Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain rises to 153 m in California. Mount Zion stands 899 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Opal Hill, a peak 4.5 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Calaveras County, California, United States (Geonames ID 5325770).
Wikidata Q35725134, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 153 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Opal Hill: 4.5 mi
- Sugarloaf: 5.9 mi
- South Hill: 6.6 mi
- Valley Springs Peak: 7.7 mi
- Siberia: 8.6 mi
- Jenny Lind State Historic Landmark: 5.2 mi
- Valley Springs Memorial Park: 7.3 mi
- Valley Springs State Historic Landmark: 7.6 mi
- Wrinkle Cove Day Use Area: 8.0 mi
- Fiddleneck Day Use Area: 8.5 mi
- Calaveras County Historical Museum: 15.2 mi
- Preston Castle: 15.4 mi
- World of Wonders Science Museum: 17.5 mi
- Amador County Museum: 17.6 mi
- San Joaquin County Historical Museum: 17.8 mi
- Iron Ivan: 14.9 mi
- Flume Tressel Piers: 18.2 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 3: 18.2 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 2: 18.3 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 1: 18.3 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 15.8 mi
- Japanese Garden: 18.0 mi
- University Park World Peace Rose Garden: 21.8 mi
- Marjorie Webster Williams Rose Garden: 22.3 mi
- Southwest Courtyard: 22.4 mi
- Omega Cellars: 12.6 mi
- Skydive Lodi Parachute Center: 17.6 mi
- Kennedy Gold Mine: 18.3 mi
- Sutter Gold Mine: 20.2 mi
- Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 20.6 mi
- Gooseberry Spring: 17.8 mi
- Hicks Spring: 18.8 mi
- Spanish Spring: 19.1 mi
- Turners Spring: 20.3 mi
- Churchs Spring: 21.1 mi
- C Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- A Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- B Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Mallard Group Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- Mokelumne Beach: 8.4 mi
- Cocklebur Beach: 19.3 mi
- Middle Bar: 15.5 mi
- Liberty: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Zion | NE 43° | 899 m | 23.8 mi |
| Bear Mountain | ESE 112° | 879 m | 21.6 mi |
| Joaquin Peak | E 89° | 854 m | 14.1 mi |
| Quiggs Mountain | ENE 71° | 843 m | 19.3 mi |
| Carmen Peak | ESE 110° | 786 m | 16.7 mi |
| Clinton Peak | NE 42° | 733 m | 22.4 mi |
| Jackson Butte | NE 42° | 701 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Ararat | E 97° | 679 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:07 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 55 | 59 | 66 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 66 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pardee, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 218586 — Bald Mountain, Calaveras County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358761331
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