Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain rises to 717 m in Maine. Mount Blue stands 973 m to the north, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain Lot Public Reserved Land, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Franklin County, Maine, United States (Geonames ID 4957219).
Wikidata Q33136435, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 717 m
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Rangeley Lakes Scenic Byway, National
- 24.0 mi off the State Route 27 Scenic Byway
- 24.6 mi off the Grafton Notch Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Height of Land Scenic Overlook · 22 mi
- Shelton Noyes Scenic Overlook · 26 mi
- Table Rock · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kineowatha Park: 6.7 mi
- Bass Park: 7.1 mi
- Village View Park: 7.8 mi
- Bishop Memorial Park: 8.0 mi
- Walton's Mill Park: 9.1 mi
- Cherry Hill: 1.2 mi
- Saddleback Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Lakin Hill: 1.8 mi
- Kinneys Head: 1.9 mi
- Crockett Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Bald Mountain Lot Public Reserved Land: 0.2 mi
- Chandler Hill Conservation Easement: 3.4 mi
- Hedgehog Hill Conservation Easement: 4.3 mi
- Foothills Land Conservancy: 5.2 mi
- Flagg Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Those Who Served Us Obelisk: 9.9 mi
- Honor Roll Monument: 9.9 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 12.8 mi
- Andover Korean War and Vietnam War Memorial: 19.7 mi
- Andover World War II Memorial: 19.7 mi
- Red Schoolhouse: 9.7 mi
- State of Maine Ski Museum: 10.0 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 12.2 mi
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 12.8 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 16.0 mi
- Pauls Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Whittemore Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Shagg Crag: 17.1 mi
- Bucks Ledge: 22.7 mi
- Goss Ledge: 23.6 mi
- Leaf Sculpture: 10.1 mi
- Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox: 12.1 mi
- Fisher Man: 20.5 mi
- Gnome Home Roam Village Square: 23.9 mi
- Rome Town Beach: 24.3 mi
- Richardson's Beach: 24.4 mi
- Stinchfield Beach: 24.8 mi
- Greenwood Town Beach: 24.9 mi
- UMF Community Garden: 10.1 mi
- Rumford Community Garden: 11.6 mi
- Middle School Community Garden: 24.0 mi
- Rumford Falls: 12.1 mi
- Smalls falls: 16.7 mi
- Angel Falls: 20.0 mi
- Coos Canyon Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Mt Zircon Spring: 15.3 mi
- Light of the World Cross: 16.0 mi
- Smalls Falls: 16.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Blue | N 4° | 973 m | 5.6 mi |
| Saddleback Mountain | SSW 195° | 784 m | 1.4 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | NNE 17° | 784 m | 6.4 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | NNW 348° | 755 m | 7.3 mi |
| Pope Mountain | NNW 346° | 642 m | 8.6 mi |
| Kinneys Head | NNE 32° | 639 m | 1.9 mi |
| Gleason Mountain | NNE 28° | 633 m | 2.8 mi |
| Wilder Hill | NNE 26° | 616 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:15 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 04:57 | 19:46 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:16 | 16:04 |
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 | 16 | 18 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 24 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmington, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358211197
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- Paris · 28 mi
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