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Black Mountain, California

Prominence: 892 ft, 272 m

Elevation: 1552 feet, 473 meters

True Isolation: 7.06 mi, 11.36 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 1554 ft / 474 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	32° 58' 53'' N, 117° 6' 59'' W 32.981517, -117.11628 (Dec Deg) 489135 E 3649244 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	California
County/Second Level Region	San Diego
City/Town	San Diego
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Black Mountain": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Black Mountain at ListsOfJohn Black Mountain at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Black Mountain: San Diego 100 Peaks List (Rank #92)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 521 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 494) Selected Trip Reports: 1990 by Steve Dowling 2008-09-08 by Derek Loranger 2009-04-09 by Derek Loranger 2009-07-03 by Derek Loranger 2009-07-05 by Brian Brigham 2010-01-01 by Derek Loranger 2011-01-07 by Marit Chrislock 2011-01-18 by Derek Loranger 2011-01-20 by Derek Loranger 2011-03-17 by Derek Loranger 2011-06-25 by Derek Loranger 2011-06-28 by Derek Loranger 2011-06-30 by Derek Loranger 2011-07-15 by Jason Yuo (GPS Track) 2012-12-06 by James Barlow (GPS Track) 2013-03-24 by Larry Edmonds 2013-06-07 by Chris Collier (GPS Track) 2013-08-15 by Michael Sullivan (GPS Track) 2014-01-01 by Bob Ramsey 2014-04-27 by Yvonne Galvez 2014-07-19 by JohnE Sarna (GPS Track) 2015-01-12 by Patrick ONeill (GPS Track) 2015-01-20 by David Parratt 2015-06-24 by Daniel Dolan 2015-08-17 by Bruce Craig 2015-12-24 by Dean Gaudet (GPS Track) 2016-01-24 by Mark Woody 2016-02-07 by Brent Mausbach (GPS Track) 2016-02-21 by Miguel Campos (GPS Track) 2016-05-02 by William Musser 2017-01-08 by Michael Sullivan (GPS Track) 2017-03-29 by Greg Gerlach 2017-09-10 by Behzad Sh (GPS Track) 2017-12-19 by Julie Ann Gregg 2019-04-19 by Chris Griffith (GPS Track) 2020-07-29 by Travis Curry (GPS Track) 2020-08-12 by Garret Stoops (GPS Track) 2020-09-14 by Danny Chacon (GPS Track) 2020-09-18 by Jill Sells (GPS Track) 2020-10-09 by Edel Quejado (GPS Track) 2020-12-21 by John Foley 2021-01-13 by Lance Tish (GPS Track) 2021-01-24 by Dj Strong (GPS Track) 2021-01-24 by Kelly Conrad (GPS Track) 2021-06-23 by Travis Curry (GPS Track) 2021-11-21 by Duzzy Bill (GPS Track) 2021-12-26 by Robert Curtis 2022-08-18 by Christian G (GPS Track) 2022-08-20 by Kit Ma
Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Black Mountain Elevation Ladder from Black Mountain Prominence Ladder from Black Mountain

Chilling while the girls Geocache and take photos (2016-01-24). Photo by Mark Woody. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 892 ft/272 m Optimistic Prominence: 912 ft/278 m Key Col: 660 ft/201 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 7.06 mi/11.36 km Isolation Limit Point: 32.9875, -116.995 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Peak 1770 (E)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Central and Southern California Ranges Range4: Peninsular Southern California Ranges Range5: San Diego Area Ranges
Drainage Basins	Pacific-Western USA Pacific Ocean
Topo Map	Poway O32117h1 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

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Black Mountain from the summit of Little Black Mountain (2017-07-08). Photo by Brent Mausbach.
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Black Mountain can be seen from the nearby communities of Rancho Penasquitos and Rancho Bernardo and can also be spotted from Iron Mountain, Mount Woodson, and Iron Mountain (2018-02-02). Photo by Jeffrey Swain.
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Me investigating the radio towers on top of Black Mountain (2020-12-25). Photo by Mica Lynn Copernicus.
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