Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain rises to 570 m in New York. Virgil Mountain stands 643 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Eastman Hill, a peak 2.1 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway passes 10.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tompkins County, New York, United States of America
Wikidata Q34803462, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 570 m
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Fuertes Swan Pond Overlook · 11 mi
- Taughannock Falls Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eastman Hill: 2.1 mi
- Roundtop: 2.9 mi
- Durfee Hill: 3.4 mi
- Steventown Hill: 4.2 mi
- Snyder Hill: 5.6 mi
- Eastern Heights Park: 6.9 mi
- Hungerford Heights Park: 7.2 mi
- Tudor Park: 7.2 mi
- Lane Collyer Field: 7.8 mi
- Grandview Park: 7.9 mi
- Slaterville 600 - Cornell Botanic Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Polson Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Roy H. Park Nature Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Travis Wildflower Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Conwell Tract: 6.6 mi
- Incodema: 5.1 mi
- The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 12.4 mi
- Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 13.8 mi
- Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 14.7 mi
- Rt 96 Self Storage: 15.3 mi
- Potter's Falls: 7.2 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 9.5 mi
- Triphammer Falls: 9.6 mi
- Rocky Falls: 9.7 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 9.8 mi
- Tompkins Center for History & Culture: 9.6 mi
- Sciencenter: 10.3 mi
- Spencer Historical Museum: 11.4 mi
- Newark Valley Depot Museum: 12.2 mi
- Museum of the Earth: 12.2 mi
- Muenscher Poisonous Plants Garden: 8.9 mi
- Minn's Garden: 9.3 mi
- Student Centennial Garden: 9.3 mi
- Deans Garden: 9.3 mi
- Rockwell Azalea Garden: 9.4 mi
- Andrew Dickson White Statue: 9.5 mi
- Monument of Ezra Cornell: 9.6 mi
- Birthplace of John D Rockefeller: 10.6 mi
- Bob Baker BBQ Pavilion: 15.1 mi
- SaSaNa Loft Monument: 17.0 mi
- Point O'Rocks: 7.8 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 9.1 mi
- Devils Elbow: 18.6 mi
- Owego Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- Whitney Point Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Nichols Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 9.8 mi
- Johnson City Square Deal Arch: 23.3 mi
- Tamarack Spring: 3.6 mi
- Der deutsche Strand: 10.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Mountain | NE 48° | 643 m | 15.2 mi |
| Connecticut Hill | W 280° | 638 m | 16.0 mi |
| Greek Peak | NE 46° | 637 m | 15.0 mi |
| South Hill | NE 44° | 635 m | 15.1 mi |
| Tuller Hill | NE 43° | 616 m | 17.4 mi |
| Star Stanton Hill | NNE 28° | 612 m | 7.9 mi |
| Irish Hill | WSW 252° | 599 m | 15.9 mi |
| Hammond Hill | NNE 29° | 598 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:04 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:51 | 16:37 |
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 | 23 | 24 | 31 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ithaca Cornell Univ, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357546182
Day trips start here
- Ithaca · 10 mi
- Cortland · 20 mi
- Trumansburg · 20 mi
- Eastern Finger Lakes · 25 mi
- Watkins Glen · 26 mi
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