Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 3,085 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the north, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Rosebud, a peak 1.2 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 5.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Carbon County, Montana, United States of America
Wikidata Q49009885, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3085 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 10.7 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Pilot & Index · 8 mi
- Crazy Creek · 9 mi
- Falls · 11 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Rosebud: 1.2 mi
- Mount Dewey: 1.9 mi
- Oxide Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Middle Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Summit Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Impasse Falls: 3.5 mi
- Crazy Creek Falls: 9.4 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 13.4 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 13.8 mi
- Calamity Falls: 14.2 mi
- Warm Creek Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Soda Butte Creek: 17.5 mi
- Reef Creek: 19.7 mi
- Cathedral Cliffs: 20.1 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 23.5 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 24.3 mi
- Willow Park: 7.9 mi
- Cooke City Historical Marker: 9.3 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 12.3 mi
- Soda Butte Cone: 22.6 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 8.4 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 8.7 mi
- Gallery Dan Hartman: 10.6 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 18.8 mi
- Absaroka–Beartooth Wilderness: 19.6 mi
- Wahb spring: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | N 351° | 3,903.5 m | 5.8 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | NNW 348° | 3,882 m | 6.2 mi |
| Castle Mountain | E 80° | 3,842 m | 7.8 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | E 86° | 3,821 m | 9.8 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | N 359° | 3,791 m | 6.0 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | E 79° | 3,785 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Peal | N 8° | 3,778 m | 5.6 mi |
| Beartooth Mountain | E 97° | 3,763 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:53 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:25 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:52 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 18 | 25 | 32 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 55 | 47 | 36 | 23 | 13 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Silver Gate, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357923659
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