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Bald Mountain

Bald Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Mountain rises to 3,455 m in Colorado. North Arapaho Peak stands 4,100 m to the northwest, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Klondike Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Colorado River Headwaters passes 18 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Boulder County, Colorado, United States

Wikidata Q49010001, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3455 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.99443, -105.61083

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions
  • Caribou Street: 5.5 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 5.5 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 5.6 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 5.6 mi
  • Peak-to-Peak Highway: 5.7 mi
Parks
  • Nederland Community Library Area: 5.7 mi
  • Chipeta Park: 6.0 mi
  • Private Pond: 7.6 mi
  • Idlewild Park: 10.1 mi
  • Mountain Man Park: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 59
  • Overhung Wall: 7.9 mi
  • Surprising Crag: 7.9 mi
  • Clocktower: 8.0 mi
  • The Visor: 8.0 mi
  • Castle Rock: 8.3 mi
Artworks: 40
  • Jane Dragon: 5.7 mi
  • Cloud Busters: 10.5 mi
  • Repurposing the Globe: 11.0 mi
  • Peche: 11.0 mi
  • Tempus: 11.1 mi
Historic sites: 37
  • Magic Schoolbus: 6.2 mi
  • Rock Creek Ski Area (Historical): 11.6 mi
  • Wallstreet Gold Extraction Company Mill: 11.9 mi
  • Mason Memorial: 12.5 mi
  • Abandoned Steamroller: 12.7 mi
Museums: 28
Waterfalls: 26
  • Boulder Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Calypso Cascades: 13.9 mi
  • Ouzel Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Upper Copeland Falls: 14.6 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Mount Alto Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
  • Rose Crown: 10.5 mi
  • Fox Den: 10.8 mi
  • Bootleg Bottom Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
  • Ole Barn Knoll Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
Gardens: 14
  • Fortune Community Garden: 17.0 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 17.5 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Foothills Community Garden: 17.7 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 5
  • Crystal Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Lookout Springs: 21.4 mi
  • Arapaho Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Wilson Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Jacob Spring: 24.1 mi
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Arapaho PeakNW 317°4,100 m3.0 mi
Apache PeakNNW 334°4,097 m4.9 mi
Navajo PeakNNW 335°4,087 m4.5 mi
South Arapaho PeakNW 310°4,067 m2.7 mi
Mount AudubonN 358°4,026 m7.2 mi
Kiowa PeakN 349°4,010 m3.8 mi
Arikaree PeakNNW 338°4,008 m3.9 mi
Old BaldyNW 318°3,974 m2.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3519:5520:35
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:2215:5816:41

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202026313949555346362720
Precip in2.72.83.74.83.82.03.02.52.02.22.32.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder 14 W, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358916472

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