Bald Point
Bald Point is a cliff in Iowa, at a recorded elevation of 245 m. Heer Hill stands 279 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Wantea Point, a cliff 3.0 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.1 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 245 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 8.1 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
- 7.8 mi off the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, National
- 20.0 mi off the Grant Wood Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- The Stone Tower · 6 mi
- Indian Head Rock · 9 mi
- Twin Sisters · 9 mi
- Lookout Point · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bulger's Hollow: 3.4 mi
- Camp Miss-Elk-Ton: 3.8 mi
- Ayers Sand Prairie State Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Bill Cotton Park: 5.8 mi
- Driscoll's Island: 5.9 mi
- Simpson's Prairie: 3.0 mi
- Thomson Prairie: 4.1 mi
- Thomson - Fulton Sand Prairie Nature Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Mickelson's Landing: 5.4 mi
- Heritage Canyon Park: 7.5 mi
- Thomson Depot Museum: 3.9 mi
- Soaring Eagle Nature Center: 6.4 mi
- Savanna Train Car Museum: 7.3 mi
- Heritage Canyon: 7.5 mi
- Savanna Museum and Cultural Center: 7.6 mi
- The Stone Tower: 6.3 mi
- Elijah Buell Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Savanna Veterans Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Historic ruins: 9.6 mi
- Curtis Mansion: 10.0 mi
- Living, Flowing, Ever Changing: 22.6 mi
- Bellevue War Mural: 22.8 mi
- Bellevue Lions: 22.8 mi
- Bellevue Lions: 22.8 mi
- Young Corn: 22.9 mi
- Heer Hill: 16.0 mi
- Lost Mound: 16.2 mi
- South Bluff: 22.2 mi
- North Bluff: 23.3 mi
- Thunderbolt Hill: 24.0 mi
- Havencrest Castle: 7.6 mi
- Point Rock: 12.4 mi
- Old Galena Bridge: 12.6 mi
- Bickelhaupt Arboretum: 10.3 mi
- Bellevue State Park Butterfly Garden: 22.2 mi
- Fireman's Memorial Garden: 22.6 mi
- Wantea Point: 3.0 mi
- South Bluff: 22.1 mi
- South Beach: 5.1 mi
- Santa Fe Beach: 9.9 mi
- Pavilion: 10.1 mi
- Wilderness Woods Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Cedar Spring: 19.6 mi
- Plum Creek Spring: 21.2 mi
- Daggett: 10.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bald Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heer Hill | N 357° | 279 m | 16.0 mi |
| South Bluff | NW 325° | 264.5 m | 22.2 mi |
| North Bluff | NW 325° | 261 m | 23.3 mi |
| Lost Mound | NNW 340° | 251 m | 16.2 mi |
| Thunderbolt Hill | SSE 157° | 194 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:36 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:58 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:48 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 25 | 37 | 50 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fulton L&D #13, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/354295141
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