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Bald Knob

Bald Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Knob rises to 233 m in Ohio. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Lick Run Greenway, a park 0.5 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States of America

Wikidata Q34810324, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
233 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.12173, -84.54744

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lick Run Greenway: 0.5 mi
  • Saint Clair Heights Park: 0.6 mi
  • Dyer Park: 0.9 mi
  • Carll Street Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
  • North Fairmount Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens: 60
Museums: 51
Nature reserves: 44
Peaks: 32
Picnic sites: 29
  • Area 23: 3.0 mi
  • Area 22, Furnas Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Area 26: 3.2 mi
  • Area 19, Stone Steps: 3.3 mi
  • Area 30, McFarlan Woods: 3.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Lower Buckeye Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Buckeye Falls: 13.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 15.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rumpke MountainNNW 346°319 m11.0 mi
Elkhorn HillNW 312°308 m24.3 mi
New Trenton HillNW 306°287 m22.5 mi
Harrison HillWNW 297°284 m18.5 mi
Harrison HillWNW 300°279 m18.4 mi
Heitsmanns HillNNW 349°274 m20.0 mi
Snow HillNW 311°274 m22.2 mi
Whites HillWNW 298°273 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1519:50
June solstice06:1320:2821:08
September equinox07:2719:0219:37
December solstice07:5516:3717:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303342546472757468564434
Precip in3.63.24.54.95.24.94.33.53.33.53.44.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cheviot, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1059470 — Bald Knob, Hamilton County, Ohio.

OpenStreetMap element node/357454327

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