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Black Mountain

Black Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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
1518 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.46124, -123.37728

Named places within 25 miles

Springs: 12
Cliffs: 6
Artworks: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Ishi Pishi Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Maple Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Johnson Creek Falls: 23.7 mi
Parks: 3
  • H E Beck Junior Memorial Branch: 12.8 mi
  • Happy Camp River Park: 22.9 mi
  • Johnson - Joss Park: 24.7 mi
Historic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Museums: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Sugar pine river access: 23.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boulder PeakENE 61°2,512 m16.9 mi
Black Marble MountainNE 48°2,268 m12.1 mi
Kings CastleNE 37°2,257 m13.3 mi
English PeakESE 116°2,229 m9.4 mi
Box Camp MountainNE 47°2,215 m13.9 mi
Yellow Dog PeakESE 107°2,146 m17.3 mi
Big RidgeNNE 28°2,141 m15.6 mi
Marble MountainNE 49°2,131 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4919:26
June solstice05:4120:1020:51
September equinox07:0218:3619:12
December solstice07:3716:0316:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434751566268747369594943
Precip in9.46.96.44.02.20.90.20.10.83.56.810.5

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

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