Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain rises to 2,700 m in Wyoming. Shirley Benchmark stands 2,792 m to the north-northwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is High Benchmark, a peak 1.0 miles away. Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway passes 17 miles off. 43 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States
Wikidata Q49010246, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2700 m
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the Seminoe to Alcova Scenic Backway
43 named places within 25 miles
- High Benchmark: 1.0 mi
- Quealy Benchmark: 2.5 mi
- Shirley Benchmark: 3.5 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Pine Hill: 7.1 mi
- Bear Park: 4.6 mi
- Headquarters Park: 6.2 mi
- Mine Disaster Memorial: 18.1 mi
- Smith Creek Rim: 11.4 mi
- Fourmile Point: 12.4 mi
- Dry Creek Rim: 16.9 mi
- Little Rock Spring: 5.7 mi
- Hanna Mine Memorial: 18.1 mi
- Shirley Basin: 20.3 mi
- Shirley Basin Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Medicine Bow Museum: 22.8 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Benchmark | NNW 331° | 2,792 m | 3.5 mi |
| Quealy Benchmark | NNW 337° | 2,791 m | 2.5 mi |
| High Benchmark | NE 46° | 2,698 m | 1.0 mi |
| Windy Hill | E 99° | 2,533 m | 11.8 mi |
| Sullivan Benchmark | ENE 75° | 2,526 m | 7.3 mi |
| Sailor Benchmark | W 275° | 2,525 m | 12.8 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | NW 310° | 2,488 m | 23.5 mi |
| The Chimneys | NW 309° | 2,475 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:04 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:53 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 26 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 70 | 69 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LEO 6 SW, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1585073 — Bald Mountain, Carbon County, Wyoming.
OpenStreetMap element node/356499007
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