Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain rises to 386 m in New York. Preston Hill stands 442 m to the northeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is West Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Dutchess County, New York, United States.
Wikidata Q34803402, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 386 m
How to reach it
- 24.3 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- White Dot · 27 mi
- Pinnacle Rock · 29 mi
- Sentinel Rock · 29 mi
- Hayes Lookout · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- West Mountain State Forest: 2.5 mi
- Leather Hill Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Friends of Great Swamp: 3.8 mi
- Pawling Nature Reserve: 4.0 mi
- Herrick Preserve: 5.5 mi
- West Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Dennis Hill: 0.8 mi
- Sawmill Hill: 1.1 mi
- East Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Waldo Hill: 2.4 mi
- Charcoal Hearth: 5.1 mi
- Lois Batchelder: 7.7 mi
- Jim Hulton: 8.2 mi
- Mill Ruins: 13.3 mi
- World War Memorial Park: 15.1 mi
- Town of Dover: 3.3 mi
- Towne Center Park: 4.5 mi
- Tymor Park: 4.7 mi
- Ketcham Park: 5.9 mi
- Edward R Murrow Park: 6.4 mi
- Northrop House: 8.2 mi
- Sloane-Stanley Museum: 9.2 mi
- New Milford Historical Society Museum: 11.8 mi
- HarryBrooke Park Museum: 13.3 mi
- Institute for American Indian Studies: 15.3 mi
- Sherman Town Beach: 8.7 mi
- Holiday Point Community Beach: 9.1 mi
- Pine Ledge: 11.1 mi
- North Beach: 14.5 mi
- South Beach: 14.9 mi
- Innisfree Garden: 9.9 mi
- Personal Gardens: 10.9 mi
- Judea Garden: 14.4 mi
- Shakespeare Garden: 14.7 mi
- Vassar College Community Gardens: 14.7 mi
- Dover Stone Church: 5.5 mi
- Watchtower Educational Center: 11.4 mi
- New Milford Tank: 11.9 mi
- wings castle: 13.0 mi
- Indian village: 15.3 mi
- Quaker Brook Falls: 10.2 mi
- Upper Falls: 11.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 11.3 mi
- Kent Falls: 13.0 mi
- New Preston Falls: 13.3 mi
- Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 17.1 mi
- Dutchess County Map: 17.1 mi
- Mitchell Gate: 17.7 mi
- Sojourner Truth Statue: 18.0 mi
- Frankiln Delano Roosevelt: 18.2 mi
- Pine Ledge: 7.5 mi
- Grand Staircase: 7.9 mi
- Kelly Slide: 9.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.5 mi
- Kaal Rock: 17.2 mi
- Stormville Rest Area: 9.6 mi
- East Fishkill Rest Area: 9.7 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 19.3 mi
- Dicktown: 15.2 mi
- Dudley Town: 16.9 mi
- Bulls Bridge Road: 5.4 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 15.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Hill | NE 55° | 442 m | 6.0 mi |
| North Preston Hill | NE 50° | 441 m | 6.6 mi |
| Clove Mountain | WNW 296° | 426 m | 4.6 mi |
| Chapel Pond Hill | NE 55° | 426 m | 6.9 mi |
| Dennis Hill | WSW 245° | 416 m | 0.8 mi |
| Observatory Hill | SE 143° | 405 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Egbert | SSW 212° | 405 m | 7.8 mi |
| Schaghticoke Mountain | ENE 69° | 404 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:43 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stormville, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357546145
Day trips start here
- Putnam County · 17 mi
- Cold Spring · 24 mi
- Highlands · 29 mi
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