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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
Springs: 27
  • Sulphur Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Wilsie Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Bellyache Springs: 6.6 mi
  • Kerr Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Willet Hot Spring: 13.9 mi
Beaches: 22
Nature reserves: 20
Historic sites: 18
  • Saint Francis Dam Disaster Memorial: 10.6 mi
  • Junipero Serra: 11.0 mi
  • Mission Cross: 11.0 mi
  • Mission Chumash Barracks: 11.3 mi
  • Old Mission Church Foundation: 11.3 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Water Conservation Mural: 3.3 mi
  • Mermaid with Bike: 3.5 mi
  • Golden Lion Mural: 3.6 mi
  • Ventura V: 10.4 mi
  • Phoenix: 11.2 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 24.2 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reyes PeakNNW2,284 m14.2 mi
Haddock MountainN2,265 m13.3 mi
Alamo MountainNE2,248 m22.1 mi
Peak 7047NE2,148 m20.5 mi
Thorn PointNNE2,092 m13.2 mi
McDonald PeakNE2,090 m21.2 mi
Sewart MountainNE2,076 m23.0 mi
Cobblestone MountainENE2,042 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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