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Black Mountain

Black Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Black Mountain rises to 541 m in California. Reyes Peak stands 2,284 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Soule County Park, a park 0.8 miles away.

The story

mountain in Ventura County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q35727926, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
541 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.43194, -119.22205

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Sulphur Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Krotona Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Magic Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Nordhoff Peak: 4.7 mi
  • Chief Peak: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves: 42
Springs: 28
  • Sulphur Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Wilsie Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Bellyache Springs: 6.6 mi
  • Hot Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Kerr Spring: 11.5 mi
Beaches: 23
Historic sites: 22
  • Saint Francis Dam Disaster Memorial: 10.6 mi
  • Junipero Serra: 11.0 mi
  • Mission Cross: 11.0 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 11.3 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 11.3 mi
Artworks: 17
  • Water Conservation Mural: 3.3 mi
  • Mermaid with Bike: 3.5 mi
  • Golden Lion Mural: 3.6 mi
  • VC: 10.1 mi
  • Ventura V: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 8
  • Area 2: 7.4 mi
  • Upper Rose Valley Lake Day Use Area: 7.5 mi
  • Area 4: 19.1 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 22.9 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 23.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Rose Valley Falls: 7.0 mi
  • 33 Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Punch Bowl: 9.6 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 9.8 mi
  • White Swift Falls: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Foothill Crag "The Foot": 3.1 mi
  • Topatopa Bluff: 7.8 mi
  • San Ysidro Rock: 22.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Little Caliente Spring: 23.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reyes PeakNNW 346°2,284 m14.2 mi
Haddock MountainN 355°2,265 m13.3 mi
Alamo MountainNE 43°2,248 m22.1 mi
Peak 7047NE 45°2,148 m20.5 mi
Thorn PointNNE 24°2,092 m13.2 mi
McDonald PeakNE 49°2,090 m21.2 mi
Sewart MountainNE 51°2,076 m23.0 mi
Cobblestone MountainENE 59°2,042 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3619:09
June solstice05:4619:3620:13
September equinox06:4618:2218:55
December solstice07:0016:1316:51

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505154586266727270635549
Precip in5.15.23.41.10.50.10.10.00.10.81.32.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ojai, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 269887 — Black Mountain, Ventura County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358800919

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