Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain rises to 2,818 m in Idaho. Meade Peak stands 3,305 m to the north, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Fox Spring, a spring 2.3 miles away. Oregon Trail-Bear Lake Scenic Byway passes 3.8 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States.
Wikidata Q49010045, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,818 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Oregon Trail-Bear Lake Scenic Byway
- 3.8 mi off the Oregon Trail Bear Lake Scenic Byway
- 23.6 mi off the Pioneer Historic Byway, National
- 22.8 mi off the Big Spring Scenic Backway
59 named places within 25 miles
- Fox Point: 3.1 mi
- Threemile Peak: 4.2 mi
- Shale Point: 4.2 mi
- Meade Peak: 6.1 mi
- M Hill: 6.4 mi
- Bear Lake County Fairgrounds: 5.6 mi
- Alinger Park: 5.7 mi
- Stock Park: 6.3 mi
- Lincoln Park: 6.8 mi
- Heritage Park: 6.9 mi
- Fox Spring: 2.3 mi
- Spring Salt: 15.1 mi
- Nieber Spring: 15.8 mi
- Rock Spring: 18.9 mi
- Ferney Spring: 23.5 mi
- Scout's Monument: 5.4 mi
- M Hill: 6.4 mi
- Fairview Landmark: 24.0 mi
- The National Oregon / California Trail Center: 6.3 mi
- Butch Cassidy Bank Robery Museum: 6.9 mi
- Allred Flat Group Picnic Site: 15.8 mi
- Hobble Creek Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Snowside Point: 4.8 mi
- Outdoor Classroom: 6.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meade Peak | N 1° | 3,305 m | 6.1 mi |
| Sherman Peak | WNW 285° | 2,954 m | 15.7 mi |
| Paris Peak | SW 227° | 2,908 m | 20.8 mi |
| Midnight Mountain | WSW 240° | 2,849 m | 18.9 mi |
| Sublette Mountain | SE 130° | 2,830 m | 16.5 mi |
| Bloomington Peak | SW 227° | 2,826 m | 23.8 mi |
| Threemile Peak | NNW 338° | 2,809 m | 4.2 mi |
| Hawks Peak | N 350° | 2,759 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:00 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:24 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:10 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 64 | 55 | 43 | 31 | 20 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bern, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 376889 — Bald Mountain, Bear Lake County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358654004
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- Soda Springs · 25 mi
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