Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 605 m in New Hampshire. Mount Cardigan stands 956 m to the southwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Crosby Mountain State Park, a park 0.2 miles away. River Heritage Tour passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States of America (GNIS ID = 865350).
Wikidata Q34808211, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 605 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the River Heritage Tour
- 6.7 mi off the Lakes Region Tour
- 17.5 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 21.5 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Post Pond Overlook · 18 mi
- Balch Hill · 22 mi
- Sunset Viewing Spot · 23 mi
- Norman Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 5.8 Crag: 4.8 mi
- Meadows Left: 4.8 mi
- Meadows Center: 4.8 mi
- Meadows Right: 4.8 mi
- The Cafe: 4.9 mi
- Crosby Mountain State Park: 0.2 mi
- Everett Hobart Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
- Sculptured Rocks Geologic Site: 2.5 mi
- Polar Caves Park: 3.8 mi
- Rumney Town Common: 5.0 mi
- Mount Crosby: 0.3 mi
- Tenney Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Fletcher Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Rolfe Hill: 1.7 mi
- Tenney Hill: 1.8 mi
- Cockermouth Forest: 0.9 mi
- Arthur S. Flint Memorial Forest: 1.9 mi
- Hebron Town Forest: 2.0 mi
- Hebron Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.7 mi
- John K. Gemmill Forest: 2.7 mi
- Avery-Crouse Beach: 8.9 mi
- Canaan Street Lake Beach: 12.1 mi
- Goose Pond Dam Beach: 13.9 mi
- Goose Pond Park Beach: 13.9 mi
- South Beach: 14.2 mi
- Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 6.7 mi
- #19 / Enigmatic Dream: 16.7 mi
- #28 / South of the Border in Koyoto: 16.7 mi
- #14 / White: 16.7 mi
- #24 / Snowy Owl: 16.7 mi
- Former Remick Place: 0.9 mi
- Former Hall Place: 4.9 mi
- The Frost House: 6.6 mi
- Bobcat Boulder: 6.7 mi
- The Common: 6.7 mi
- Sculptured Rocks: 2.6 mi
- Welton Falls: 5.7 mi
- Elizabeth Falls: 7.2 mi
- Livermore Falls: 8.3 mi
- Waternomee Falls: 11.4 mi
- Museum of the White Mountains: 6.5 mi
- Whipple House: 9.6 mi
- Squam Lakes Natural Science Center: 11.4 mi
- Canaan Historical Museum: 12.1 mi
- Shaker Museum: 18.2 mi
- Cardigan Mountain State Park: 8.5 mi
- Redstone Rocket: 13.8 mi
- Monkey Trunks Weirs Beach: 18.8 mi
- Weirs Beach Go-Kart Track: 18.9 mi
- Funspot: 18.9 mi
- Peace Garden: 6.7 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 21.6 mi
- Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- Canillas Community Garden: 22.4 mi
- Life Sciences Greenhouse: 23.3 mi
- Campton Day Use Area: 13.5 mi
- Goose Pond Park Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Hippy Hill: 14.5 mi
- Fay Waside Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Area 1: 22.7 mi
- Edgell Covered Bridge: 19.7 mi
- Cillryville Bridge: 21.1 mi
- Union Village Covered Bridge: 22.1 mi
- Sayre Bridge: 22.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 6.9 mi
- Breck-Plankey Spring: 9.6 mi
- Elliott Spring: 23.1 mi
- Sanbornton Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Springfield Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cardigan | SW 220° | 956 m | 7.5 mi |
| Firescrew | SW 221° | 934 m | 7.1 mi |
| Stinson Mountain | NNE 15° | 878 m | 7.3 mi |
| Cardigan South Peak | SW 218° | 865 m | 7.7 mi |
| Cardigan Rimrock | SW 219° | 851 m | 8.0 mi |
| Orange Mountain | SW 214° | 782 m | 8.3 mi |
| Crane Mountain | SSW 209° | 727 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mowglis Mountain | SW 222° | 720 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:26 | 16:14 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 21 | 30 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 865350 — Bald Knob, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357717513
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