Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 404 m in Texas. Pyramid Rock stands 531 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Backbone Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Texas Hill Country Trail passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Texas, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31693359, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 404 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Texas Hill Country Trail
Overlooks nearby
- 1000ft overlook of Inks Lake · 5 mi
- Sunset Deck · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fisher - Miller Grant: 2.2 mi
- Longhorn Caverns: 2.7 mi
- Longhorn Cavern Administration Building: 2.8 mi
- Antlers Hotel: 3.3 mi
- The Tobey Community Cemetery: 3.4 mi
- Backbone Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Little Sandy Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Slaughter Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Sandy Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Long Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Longhorn Cavern State Park: 2.8 mi
- Granite Shoals Park: 3.8 mi
- Packsaddle Elementary School Playground: 3.8 mi
- Inks Lake State Park: 5.9 mi
- Kelly A F B Recreation Area: 6.5 mi
- Williams Spring: 2.4 mi
- Fourmile Spring: 9.4 mi
- Flatrock Spring: 11.4 mi
- Boiling Springs: 15.4 mi
- Trough Spring: 15.5 mi
- Devils Waterhole: 6.6 mi
- Black Rock: 8.8 mi
- Rocky Point: 10.3 mi
- White Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Red Bluff: 15.5 mi
- CCC Museum: 2.8 mi
- The Falls Museum: 7.5 mi
- Highland Lakes Squadron - Commemorative Air Force: 10.4 mi
- Fort Croghan Museum: 11.1 mi
- Burnet County Historical Jail: 11.6 mi
- Dead Man's Hole: 11.1 mi
- Hill Country Overlook: 24.9 mi
- River Overlook: 25.0 mi
- Mormon Mill: 8.8 mi
- Click: 13.1 mi
- Hidden Falls Water Falls and Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Rock | W 264° | 531 m | 15.9 mi |
| Dancer Peak | W 274° | 525 m | 13.5 mi |
| Howell Mountain | SSW 197° | 504 m | 15.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | S 184° | 491 m | 14.2 mi |
| Potato Hill | NNE 30° | 484 m | 12.4 mi |
| Riley Mountains | WSW 257° | 484 m | 13.6 mi |
| Round Mountain | S 177° | 480 m | 13.9 mi |
| Watson Mountain | WSW 248° | 479 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:14 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:32 | 20:05 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 17:01 | 17:37 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 84 | 84 | 78 | 69 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burnet Muni AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1351450 — Bald Knob, Burnet County, Texas.
OpenStreetMap element node/356728742
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