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Bald Mountain

Bald Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Mountain rises to 2,518 m in California. Eagle Peak stands 3,016 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Barrel Springs Back Country Byway passes 14 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Modoc County, California, United States (Geonames ID 5559158)

Wikidata Q49009989, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2518 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.60989, -120.26995

67 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
Springs: 24
  • Applegate Hot Springs: 8.5 mi
  • Leonard's Hot Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Glenn's Hot Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Juniper Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 16.2 mi
Parks: 4
  • Chimney Rock Historical Monument: 9.4 mi
  • Alturas Park: 16.6 mi
  • Rotary Youth Park: 16.7 mi
  • Warner Street Park: 17.1 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Fortynine Camp: 17.9 mi
  • Vya: 21.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 1
Museums: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Mill Creek Falls: 22.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Modoc Natural Bridge: 24.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakS 171°3,016 m22.8 mi
Warren PeakS 171°2,950 m16.2 mi
Dusenbury PeakSSE 167°2,768 m18.8 mi
Cole PeakSSE 167°2,723 m23.6 mi
Milk PeakSSE 169°2,623 m13.5 mi
Mount VidaN 6°2,500 m22.5 mi
Cedar MountainS 186°2,476 m1.5 mi
Yellow MountainN 8°2,460 m24.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:2819:5720:40
September equinox06:4918:2319:00
December solstice07:2515:5016:35

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333641465564737163513931
Precip in1.71.21.51.41.30.70.20.20.30.91.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cedarville, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358761367

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