Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain rises to 1,681 m in California. Sierra Buttes stands 2,617 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Charles Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Sierra County, California, United States (Geonames ID 5325802).
Wikidata Q35725373, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,681 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Saint Charles Hill: 0.9 mi
- Grizzly Peak: 2.0 mi
- Sugarloaf: 2.3 mi
- Bald Top: 2.6 mi
- Rocky Peak: 2.9 mi
- Ruby Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Independence Point: 9.1 mi
- Bell Point: 9.7 mi
- Booth Point: 11.7 mi
- Rediscovery Dome Left: 15.5 mi
- Sierra City Community Center: 14.0 mi
- Sierra City Community Park: 14.2 mi
- Malakoff Diggins-North Bloomfield Historic District: 14.3 mi
- Kentucky Mine Historic Park: 14.7 mi
- Lake Basin Recreation Area: 15.1 mi
- Downie Chapter 1249: 3.9 mi
- Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout: 13.4 mi
- North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company, California Registered Historical Landmark No. 852: 14.2 mi
- Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Mammoth Mill: 16.2 mi
- Tin Cup Diggins Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Convict Flat Picnic Site: 4.6 mi
- Loganville Scenic Highway Center Picnic Site: 12.6 mi
- Sand Pond Picnic Site: 15.0 mi
- Humbug Creek Picknic: 16.5 mi
- Downieville Museum: 3.9 mi
- Frank C. Reilly Museum: 8.7 mi
- Kentucky Mine Historic Park and Museum: 14.7 mi
- Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum: 16.4 mi
- Firehouse Number 1 Museum: 22.5 mi
- Upper Derbec Spring: 12.5 mi
- Willow Spring: 12.6 mi
- Derbec Spring: 12.7 mi
- Holden Spring: 13.0 mi
- Jackies Orchard Spring: 13.2 mi
- Hackmans Falls: 14.5 mi
- Loves Falls: 15.5 mi
- Fern Falls: 15.6 mi
- Frazier Falls: 16.3 mi
- Feather Falls: 20.6 mi
- Missouri Bar: 15.9 mi
- Illinois Bar: 17.1 mi
- Edwards Crossing: 17.5 mi
- Emerald Pool: 18.3 mi
- China Dam: 18.3 mi
- North Bloomfield: 14.3 mi
- Jamison: 18.0 mi
- Red Dog: 24.8 mi
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Massack Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Hoyt Crossing Nude Beach: 21.2 mi
- Dog Beach: 21.8 mi
- Nisenan Garden: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Buttes | E 85° | 2,617 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Elwell | NE 50° | 2,361 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mount Fillmore | NNE 13° | 2,344 m | 11.0 mi |
| Pilot Peak | N 6° | 2,271 m | 14.5 mi |
| Mount Washington | NE 43° | 2,236 m | 14.3 mi |
| Gibraltar | NE 34° | 2,210 m | 11.4 mi |
| Beartrap Mountain | NNE 25° | 2,172 m | 11.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Peak | NE 38° | 2,168 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:55 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:01 | 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 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 55 | 44 | 38 |
| Precip in | 11.3 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 6.8 | 11.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downieville, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 256464 — Bald Mountain, Sierra County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796722
Day trips start here
- Sierra County · 21 mi
- Grass Valley · 26 mi
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