Black Mesa, Oklahoma

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 4975 ft / 1517 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	36° 55' 55'' N, 102° 59' 52'' W 36.931838, -102.997859 (Dec Deg) 678312 E 4089183 N, Zone 13 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Oklahoma (Highest Point)
County/Second Level Region	Cimarron (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Black Mesa":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Black Mesa at SummitPost.org      Black Mesa at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for Black Mesa Oklahoma at Mountain-Forecast.com      CoHP.org Trip Report for Cimarron, OK by Carl Millsap      CoHP.org Trip Report for Cimarron, OK by Ron Tagliapietra      CoHP.org Trip Report for Cimarron, OK by Edward Earl Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Black Mesa:      United States State High Points (plus DC) (Rank #23)      U.S. State High Points (Rank #23)      CoHP High Five List (Rank #95)      Contiguous 48 U.S. State High Points (Rank #21)      United States State/Territory High Points (Rank #23)      Oklahoma County High Points (Rank #1)      Combined USA-Canada-Mexico State/Province High Points (Rank #58)      Southern USA CoHPs (Rank #37)      EPIC List - States of the USA (Rank #33) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Fifty State Summits, Guide with Maps to State Highpoints (Zumwalt)        Highpoints of the United States: A Guide to the Fifty State Summits (Holmes)        Highpoint Adventures: The Complete Guide to the 50 State Highpoints (Winger) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1989-04-23 by Greg Slayden      1991-07-22 by Dennis Stewart      1996-05-25 by Scott Surgent      1999-01-17 by Ben Lostracco      1999-03-14 by Scott Surgent      2002-09-21 by Ben Lostracco      2007-10-30 by Chad Painter (GPS Track)      2008-12-17 by Ryan Courtney      2009-05-22 by Jamie Bakken      2009-10-30 by Walter Blume      2010-08-14 by Peter Stone      2012-03-02 by Dennis Poulin (GPS Track)      2013-07-13 by Alan Barber      2014-07-13 by David Odenwalder      2014-08-21 by Rob Anthony      2015-11-22 by Laura Lion      2016-07-30 by Morris Zwick      2017-04-14 by Zackary Michek (GPS Track)      2017-06-24 by David Gambone      2017-07-04 by Gustav Sexauer      2017-09-30 by Zack Lewis (GPS Track)      2017-10-20 by Dustin Wittmier (GPS Track)      2018-01-20 by William Musser      2018-07-31 by Paul McClellan (GPS Track)      2018-08-21 by Nathan Reetz      2018-10-04 by Stephen Pardo (GPS Track)      2018-11-17 by Dan Hildebrand View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (446 total) Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Black Mesa      Elevation Ladder from Black Mesa      Prominence Ladder from Black Mesa

This beautiful granite monument atop the flat expanse of Black Mesa marks the highest spot in Oklahoma (1989-04-23).
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 0 ft/0 m   Optimistic Prominence: 13 ft/3 m   Line Parent: Black Mesa   Key Col: 4973 ft/1516 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 0.41 mi/0.66 km    Isolation Limit Point: 36.9333, -103.005 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Peak 5101  (WNW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: North America Plains Range3: Great Plains Range4: Southern Great Plains Range5: Raton Mesas
Drainage Basins	Arkansas Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Black Mesa State Park (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Kenton O36102h8 1:24,000
Route #1	Scramble Trailhead: 4350 ft/1326 m Vertical Gain: 623 ft/190 m Distance (one way): 1.2 mi/1.93 km
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Obelisk, benchmark, ammo box (with summit register) and koala on the top of Oklahoma (2010-08-14). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.

Black Mesa marker (2012-07-11). Photo by Ronald Land. Click here for larger-size photo.

Cool Marker (2012-03-03). Photo by Ken Curtis. Click here for larger-size photo.

Black Mesa Summit Trailhead (2014-10-18). Photo by John Edwards. Click here for larger-size photo.

Black Mesa switchback (2014-10-18). Photo by John Edwards. Click here for larger-size photo.

Black Mesa Oblisk! (2014-10-18). Photo by John Edwards. Click here for larger-size photo.

Highpoint #5 - summit of black mesa (2016-09-03). Photo by Kelli Allstot. Click here for larger-size photo.

summit black mesa Oklahoma high point (2017-11-25). Photo by Andy Scoggins . Click here for larger-size photo.

HP # 22 (2012-05-23). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.

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