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Black Mountain

Black Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Black Mountain rises to 199 m in California. Morena Sierra stands 731 m to the south-southeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodridge Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away.

The story

Mountain in San Mateo County, California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q35727855, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
199 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.54521, -122.35303

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Vista Park: 0.5 mi
  • Crossroads Park: 0.7 mi
  • Bay Tree Park: 1.7 mi
  • Borel Park: 1.7 mi
  • de Anza Historical Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
Beaches: 59
Attractions
  • Wing Lam gravesite: 3.1 mi
  • Kite Surfing Windsock: 4.3 mi
  • Lemos Farm: 5.4 mi
  • Public Bocce Court: 7.7 mi
  • Fitzgerald Marine Reserve: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites
Gardens: 57
Waterfalls: 8
Springs: 6
  • Summit Spring: 8.7 mi
  • El Polín Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Spring source: 19.2 mi
  • Old Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Aramai Point: 9.1 mi
  • Chab: 17.8 mi
  • Yellow Bluff: 21.1 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 23.9 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 21.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morena SierraSSE731 m9.6 mi
Allen LookoutSSE708 m11.4 mi
Skeggs PointSSE703 m9.6 mi
Langley HillSSE677 m16.1 mi
Mount MelvilleSSE672 m16.1 mi
Kings MountainSSE637 m7.4 mi
Bald KnobS637 m8.4 mi
Teague HillSSE612 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2116:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515456576063646565635651
Precip in3.94.02.71.40.50.10.00.00.10.82.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 219376 — Black Mountain, San Mateo County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358762043

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