Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 2,394 m in Nevada. Antelope Peak stands 2,675 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Windermere Hills, a peak 2.9 miles away. California Trail Back Country Byway passes 9.4 miles off. 34 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Elko County, Nevada, United States of America; geonames ID = 5701630
Wikidata Q49013744, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2394 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the California Trail Back Country Byway
- 18.1 mi off the Angel Lake Road
34 named places within 25 miles
- Windermere Hills: 2.9 mi
- Wells Peak: 8.8 mi
- Cedar Peak: 11.5 mi
- Oxley Peak: 13.0 mi
- Rocky Point: 13.3 mi
- Fenelon: 6.0 mi
- Pequop: 7.9 mi
- Moor: 12.4 mi
- Metropolis: 18.1 mi
- Toano: 18.3 mi
- Wally Spring: 15.3 mi
- Boyd Spring: 18.1 mi
- South Spring: 18.6 mi
- Humboldt Wells: 17.7 mi
- Clover Creek Guard Station: 23.6 mi
- Trail of the 49ers Interpretive Center: 17.4 mi
- Wells City Park: 18.0 mi
- Large microwave antennas.: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope Peak | WNW 282° | 2,675 m | 14.0 mi |
| Knoll Mountain | N 10° | 2,663 m | 23.8 mi |
| Loomis Mountain | NW 307° | 2,659 m | 18.0 mi |
| Forleen Butte | NW 307° | 2,625 m | 20.6 mi |
| Murdock Mountain | ESE 103° | 2,532 m | 18.6 mi |
| Little Cedar Mountain | SSW 198° | 2,529 m | 19.4 mi |
| Rocky Point | SE 145° | 2,504 m | 13.3 mi |
| Wells Peak | SW 215° | 2,337 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:34 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:01 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 15:29 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 28 | 37 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 69 | 67 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wells, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 838850 — Black Mountain, Elko County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357545365
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