Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 1,589 m in California. Owens Peak stands 2,574 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheep Spring, a spring 2.7 miles away. 134 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5329037.
Wikidata Q35727728, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,589 m
How to reach it
134 named places within 25 miles
- Red Buttes: 5.5 mi
- El Paso Peaks: 7.5 mi
- Laurel Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Robbers Roost: 10.0 mi
- Government Peak: 12.7 mi
- Sheep Spring: 2.7 mi
- Mesa Spring: 2.7 mi
- Poison Spring: 5.6 mi
- Mesquite Springs: 6.1 mi
- Willow Spring: 8.2 mi
- Moment of Engagement: 13.9 mi
- Jet Model: 13.9 mi
- Artistic Tributes: 14.2 mi
- Metal Petroglyphs (Shaman): 14.2 mi
- Petroglyphs from Around the World: 14.2 mi
- Inyokern County Park: 11.8 mi
- Stauffer Park: 13.2 mi
- Ridgecrest Senior Center: 13.8 mi
- Freedom Park: 13.8 mi
- Upjohn Park: 14.1 mi
- Red Rock Canyon State Park: 9.0 mi
- Red Cliffs Natural Preserve: 10.5 mi
- Fremont Valley Ecological Reserve: 10.7 mi
- Desert Tortoise Natural Area: 11.7 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 17.5 mi
- Bickel Camp: 3.7 mi
- Cudahy camp: 6.5 mi
- X-15 Memorial: 14.1 mi
- Josephine Stephens Bishop: 15.0 mi
- Fremont: 24.7 mi
- The Rand Desert Museum: 12.9 mi
- Historical Society of the Upper Mojave Desert: 13.9 mi
- Maturango Museum: 14.5 mi
- China Lake Museum: 14.5 mi
- Naval Museum of Armament & Technology: 16.8 mi
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel: 4.9 mi
- Red cliffs trail: 10.9 mi
- F-4 Phantom II - NWC China Lake 1374: 15.6 mi
- plane: 16.0 mi
- Tamarisk Grove: 11.7 mi
- Red Rooster Picnic Site: 11.9 mi
- Donley: 12.1 mi
- Berts Canyon Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Garlock: 5.8 mi
- Freeman Junction: 9.4 mi
- Atolia: 17.2 mi
- Last Chance Canyon Arch: 5.2 mi
- Herbal Zen Garden: 13.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owens Peak | NNW 335° | 2,574 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mount Jenkins | NNW 333° | 2,396 m | 18.2 mi |
| Spanish Needle | NNW 336° | 2,390 m | 22.3 mi |
| Lamont Peak | NNW 333° | 2,253 m | 24.6 mi |
| Morris Peak | NNW 331° | 2,199 m | 16.9 mi |
| Skinner Peak | WNW 292° | 2,172 m | 17.2 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | NW 316° | 2,063 m | 19.9 mi |
| Russell Peak | NNW 335° | 2,041 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:33 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:04 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 50 | 57 | 62 | 70 | 80 | 85 | 84 | 77 | 67 | 54 | 45 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Inyokern, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 239429 — Black Mountain, Kern County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358780867
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