Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain rises to 539 m in Connecticut. Bradford Mountain stands 584 m to the west-southwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is The Nature Conservancy Zweig (Easement), a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
Wikidata Q31807566, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 539 m
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 22.4 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- College Hill: 0.8 mi
- East Bald Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Brown Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Barry Hill: 3.0 mi
- Wood Creek Pond Boat Launch: 1.4 mi
- North Green: 1.8 mi
- Norfolk Historic District: 2.7 mi
- Bigelow Park: 3.1 mi
- Beckley Furnace Industrial Park: 4.1 mi
- World War I Memorial: 2.4 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 3.6 mi
- Dough Boy: 5.7 mi
- Battlesite Monument: 12.0 mi
- Meeting House Site, 1740s-1795: 12.3 mi
- Norfolk Historical Society Museum: 2.8 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 5.8 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 5.8 mi
- Colebrook Historical Society: 6.7 mi
- Sheffield Historical Society: 9.1 mi
- Campbell Falls: 1.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 2.4 mi
- Colebrook Falls: 6.6 mi
- Beulah Falls: 6.9 mi
- Pothole Falls: 7.2 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 4.1 mi
- Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 9.5 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 9.7 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 9.9 mi
- Lighthouse cemetery: 12.3 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 13.3 mi
- Naked Lady: 15.2 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 15.2 mi
- Divine Mercy: 18.6 mi
- The Twelfth Station - Jesus Dies Upon the Cross: 18.7 mi
- The Beech: 8.2 mi
- Space Invaders: 8.2 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 8.2 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 8.2 mi
- Acorn Face: 8.2 mi
- Heritage Garden: 12.5 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 18.8 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 19.8 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 20.0 mi
- Southwick Community Garden: 21.1 mi
- Holland Beach: 9.9 mi
- County Beach: 13.7 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 19.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 22.2 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 23.5 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 10.5 mi
- Big Spring: 12.1 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 13.2 mi
- Hermit spring: 13.7 mi
- Questing: 6.8 mi
- Dudley Town: 16.7 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 12.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Mountain | WSW 237° | 584 m | 4.7 mi |
| Abbey Hill | NNE 21° | 544 m | 8.3 mi |
| Cowles Hill | NNE 28° | 537 m | 5.9 mi |
| Dry Hill | N 353° | 531 m | 8.1 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | SW 215° | 528 m | 5.9 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | SSW 208° | 521 m | 4.4 mi |
| East Bald Mountain | ENE 77° | 519 m | 0.9 mi |
| Higley Hill | NNE 32° | 518 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:50 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359259766
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 10 mi
- Monterey · 10 mi
- Otis · 13 mi
- Great Barrington · 14 mi
- Blandford · 18 mi
- Lee · 19 mi
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