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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
Gardens
Museums
Peaks
Beaches: 60
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
Springs: 9
Waterfalls: 9
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 SierraSSE 165°731 m9.6 mi
Allen LookoutSSE 164°708 m11.4 mi
Skeggs PointSSE 164°703 m9.6 mi
Langley HillSSE 157°677 m16.1 mi
Mount MelvilleSSE 153°672 m16.1 mi
Kings MountainSSE 168°637 m7.4 mi
Bald KnobS 180°637 m8.4 mi
Teague HillSSE 161°612 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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