 6.6 mi
- Desert Survivors: 9.4 mi
- Mission Garden: 9.8 mi
- El Rio Community Garden: 10.3 mi
- Alene Dunlap Smith Garden: 10.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 11.6 mi
- La Primera Vista: 9.3 mi
- Tumamoc and the River of Life: 9.4 mi
- Frida and Diego All Souls Mural: 10.1 mi
- Be Kind: 10.2 mi
- B-52 Bomber Tail: 10.3 mi
- Oasis Raspados Mural: 7.7 mi
- The big "A": 9.5 mi
- Selena Mural: 9.9 mi
- The Mission: 10.3 mi
- La Pilita Mural: 10.3 mi
- International Wildlife Museum: 10.5 mi
- Tucson Children's Museum: 10.7 mi
- Tucson Museum of Art: 10.8 mi
- J. Knox Corbett House: 10.8 mi
- La Casa Cordova: 10.8 mi
- Bowen Stone House Ruins: 9.0 mi
- Armed Forces Tribute: 9.1 mi
- Battle of the Bulge: 10.7 mi
- JFK Memorial Plaque: 10.8 mi
- January 8th Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Sid Simpson Spring: 14.9 mi
- Grays Spring: 15.2 mi
- Bills Spring: 16.6 mi
- Finger Rock Spring: 20.4 mi
- Shamrod Spring: 21.6 mi
- Juan Santa Cruz Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Mam-a-Gah Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Signal Hill Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Overlook Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Cactus Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Canoa Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Canoa Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Walter's Cascade: 23.3 mi
- Seven Falls: 23.7 mi
- Rocky Point: 18.7 mi
- Helvetia: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone Peak | SSW 213° | 1,881 m | 17.1 mi |
| Samaniego Peak | SW 216° | 1,814 m | 14.6 mi |
| Red Boy Peak | SSW 212° | 1,808 m | 17.8 mi |
| Placer Peak | SSW 212° | 1,801 m | 16.6 mi |
| Horse Pasture Hill | SSW 205° | 1,595 m | 17.4 mi |
| Ritchey Peak | SSW 207° | 1,559 m | 16.6 mi |
| Lobo Peak | SSW 209° | 1,499 m | 18.6 mi |
| Iron Mountain | SW 219° | 1,470 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 18:04 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| September equinox | 06:13 | 17:50 | 18:22 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:47 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 54 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 77 | 86 | 88 | 87 | 83 | 73 | 62 | 53 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tucson Intl AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1556 — Black Mountain, Pima County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359242874
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- Tucson · 12 mi
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