Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 1,518 m in California. Boulder Peak stands 2,512 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Irving Mountain, a peak 3.5 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49013654, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,518 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Irving Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Medicine Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Merrill Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Bald Butte: 5.1 mi
- No Mans Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Soft Water Spring: 11.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 12.6 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 14.0 mi
- Buckhorn Spring: 15.8 mi
- Back Meadows Springs: 17.1 mi
- Graffiti Gate: 23.9 mi
- Horse Statue: 24.3 mi
- Skeleton Car: 24.6 mi
- Saint Mary Statue: 24.8 mi
- Etna High School Lion Statue: 24.8 mi
- Grant Bluffs: 8.5 mi
- Blue Nose Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Dougherty Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Ferry Point: 15.1 mi
- Limestone Bluffs: 22.6 mi
- Ishi Pishi Falls: 8.3 mi
- Maple Falls: 16.4 mi
- Johnson Creek Falls: 23.7 mi
- H E Beck Junior Memorial Branch: 12.8 mi
- Happy Camp River Park: 22.9 mi
- Johnson - Joss Park: 24.7 mi
- Negro Flat: 16.0 mi
- Jones Beach: 20.5 mi
- Fish Lake Campground Day Use Area: 20.9 mi
- The People's Center: 22.9 mi
- Sugar pine river access: 23.4 mi
- Russian Wilderness: 24.1 mi
- Ormond Edward Quigley: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Peak | ENE 61° | 2,512 m | 16.9 mi |
| Black Marble Mountain | NE 48° | 2,268 m | 12.1 mi |
| Kings Castle | NE 37° | 2,257 m | 13.3 mi |
| English Peak | ESE 116° | 2,229 m | 9.4 mi |
| Box Camp Mountain | NE 47° | 2,215 m | 13.9 mi |
| Yellow Dog Peak | ESE 107° | 2,146 m | 17.3 mi |
| Big Ridge | NNE 28° | 2,141 m | 15.6 mi |
| Marble Mountain | NE 49° | 2,131 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:49 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:10 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:03 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 51 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 9.4 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 4.0 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 6.8 | 10.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orleans, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 219382 — Black Mountain, Siskiyou County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358762072
Day trips start here
- Etna · 25 mi
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