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Black Mountain (near Los Altos, California)
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Black Mountain is a summit on Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains of west Santa Clara County, California, south of Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, and west of Cupertino; it is within the Palo Alto city limits though not near the developed part of the city.[2] It is located on the border between Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve and Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, with the summit located in the former. Early Spanish explorers commonly named tree- or chaparral-covered summits which look black in the distance Loma Prieta, from the Spanish (loma-hill, prieta-dark).[3] The Spanish also called the middle portion of the Santa Cruz Mountains the Sierra Morena meaning (morena-brunette, sierra-mountain range), extending from Half Moon Bay Road (California State Route 92) south to a gap at Lexington Reservoir, and which includes a summit called Sierra Morena.[4][5][6] There are over 100 "Black Mountains" in California.[7]
Black Mountain | |
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![]() View of the Santa Cruz Mountains from the summit of Black Mountain on a cloudy day | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,812 ft (857 m) NAVD 88[1] |
Coordinates | 37°19′08″N 122°08′51″W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Santa Clara County, California United States |
Parent range | Santa Cruz Mountains |
Topo map | USGS Mindego Hill |