Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain rises to 558 m in New York. Mount Wilcox stands 642 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Gallery, a museum 1.0 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Columbia County, United States.
Wikidata Q34803396, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 558 m
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 22.1 mi off the Mount Greylock Scenic Byway
- 28.0 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Dam Overlook Observation Platform · 15 mi
- Adams Overlook · 29 mi
- The Hopper · 29 mi
- Robinson's Point · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shepard Hill: 2.2 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 2.4 mi
- Harvey Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Tom Ball Mountain: 3.2 mi
- White Hill: 3.6 mi
- Circle Museum Sculpture Park: 1.0 mi
- Berkshire Hills Sculpture Garden: 2.4 mi
- Botham Park: 3.8 mi
- Old Maids Park: 4.6 mi
- Spencertown Public Park: 5.1 mi
- Alford Springs: 2.0 mi
- Schiffman Woods Reserve: 2.3 mi
- Hardy Parcel: 3.5 mi
- Tom Ball Mountain Reserve: 3.9 mi
- Elizabeth Woods Wildlife Conservation Easement: 4.3 mi
- St. Faustina: 7.7 mi
- St. John Paul II: 7.7 mi
- St. Francis: 7.8 mi
- Rostrum: 7.8 mi
- Butler Seat: 7.8 mi
- Gallery: 1.0 mi
- Circle Museum: 1.0 mi
- Austerlitz Historical Society: 2.0 mi
- Chesterwood Museum: 5.6 mi
- Chesterwood: 5.6 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 6.2 mi
- Naked Lady: 6.3 mi
- The Third Station - Jesus Falls the First Time: 7.7 mi
- The Second Station - Jesus Accepts His Cross: 7.7 mi
- The First Station - Jesus Is Condemned by Pilate: 7.7 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 6.7 mi
- Kennedy Cliffs: 9.7 mi
- Clover Mountain: 15.7 mi
- High Rocks: 20.6 mi
- Corps Wall: 24.8 mi
- High Falls Waterfall: 9.9 mi
- Bash Bish Falls: 11.4 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 13.0 mi
- Upper Falls: 13.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 13.2 mi
- Orchard City Millage Sign: 6.8 mi
- Edith Wharton's Home: 9.9 mi
- concrete bases: 11.0 mi
- balanced rock: 11.0 mi
- stone pillar: 11.2 mi
- Adams Point Beach: 9.5 mi
- Oakdale Beach: 16.3 mi
- East Beach: 17.9 mi
- West Beach: 18.5 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 19.8 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 6.6 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 7.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 9.9 mi
- Heritage Garden: 13.4 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 11.0 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 11.9 mi
- Questing: 15.3 mi
- Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wilcox | ESE 112° | 642 m | 10.8 mi |
| Perry Peak | NNE 23° | 631 m | 10.7 mi |
| Harvey Mountain | NE 39° | 627 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Darby | S 179° | 619 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Sterling | S 181° | 606 m | 9.6 mi |
| Pinnacle Point | NNE 23° | 595 m | 2.4 mi |
| Tom Ball Mountain | ESE 102° | 588 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Ethel | S 185° | 588 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:52 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 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 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenox Dale, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 942862 — Bald Mountain, Columbia County, New York.
OpenStreetMap element node/357546158
Day trips start here
- Stockbridge · 7 mi
- Great Barrington · 8 mi
- Lee · 11 mi
- Lenox · 11 mi
- New Lebanon · 13 mi
- Kinderhook · 15 mi
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