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Bald Mountain

Bald Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Mountain rises to 757 m in New York. Mount Greylock stands 1,063 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is White Rock, a peak 0.8 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 2.9 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Rensselaer County, New York, United States.

Wikidata Q34803428, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
757 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.76480, -73.28372

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Broad Brook Park: 4.9 mi
  • Field Park: 5.1 mi
  • Science Quad: 5.4 mi
  • Currier Quad: 5.6 mi
  • Denison Park: 5.6 mi
Historic sites: 57
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 38
Waterfalls: 25
  • Haley Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Money Brook Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Hoosick Falls: 10.1 mi
  • March Cataract Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Deer Hill Falls: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Grandfather Rock: 7.9 mi
  • Sentinels: 8.2 mi
  • Mountain Coaster: 14.5 mi
  • Uncle Sam's Grave: 19.5 mi
  • Antique Truck: 19.6 mi
Gardens: 16
  • Buxton Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Troy Botanical Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Meditation Gardens: 18.7 mi
  • Tenth Street Community Garden: 20.1 mi
  • Ninth Street Community Garden: 20.1 mi
Artworks: 15
  • Thomas Schütte Crystal: 5.2 mi
  • Jenny Holzer Benches: 5.3 mi
  • The Owl: 7.1 mi
  • The Wind Chimes: 7.6 mi
  • Seth Warner Statue: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
Beaches: 5
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GreylockSE1,063 m10.6 mi
Saddle Ball MountainSSE985 m11.3 mi
Mount FitchSE945 m9.8 mi
Houghton MountainENE939 m10.7 mi
Mount WilliamsSE901 m9.2 mi
Scrub HillENE883 m9.3 mi
Spruce HillENE858 m9.9 mi
Berlin MountainS853 m5.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1619:5320:36
September equinox06:4118:1518:52
December solstice07:2115:3716:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332445664696760493828

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pownal 1 NE, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357546197

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