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Bald Mountain

Bald Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Mountain rises to 2,346 m in California. Eagle Peak stands 3,016 m to the north-northeast, 2.7 miles off. Barrel Springs Back Country Byway passes 24 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Modoc County, California, United States of America; geonames ID = 5559157

Wikidata Q49009987, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2346 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.25045, -120.22967

80 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 41
Springs: 27
  • Eagleville Hot Springs: 9.4 mi
  • Pick and Shovel Spring No. 2: 15.1 mi
  • Pick and Shovel Springs No. 1: 15.3 mi
  • Bregar Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Birhc Spring: 16.2 mi
Parks: 6
  • Infernal Caverns Battleground Memorial Monument: 18.1 mi
  • Alturas Park: 22.7 mi
  • Rotary Youth Park: 23.4 mi
  • Warner Street Park: 23.7 mi
  • Chimney Rock Historical Monument: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Mill Creek Falls: 3.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Modoc Natural Bridge: 4.3 mi
Museums: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakNNE 33°3,016 m2.7 mi
Warren PeakN 3°2,950 m8.9 mi
Dusenbury PeakNNE 18°2,768 m6.8 mi
Emerson PeakESE 104°2,724 m3.5 mi
Cole PeakENE 60°2,723 m3.7 mi
Hat MountainSE 143°2,665 m9.0 mi
Buck MountainSSE 163°2,625 m8.1 mi
Milk PeakN 3°2,623 m11.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:2919:5620:38
September equinox06:4918:2319:00
December solstice07:2415:5116:36

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323337414957656558483831
Precip in1.91.61.92.42.81.50.40.40.61.11.92.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jess Valley, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 266408 — Bald Mountain, Modoc County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358799753

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