Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain rises to 617 m in Maine. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,319 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Witham Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY passes 6.2 miles off.
The story
mountain in Somerset County, Maine, United States (Geonames ID 4957232)
Wikidata Q33136470, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 617 m
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the STATE ROUTE 27 SCENIC BYWAY
- 6.3 mi off the OLD CANADA ROAD SCENIC BYWAY, National
- 24.0 mi off the RANGELEY LAKES SCENIC BYWAY, National
Overlooks nearby
- Robbins Hill Scenic Area · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Witham Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Burnt Hill: 1.9 mi
- Briggs Hill: 2.4 mi
- Peaked Hill: 3.1 mi
- Stewart Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Highland Plantation Double Public Reserved Land: 1.3 mi
- Highland Plantation SE Public Reserved Land: 1.3 mi
- Highland Plantation Double Public Reserved Land: 1.6 mi
- Highland Plantation East Public Reserved Land: 3.2 mi
- Pleasant Ridge Plantation Public Reserved Land: 3.7 mi
- Lexington Historical Society: 7.2 mi
- Flagstaff Ledge House: 7.5 mi
- Flagstaff Fud Taylor Farm: 9.2 mi
- Flagstaff Round Barn Farm: 10.7 mi
- Flagstaff Roy Parsons Farm: 11.4 mi
- Quimby Field: 9.1 mi
- Kingfield Town Park: 9.4 mi
- Freeman Ridge Bike Park: 10.4 mi
- New Portland Lions Fair: 11.1 mi
- Embden Pond Boat Access: 12.7 mi
- Houston Brook Falls: 6.1 mi
- Long Falls: 12.5 mi
- Austinm Stream Falls: 12.9 mi
- Grand Falls: 17.2 mi
- Moxie Falls: 20.8 mi
- Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad: 21.5 mi
- Athens Historical Society Museum: 21.7 mi
- Phillips Historical Society Museum: 22.0 mi
- Madrid Village Schoolhouse: 24.2 mi
- Parsons School: 11.7 mi
- Strong Veterans Memorial: 20.0 mi
- Halfway Yurt Vista: 6.2 mi
- Riverside Beach: 7.3 mi
- Spring water: 7.9 mi
- Flagstaff: 9.8 mi
- The Forks Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WSW 256° | 1,319 m | 12.5 mi |
| Avery Peak | WNW 296° | 1,234 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Bigelow | WNW 295° | 1,227 m | 12.0 mi |
| West Peak | WNW 295° | 1,222 m | 12.0 mi |
| Spaulding Mountain | WSW 249° | 1,219 m | 14.0 mi |
| South Peak | WNW 291° | 1,159 m | 13.5 mi |
| North Peak | WNW 292° | 1,156 m | 13.6 mi |
| Burnt Hill | WSW 256° | 1,099 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:14 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:46 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:01 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:13 | 16:02 |
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 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 38 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 21 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Long Falls DAM, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 561520 — Bald Mountain, Somerset County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358211207
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