Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain rises to 399 m in Michigan. Mount Whittlesey stands 571 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Point Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Black River Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Gogebic County, Michigan, United States.
Wikidata Q33136481, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 399 m
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Black River Scenic Byway
- 26.8 mi off the Wisconsin Lake Superior Scenic Byway, National
90 named places within 25 miles
- Little Girls Point County Park: 2.6 mi
- Ohman's Creek Boating Access Site: 2.9 mi
- Legion County Park: 3.8 mi
- Iron County Fairgrounds: 6.3 mi
- Gogebic County Fairgrounds: 9.9 mi
- Saxon Falls Road: 2.9 mi
- Superior Falls: 3.8 mi
- Interstate Falls: 9.1 mi
- Foster Falls: 11.5 mi
- Upper Potato River Falls: 11.7 mi
- Point Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mount Zion: 10.1 mi
- Copper Peak: 11.9 mi
- Big Powderhorn Mountain: 12.2 mi
- Pleasant Lake Lookout: 22.3 mi
- Iron County Historical Museum: 10.9 mi
- Bessemer Area Historical Society: 14.9 mi
- Moka’aangiizisiban Tribal Museum: 15.6 mi
- Wakefield Historical Society: 19.8 mi
- Mellen Area Museum: 22.6 mi
- The Apostle Islands: 6.2 mi
- The City of Montreal: Site of the World's Deepest Iron Mine: 10.6 mi
- Vietnam Veterans War Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Hurley Rest Area 103: 9.8 mi
- Ironwood Welcome Center: 10.0 mi
- Memory Lane Roadside Park: 15.8 mi
- Plummer Mine Headframe Interpretive Park: 11.1 mi
- Artesian Well: 23.8 mi
- Ashland County Fairgrounds: 24.7 mi
- Hiawatha, World's Largest Indian Statue: 11.5 mi
- Big Powderhorn Welcome Sign: 13.4 mi
- Nee-gaw-nee-gaw-bow: 19.7 mi
- Forests for the Future #8 Conservation Reserve: 14.6 mi
- Island Lake Hemlocks State Natural Area: 19.6 mi
- Caroline Lake State Natural Area: 22.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whittlesey | SW 216° | 571 m | 22.7 mi |
| Pleasant Lake Lookout | S 182° | 570 m | 22.3 mi |
| Porcupine Peak | ENE 70° | 530 m | 24.6 mi |
| Mount Zion | SE 128° | 525 m | 10.1 mi |
| Eagles Peak | SW 217° | 507 m | 23.3 mi |
| Copper Peak | ENE 78° | 472 m | 11.9 mi |
| Point Mountain | ENE 59° | 381 m | 2.0 mi |
| Big Powderhorn Mountain | ESE 111° | 366 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:34 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 20:12 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:21 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:26 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 16 | 27 | 39 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 58 | 45 | 32 | 20 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Saxon 1wsw, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1622339 — Bald Mountain, Gogebic County, Michigan.
OpenStreetMap element node/353998942
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