Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain rises to 2,208 m in California. Double Rock stands 2,982 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Interpretive Center, a museum 4.0 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tuolumne County, California, United States (Geonames ID 5325807)
Wikidata Q35725414, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2208 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 6 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 17 mi
- Lembert Dome · 24 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunrise Peak: 4.2 mi
- Ackerson Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Bear Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Smith Peak: 5.8 mi
- Ascension Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Carlon Falls: 4.6 mi
- Preston Falls: 5.4 mi
- Tueeulala Falls: 7.6 mi
- Wapama Falls: 7.9 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 8.2 mi
- Pilot Peak Spring: 9.6 mi
- Black Spring: 11.7 mi
- Fern Spring: 11.8 mi
- Shingle Spring: 12.0 mi
- Moss Spring: 12.0 mi
- Interpretive Center: 4.0 mi
- Nature Museum: 4.0 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Museum: 12.6 mi
- Indian Village: 13.2 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 13.3 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 10.3 mi
- Rockslides: 11.4 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 13.0 mi
- Profile Cliff: 14.1 mi
- The Fissures: 14.2 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 4.8 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- El Portal Park: 12.4 mi
- Greeley Hill County Park: 18.5 mi
- Red Cloud: 19.9 mi
- Groveland Sports Complex: 23.8 mi
- Midpines Park: 23.8 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 6.1 mi
- Merced Grove: 7.8 mi
- Valley View Parking: 11.7 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 11.7 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 12.5 mi
- John Muir: 13.1 mi
- World Heritage Site: 13.3 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 14.5 mi
- Women's Club Building: 14.6 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 18.3 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 18.4 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 21.8 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 22.4 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 22.4 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 13.5 mi
- Dedication Garden: 18.4 mi
- Cat Town: 21.9 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double Rock | ENE 75° | 2,982 m | 12.3 mi |
| Colby Mountain | ENE 74° | 2,938 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mahan Peak | NNE 23° | 2,735 m | 14.8 mi |
| Tiltill Mountain | NNE 30° | 2,733 m | 13.7 mi |
| Rancheria Mountain | NE 54° | 2,732 m | 12.3 mi |
| Andrews Peak | NNE 25° | 2,611 m | 14.1 mi |
| Indian Rock | ESE 111° | 2,592 m | 14.0 mi |
| Boundary Hill | SE 125° | 2,575 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 6.9 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 7.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yosemite Village 12 W, 7 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yosemite National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 256458 — Bald Mountain, Tuolumne County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796709
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 15 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 16 mi
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