Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain rises to 3,139 m in Idaho. Calkens Peak stands 3,509 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bayhorse, a ghost town 2.6 miles away. Salmon River Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Custer County, Idaho, United States (Geonames ID 5584548)
Wikidata Q49010056, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3139 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
- 10.0 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Ramshorn Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Keystone Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Germer Park: 5.6 mi
- Blue Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Lone Pine Peak: 8.7 mi
- Challis Fish Pond: 10.6 mi
- Central Park: 11.5 mi
- Land of the Yankee Fork State Park & National Forest Historic Area: 12.6 mi
- Challis Hot Springs: 13.6 mi
- Sunbeam Hot Springs: 21.2 mi
- Show Bath Hot Springs: 21.8 mi
- McNabbs Point: 17.0 mi
- Chinese Wall: 21.4 mi
- Eagle Rock: 24.0 mi
- Bruno Cabin Ruins: 5.8 mi
- Parker Mill: 19.1 mi
- CHS: 11.3 mi
- Painted Rock: 11.4 mi
- Challis Bridge Recreation Site: 10.0 mi
- Custer Museum: 17.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calkens Peak | SW 219° | 3,509.162 m | 22.1 mi |
| Lee Peak | SW 218° | 3,457.956 m | 23.1 mi |
| Lonesome Lake Peak | SSW 213° | 3,445 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Andrus | SW 215° | 3,438.144 m | 23.2 mi |
| White Cloud Peaks | SW 217° | 3,438 m | 23.3 mi |
| WCP-9 | SW 218° | 3,432.962 m | 22.5 mi |
| Pavlos Peak | ESE 104° | 3,386.023 m | 23.2 mi |
| Grouse Creek Mountain | E 90° | 3,378.7 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:12 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:41 | 21:26 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:11 | 16:14 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 27 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 45 | 31 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Challis AP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358653978
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