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Bald Mountain

Bald Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Mountain rises to 1,016 m in California. Duckwall Mountain stands 1,775 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Telegraph Hill, a peak 1.7 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tuolumne County, California, United States (Geonames ID 5325808)

Wikidata Q35725422, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1016 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.00826, -120.36297

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 49
Springs: 33
  • Gold Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Vine Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Lord Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Alder Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Ruby Hill Spring: 10.1 mi
Museums: 12
Historic sites: 11
  • Springfield Armory/School/Store: 2.9 mi
  • Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 3.2 mi
  • Vallecito Western Mine: 9.5 mi
  • Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail - Chinese Camp: 10.2 mi
  • Murphys: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 8.2 mi
  • Heron Point Day Use: 8.5 mi
  • Moccasin Point: 12.6 mi
  • Remote Camp: 17.1 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Dunn Court Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Lake Lodge Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Beach 1: 23.8 mi
  • Beach 2: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Gardens: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 7.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Scoutmaster Grotto: 19.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Duckwall MountainESE 102°1,775 m13.5 mi
Marble MountainE 85°1,665 m12.8 mi
Crandall PeakNE 49°1,664 m15.8 mi
Mount LewisE 80°1,661 m11.1 mi
Thompson PeakE 92°1,607 m16.0 mi
Elizabeth PeakENE 59°1,486 m7.3 mi
Mount ProvoE 88°1,479 m8.5 mi
Mount KnightNNE 31°1,458 m12.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:4019:4920:28
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1516:0516:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444650536168757469605044
Precip in6.35.55.43.01.50.30.00.10.21.63.25.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sonora, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358796711

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