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Bald Mountain

Bald Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Mountain rises to 967 m in California. Pilot Peak stands 1,826 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Greeley Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 16 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Mariposa County, California, United States.

Wikidata Q35725207, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
967 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.72604, -120.16435

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 34
Springs: 20
  • Morning Star Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Walton Cabin Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Fremont Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Pilot Peak Spring: 13.3 mi
  • McNulty Spring: 13.5 mi
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 10
  • Miner’s Camp: 8.4 mi
  • Fremont’s Fort: 9.8 mi
  • Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail - Chinese Camp: 17.7 mi
  • Tuolumne Gold Dredge: 18.3 mi
  • Old Crimea House: 18.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
Ghost towns: 6
Picnic sites: 6
  • Remote Camp: 8.6 mi
  • Moccasin Point: 11.8 mi
  • Carlon Day Use Area: 17.6 mi
  • Indian Flat Day Use: 17.9 mi
  • Red Bud Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
Attractions: 6
Beaches: 3
  • Lake Lodge Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Dunn Court Beach: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Red Hills: 18.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot PeakENE1,826 m12.7 mi
Duckwall MountainN1,775 m17.0 mi
Ascension MountainENE1,604 m16.0 mi
Sawmill MountainENE1,600 m14.3 mi
Big Grizzly MountainE1,575 m14.7 mi
Trumbull PeakE1,521 m16.8 mi
Little Grizzly MountainE1,323 m13.5 mi
Bullion KnobSSE1,297 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:4019:4720:27
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:1316:0516:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424448515967747367584841
Precip in7.26.96.33.02.20.40.00.10.32.13.56.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland 2, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358804147

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