Black Mountain is a

summit A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain top) is generally used only for ...

in the

Cleveland National Forest Cleveland National Forest is a National forest (United States), U.S. national forest in Southern California that encompasses 460,000 acres/ of inland Montane ecosystems, montane regions. It is approximately 60 miles from the Pacific Ocean, withi ...

of the

Peninsular Ranges The Peninsular Ranges (also called the Lower California province) are a group of mountain ranges that stretch from Southern California to the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula; they are part of the North American Pacific Coast Range ...

in eastern

San Diego County, California San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county (United States), county in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of California, north to its Mexico-United States border, border with Mexico. As of the 2020 United States Cen ...

, north of

Ramona ''Ramona'' is an 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican–American War and annexation of the territory by the United States, ''Ramona'' explores the life of a mixed-race Scottish– Native ...

. The peak is measured at , and is sometimes referenced as Big Black Mountain to distinguish it from the smaller Rancho Peñasquitos

Black Mountain Open Space Park Black Mountain Open Space Park is a city park in the suburbs of San Diego, California. Description The park covers in the Black Mountain Ranch and Rancho Peñasquitos area of northern San Diego. The park offers numerous trails for hiking and b ...

in the city of

San Diego San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.4 million, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth-most populous city in t ...

. Black Mountain offers a WX channel for people who wish to tune in on radios to hear the weather; the channel is located on VHF frequency 162.4000 MHz. Black Mountain is home to one of the largest remaining tracts of the threatened

Engelmann oak ''Quercus engelmannii'', the Engelmann oak or Pasadena oak, is a species of oak in the white oak section (''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus''), native to Southern California and northwestern Baja California, Mexico. Description ''Quercus engelmannii'' ...

''(Quercus engelmannii)''.

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* Mountains of San Diego County, California Mountains of Southern California Cleveland National Forest {{SanDiegoCountyCA-geo-stub