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Bald Mountain

Bald Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Mountain rises to 322 m in Connecticut. Burley Hill stands 396 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is County Road Open Space, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 21 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States

Wikidata Q31807567, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
322 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.99175, -72.41078

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Somers Common: 1.7 mi
  • Crystal Lake State Boat Launch (Ellington): 4.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
  • Gerrish Park: 4.7 mi
  • Hampden Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
Museums
Gardens
Historic sites
  • Scripture Bridge Abutments: 8.6 mi
  • Construction Workers Memorial: 9.0 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 9.1 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 9.3 mi
  • JFK Eternal Flame: 9.8 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 55
  • Goat Rock: 4.9 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 11.0 mi
  • filled-in well: 11.1 mi
  • Path Continues: 11.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 24
  • Cascade: 3.2 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Talcott Ravine: 12.3 mi
  • Cascades: 14.0 mi
  • Cascades: 14.1 mi
Beaches: 11
Cliffs: 10
Springs: 4
  • Rd: 18.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 18.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 18.8 mi
  • Windham Spring: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 10.9 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi
  • Picnic: 16.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 9.0 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burley HillE 80°396 m10.5 mi
Mount PisgahNE 56°379 m10.6 mi
Bald HillE 96°371 m11.0 mi
Snow HillESE 104°362 m10.6 mi
Mount HitchcockNE 50°356 m10.1 mi
Hedgehog HillE 97°354 m9.2 mi
Tupper HillENE 69°352 m7.6 mi
Bear HillENE 68°347 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1519:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1515:3716:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242633455564706862504030
Precip in3.83.34.34.33.84.64.14.44.34.94.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Staffordville, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 205220 — Bald Mountain, Capitol County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359259762

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