Black Hill (California)

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Black Hill
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Black Hill.
Highest point
Elevation 663 ft (202 m) NAVD 88 [1]
Coordinates 35°21′31″N120°49′54″W / 35.358558325°N 120.831674953°W / 35.358558325; -120.831674953 [1]
Geography
Black Hill (California)
Location Morro Bay, California
Parent range Santa Lucia Range
Topo map Morro Bay South
Geology
Rock age 20 million years
Mountain type Volcanic plug

Black Hill is a mountain situated in Morro Bay, California, part of Morro Bay State Park. It is one of a series of volcanic plugs called the Nine Sisters.

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Monterey Pine forest

There is a forest of Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata) trees on Black Hill, called Fleming's Forest, planted by John Fleming, a park superintendent. Fleming was working on another project and ordered twice as many trees as he needed, thinking that he would not get his entire order. Nevertheless, he received it in full and used the surplus on Black Hill. [2]

Many of the trees have died or are dying from pine pitch canker, a fungal disease which also threatens the Monterey pine's remnant native groves in Cambria and on the Monterey Peninsula. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Black Hill Reset". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce . Retrieved 2009-07-01.
  2. ↑ "Black Hill". Morro Bay. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
  3. ↑ "The Nine Sisters of San Luis Obispo County". Santa Lucia Chapter, Sierra Club. Archived from the original on 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
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