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Black Mountain

Black Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates38.52630, -122.92611

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Peaks
Artworks
Historic sites: 42
Beaches: 33
  • 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
Gardens: 29
  • Rio Nido Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Creekside Park Communal Orchard and Farm: 6.5 mi
  • Rose Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Harry and Maggie Wetzel Native Plant Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Robbin Food Forest: 7.2 mi
Attractions: 22
  • 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
Museums: 19
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • 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
Springs: 5
  • 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
Natural arches: 2
  • Arched Rock: 12.6 mi
  • Hole in the Rock: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Sonoma Creek Falls: 22.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pole MountainW 262°672 m10.6 mi
Buck KnollNW 313°627 m7.8 mi
High RockWNW 294°611 m13.8 mi
Little Black MountainW 265°598 m10.5 mi
Red HillNW 310°598 m14.9 mi
McCray MountainNW 306°585 m4.5 mi
Queens PeakNW 319°584 m5.0 mi
Devils RibsWNW 290°579 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:4920:0020:40
September equinox07:0018:3519:10
December solstice07:2616:1316:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485153566166686867615347
Precip in6.76.74.62.11.30.30.00.00.11.63.66.8

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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