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Bald Mountain

Bald Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates42.27870, -73.46206

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites: 45
  • 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
Museums: 38
  • Gallery: 1.0 mi
  • Circle Museum: 1.0 mi
  • Austerlitz Historical Society: 2.0 mi
  • Chesterwood Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Chesterwood: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • 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
Cliffs: 13
Attractions: 13
  • Orchard City Millage Sign: 6.8 mi
  • Edith Wharton's Home: 9.9 mi
  • concrete bases: 11.0 mi
  • balanced rock: 11.0 mi
  • concrete bases: 11.1 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 6
  • 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
Picnic sites: 2
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 11.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pond off Chair Factory Road: 11.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 19.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilcoxESE 112°642 m10.8 mi
Perry PeakNNE 23°631 m10.7 mi
Harvey MountainNE 39°627 m3.0 mi
Mount DarbyS 179°619 m10.1 mi
Mount SterlingS 181°606 m9.6 mi
Pinnacle PointNNE 23°595 m2.4 mi
Tom Ball MountainESE 102°588 m3.2 mi
Mount EthelS 185°588 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2919:06
June solstice05:1819:5220:35
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:2015:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445665696860483728
Precip in3.53.13.73.74.14.84.54.24.54.73.64.5

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

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