Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 1,030 m in Arizona. Humboldt Mountain stands 1,566 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain Summit Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
The story
Black Mountain is located in north-central Maricopa County, Arizona, between the towns of Carefree and Cave Creek. The mountain has a popular and challenging hiking trail with 360 degree views of the Valley at the peak.
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Wikidata Q4921330, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,030 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Grapevine Spring: 2.0 mi
- Flemming Spring: 4.8 mi
- Apache Spring: 4.9 mi
- Jims Spring: 5.0 mi
- Little Wonder Spring: 5.7 mi
- Go John Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Lone Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Gunsight: 4.4 mi
- Continental Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Cone Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Black Mountain Summit Park: 0.1 mi
- Carefree Desert Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Gateway Desert Awareness Park: 1.3 mi
- Lone Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Cave Creek Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Desert Defenders Native Seed Garden: 4.5 mi
- Xeric Garden: 4.5 mi
- The Potted Plant Inc.: 12.7 mi
- Still Standing Shade Stop: 19.4 mi
- Fountain Hills Community Garden: 19.4 mi
- Mountains and Rainbows: 11.9 mi
- Our Lady of Lourdes & Saint Bernadette Grotto: 12.4 mi
- Impulsion: 13.1 mi
- Paseo Highlands Agave Grotto: 13.7 mi
- Mountain Pass Pedestrian Bridge: 13.8 mi
- Spur Cross Stables: 4.9 mi
- Bunny Rock: 5.6 mi
- Brown's Ranch Interpretive Trail: 6.3 mi
- Trail Maintenance Tool Box: 7.4 mi
- Balanced Rock: 7.8 mi
- Seven Springs: 11.5 mi
- Palo Verde Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Ironwood Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Needle Rock Picnic: 16.0 mi
- Maricopa Area 3: 17.4 mi
- Corral: 6.6 mi
- Anthem Veterans Memorial: 11.7 mi
- iron statue: 11.8 mi
- Foundation: 12.9 mi
- Cloud 9: 17.6 mi
- Cave Creek Museum: 1.0 mi
- Penske Racing Museum: 11.4 mi
- Mercantile: 11.9 mi
- Pioneer Arizona History Museum: 12.0 mi
- Sahuaro Central Museum: 14.7 mi
- Black Mountain Summit Preserve: 0.1 mi
- Coroline Bartol Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Carefree Galloway Wash Preserve: 1.6 mi
- P.A. Seitts Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Desert Enclave Preserve: 2.1 mi
- West Point: 11.6 mi
- Sven Slab: 12.0 mi
- Morrells Wall: 12.0 mi
- Gardeners Wall: 12.0 mi
- White Bluffs: 19.0 mi
- Wranglers Roost: 12.4 mi
- Gillett: 19.0 mi
- Tip Top: 23.9 mi
- Marinette: 24.2 mi
- Camp Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt Mountain | NE 36° | 1,566 m | 14.1 mi |
| Kentuck Mountain | NE 53° | 1,527 m | 11.3 mi |
| Monument Mountain | N 11° | 1,519 m | 14.0 mi |
| Willow Spring Mountain | NE 41° | 1,507 m | 13.9 mi |
| Quien Sabe Peak | NNE 22° | 1,486 m | 9.0 mi |
| Maverick Butte | NE 44° | 1,475 m | 12.4 mi |
| Butte Peak | NE 40° | 1,470 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bronco Butte | NNE 33° | 1,461 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:06 | 19:42 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:53 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:45 | 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 | 53 | 56 | 61 | 67 | 76 | 85 | 90 | 89 | 84 | 73 | 62 | 53 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carefree, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 26421 — Black Mountain, Maricopa County, Arizona.
OpenStreetMap element node/359262389
Day trips start here
- Fountain Hills · 19 mi
- Phoenix · 22 mi
- Scottsdale · 22 mi
- Greater Phoenix · 27 mi
- Mesa · 28 mi
- Tempe · 28 mi
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