Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 401 m in California. Pole Mountain stands 672 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mother’s Beach, a beach 1.1 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Sonoma County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5329059.
Wikidata Q35727869, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 401 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Forestville River Access: 1.1 mi
- Sunset Beach River Park: 1.7 mi
- Steelhead Beach Regional Park: 2.2 mi
- Wohler Bridge: 2.6 mi
- Bruno Farnocchia Memorial Park: 3.1 mi
- O'Reilley Tarsir: 9.2 mi
- The Ark: 9.2 mi
- National Peace Site: 9.5 mi
- Arch Tworain: 9.8 mi
- Kali: 9.8 mi
- Coyote Knoll: 1.7 mi
- Mount Jackson: 2.1 mi
- Wild Hog Hill: 2.3 mi
- Rocky Mountain: 3.8 mi
- McCray Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Occidental Veterans of World War 2: 8.2 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Grove: 9.3 mi
- Path to Peace: 9.3 mi
- Votes For Women: 10.1 mi
- Living Peace Wall: 10.1 mi
- Mother’s Beach: 1.1 mi
- Children's Beach: 1.9 mi
- River Bend Beach: 2.0 mi
- Steelhead Beach: 2.3 mi
- Johnson's Beach: 4.3 mi
- Rio Nido Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Creekside Park Communal Orchard and Farm: 6.5 mi
- Harry and Maggie Wetzel Native Plant Garden: 6.6 mi
- Robbin Food Forest: 7.2 mi
- Ragle Ranch Peace Garden: 9.5 mi
- Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve: 4.8 mi
- Bohemia Ecological Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Patterson Point Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Monte Rio Redwoods Regional Park and Open Space Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Riddell Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Korbel Winery Tour: 2.5 mi
- Iron Horse Vineyards: 5.1 mi
- Sturgeons Steam Mill – Historic: 7.9 mi
- Duckworth Family Farm: 13.8 mi
- J. Rickards Winery: 14.7 mi
- Korbel Museum: 2.4 mi
- Windsor Museum: 6.5 mi
- Healdsburg Museum: 6.7 mi
- Pacific Coast Air Museum: 6.9 mi
- Duncans Mills Depot Museum: 8.6 mi
- Osprey Rocks: 6.4 mi
- Goat Rock: 12.4 mi
- Ingalls Bluff: 17.0 mi
- Deadman Cliff: 19.0 mi
- Tomales Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Campo Gianni: 8.1 mi
- Oak Savanna Group Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Birthday Party Area: 14.9 mi
- Lawson Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Creekside Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Gravelly Spring: 12.0 mi
- Skaggs Springs: 12.7 mi
- Hunter Spring: 17.2 mi
- Johnny Brown Springs: 18.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 20.7 mi
- Arched Rock: 12.6 mi
- Hole in the Rock: 19.0 mi
- Sonoma Creek Falls: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pole Mountain | W 262° | 672 m | 10.6 mi |
| Buck Knoll | NW 313° | 627 m | 7.8 mi |
| High Rock | WNW 294° | 611 m | 13.8 mi |
| Little Black Mountain | W 265° | 598 m | 10.5 mi |
| McCray Mountain | NW 306° | 585 m | 4.5 mi |
| Queens Peak | NW 319° | 584 m | 5.0 mi |
| Devils Ribs | WNW 290° | 579 m | 13.8 mi |
| Rocky Mountain | NW 310° | 524 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:13 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 53 | 56 | 61 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 6.7 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 6.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Rosa Sonoma CO AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 257133 — Black Mountain, Sonoma County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796919
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