Black Mountain
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Black Mountain rises to 930 m in California. Thomas Mountain stands 2,083 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Skinner Recreation Area, a park 3.1 miles away.
The story
Black Mountain is a mountain summit of the Peninsular Ranges System, in Riverside County, California.
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Wikidata Q35727784, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 930 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lake Skinner Recreation Area: 3.1 mi
- Eagle Crest Park: 4.6 mi
- Eagle Vista Pocket Park: 4.8 mi
- Washington Park: 4.9 mi
- Glenoak Hills Park: 4.9 mi
- Splash Pad: 3.1 mi
- Wilson Creek Wine Tasting: 5.5 mi
- Wiens Family Cellars: 6.2 mi
- Ponte Family Estate: 6.4 mi
- South Coast Winery: 6.6 mi
- Mica Butte: 3.5 mi
- Bachelor Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Buck Mesa: 5.8 mi
- Polly Butte: 6.4 mi
- Hemet Butte: 6.7 mi
- Adobe Spring: 4.9 mi
- Adobe Spring: 7.6 mi
- Dripping Springs: 10.2 mi
- Bautista Spring: 10.8 mi
- Duval Spring: 11.0 mi
- Grandma Juanita: 7.9 mi
- Hemet Veterans Memorial: 8.9 mi
- Flagpole Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Dylan Key: 10.4 mi
- Anthony Fowler Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Prayer Garden: 9.0 mi
- School Garden: 9.5 mi
- Student Gardens: 10.3 mi
- Prayer Garden: 10.5 mi
- Student Gardens: 11.1 mi
- Western Science Center: 6.1 mi
- Ramona Bowl Museum: 7.6 mi
- Wings and Rotors Air Museum: 7.9 mi
- Fingerprints Youth Museum: 9.0 mi
- Hemet Museum: 9.1 mi
- Double Butte County Park: 9.4 mi
- Emerson Oaks Reserve: 10.8 mi
- Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve: 15.5 mi
- Four Seasons Preserve: 15.9 mi
- Sylvan Meadows Multi-Use Area: 17.4 mi
- Juror Patio Tables: 7.3 mi
- Employee Break Area: 11.1 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Lake Hemet Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Lake Fulmor Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 16.4 mi
- Fuller Mill Creek Falls: 19.2 mi
- Upper Barker Valley Falls: 23.2 mi
- Lower Barker Valley Falls: 23.2 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 23.2 mi
- Leon: 6.7 mi
- Pinacate: 16.5 mi
- Willard: 21.9 mi
- Terra Cotta: 22.2 mi
- Moreno Beach: 19.9 mi
- Perris Beach: 20.0 mi
- Morongo's Oasis Beach: 23.9 mi
- Oak Cliff: 13.6 mi
- Brookside Rest Area: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Mountain | E 90° | 2,083 m | 18.4 mi |
| Little Thomas Mountain | E 88° | 2,002 m | 17.8 mi |
| Indian Mountain | NE 47° | 1,760 m | 16.6 mi |
| Gordon Point | SSE 165° | 1,722 m | 18.1 mi |
| Cahuilla Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,719 m | 13.0 mi |
| Morgan Hill | SSE 165° | 1,718 m | 17.8 mi |
| Baldy Mountain | ENE 74° | 1,697 m | 17.1 mi |
| Inspiration Point | ENE 63° | 1,637 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:25 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 16:06 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 68 | 73 | 80 | 81 | 77 | 69 | 61 | 54 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hemet, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 239430 — Black Mountain, Riverside County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358780870
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