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Bald Knob

Bald Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Knob rises to 637 m in California. Lookout Tower stands 892 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve (closed area), a nature reserve 1.7 miles away.

The story

mountain in San Mateo County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q35725049, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
637 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.42358, -122.35434

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Picnic sites
Attractions
  • Long Branch Saloon and Farms: 3.7 mi
  • Arata's Pumpkin Farm: 3.8 mi
  • Lemos Farm: 4.9 mi
  • Wing Lam gravesite: 5.6 mi
  • Public Bocce Court: 8.9 mi
Gardens
  • Fruit Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Daffodil Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Dutch Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Panel Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Knot Garden: 4.0 mi
Parks
  • Filoli Estate: 4.0 mi
  • Johnson House Historic Site: 4.2 mi
  • Woodside Store: 4.3 mi
  • Pulgas Water Temple grounds: 4.6 mi
  • Smith Field Park: 4.8 mi
Artworks
Museums
Beaches: 48
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 6
  • Summit Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Summit Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Spring source: 13.0 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 17.3 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 17.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Aramai Point: 15.0 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 18.5 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 19.6 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 19.8 mi
  • Waddell Bluffs: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout TowerSE 132°892 m18.2 mi
Summit RockSE 132°878 m18.9 mi
Varian PeakSE 135°873 m18.7 mi
Black MountainESE 123°849 m13.5 mi
Turtle RockSE 133°812 m15.7 mi
Borel HillSE 130°766 m11.1 mi
Morena SierraESE 110°731 m2.7 mi
China GradeSSE 152°719 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:5019:5520:34
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2116:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505255586367717169635449

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodside Fire STN 1, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358780178

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