Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain rises to 1,247 m in California. Flagpole Point stands 2,413 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugar Spring, a spring 3.3 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Calaveras County, California, United States (Geonames ID 5325812).
Wikidata Q35725142, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,247 m
How to reach it
- 11.7 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 17 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Devils Nose: 3.3 mi
- Buck Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Fort Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Mount Crossman: 5.8 mi
- Blue Mountain: 6.8 mi
- West Point State Historic Landmark: 4.8 mi
- Sandy Gulch State Historic Landmark: 5.5 mi
- Sandy Gulch Field Baseball Park: 5.6 mi
- Salt Springs State Game Refuge: 8.5 mi
- Soldiers Memorial Park: 10.3 mi
- Sugar Spring: 3.3 mi
- Canzatti Spring: 4.9 mi
- Liddicoat Spring: 9.6 mi
- Mud Spring: 10.4 mi
- Upper Mud Spring: 10.6 mi
- Chaw'se Regional Indian Museum: 10.7 mi
- Amador County Model Railroad Museum: 11.1 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 11.9 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 12.2 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 13.4 mi
- Black Chasm Cavern: 9.9 mi
- Campfire Center: 12.2 mi
- Big Stump: 12.3 mi
- Leoni House: 13.7 mi
- California Caverns: 15.4 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 3: 18.3 mi
- Flume Tressel Piers: 18.4 mi
- Massa Tunnel: 18.4 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 2: 18.4 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 1: 18.4 mi
- Oak Leaf: 14.3 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 24.0 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 12.6 mi
- McKays Point: 14.5 mi
- Bloods Point: 21.4 mi
- Machado Postpile: 25.0 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 14.4 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 16.2 mi
- Middle Bar: 18.6 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 20.0 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flagpole Point | E 81° | 2,413 m | 18.2 mi |
| Alder Hill | NE 37° | 2,359 m | 18.3 mi |
| Leek Spring Hill | NNE 32° | 2,323 m | 17.1 mi |
| Liberty Hill | E 101° | 2,302 m | 18.9 mi |
| Peddler Hill | NE 42° | 2,175 m | 14.6 mi |
| Shovel Grave | ENE 72° | 2,036 m | 13.9 mi |
| Iron Mountain | NNE 13° | 1,902 m | 20.2 mi |
| Blue Mountain | SE 141° | 1,835 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:04 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 9.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358796714
Day trips start here
- Placerville · 29 mi
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