Bald Knob
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
Named places within 25 miles
- BCPA Flight 304 Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Town of West Union: 4.2 mi
- Gaspar de Portolá Expedition Campsite: 4.2 mi
- Pulgas Water Temple: 4.6 mi
- The Sierra Club Edna Bloss Thorne Memorial: 5.8 mi
- 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
- 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
- Whale Gate: 4.1 mi
- Dialogue: 5.2 mi
- Old Barn: 5.5 mi
- Woodside Horses: 5.6 mi
- Crisantemos: 7.9 mi
- James Johnston House: 4.2 mi
- Woodside Store: 4.3 mi
- Half Moon Bay Jail: 4.9 mi
- Carriage Room Museum: 5.2 mi
- Bill and Jean Lane Education Center: 5.4 mi
- Kings Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Morena Sierra: 2.7 mi
- Skeggs Point: 2.8 mi
- Teague Hill: 3.1 mi
- Allen Lookout: 4.1 mi
- 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
- El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve (closed area): 1.7 mi
- Phleger Estate: 2.9 mi
- Huddart County Park: 3.0 mi
- Edgewood Park and Nature Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Wunderlich County Park: 4.9 mi
- McGarvey Flat: 3.0 mi
- Sequoia Youth Group Area`: 3.7 mi
- Oak Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Redwood Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- West Meadow Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Whale Bone Beach: 4.2 mi
- Cowell Ranch Beach: 4.5 mi
- Martins Beach: 4.5 mi
- Manhattan Beach: 4.7 mi
- Redondo Beach: 5.0 mi
- Butano Falls: 12.7 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 13.8 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 14.1 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 15.2 mi
- Golden Falls: 17.6 mi
- 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
- Summit Spring: 2.6 mi
- Spring source: 13.0 mi
- Travertine Springs: 17.3 mi
- Bulls Spring: 17.6 mi
- Congress Springs: 20.5 mi
- Purissima: 3.7 mi
- Stokes Landing: 16.4 mi
- Russell City: 19.9 mi
- Drawbridge: 21.0 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Tower | SE 132° | 892 m | 18.2 mi |
| Goat Rock | SE 135° | 890 m | 19.1 mi |
| Summit Rock | SE 132° | 878 m | 18.9 mi |
| Varian Peak | SE 135° | 873 m | 18.7 mi |
| Turtle Rock | SE 133° | 812 m | 15.7 mi |
| Borel Hill | SE 130° | 766 m | 11.1 mi |
| Morena Sierra | ESE 110° | 731 m | 2.7 mi |
| China Grade | SSE 152° | 719 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 54 | 49 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358780178
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