Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 1,011 m in California. Chowchilla Mountain stands 2,105 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Texas Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Mariposa County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35727752, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,011 m
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Texas Hill: 1.8 mi
- Jenkins Hill: 3.4 mi
- Quartz Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Jackass Mountain: 4.4 mi
- McCauley Hill: 4.8 mi
- Diana Falls: 5.6 mi
- Little Nellie Falls: 12.8 mi
- Carlon Falls: 13.0 mi
- Foresta Falls: 13.6 mi
- Chinquapin Falls: 13.7 mi
- Bagby Recreation Area: 7.7 mi
- Greeley Hill County Park: 8.1 mi
- Red Cloud: 8.9 mi
- Coulterville Main Street Historic District: 10.9 mi
- Coulterville Park: 10.9 mi
- Fremont Spring: 8.2 mi
- Pilot Peak Spring: 8.2 mi
- Morning Star Spring: 9.7 mi
- Barrel Spring: 13.3 mi
- Apple Tree Spring: 15.0 mi
- The Northern Mariposa Country History Center: 10.8 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 12.1 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 12.4 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 14.3 mi
- Groveland Museum: 16.9 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 8.8 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 12.9 mi
- Remote Camp: 14.0 mi
- Summit Meadow: 19.4 mi
- Merced Grove: 10.8 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 12.1 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 12.1 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 13.0 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 18.8 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 8.4 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 12.9 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 13.8 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 14.0 mi
- World Heritage Site: 23.6 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 18.1 mi
- Rockslides: 19.2 mi
- Profile Cliff: 22.3 mi
- The Fissures: 22.3 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 23.7 mi
- Cat Town: 4.8 mi
- Mount Ophir: 11.0 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 12.3 mi
- Agua Fria: 12.6 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 16.1 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 16.5 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 16.7 mi
- Dedication Garden: 13.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chowchilla Mountain | ESE 118° | 2,105 m | 15.7 mi |
| Devils Dance Floor | ENE 71° | 2,078 m | 15.6 mi |
| Iron Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,894 m | 16.3 mi |
| Pilot Peak | NNE 30° | 1,826 m | 7.7 mi |
| Pinoche Peak | E 100° | 1,754 m | 12.8 mi |
| Brown Peak | E 101° | 1,715 m | 11.3 mi |
| Kirby Peak | SE 131° | 1,642 m | 15.3 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,617 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 6.9 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 7.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yosemite Village 12 W, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 257130 — Black Mountain, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796914
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 24 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 25 mi
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