Bald Mountain
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
- 20.7 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 26.8 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 29.1 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Somers Historical Society Museum: 1.7 mi
- Stafford Historical Society: 6.1 mi
- Patten District One Room Schoolhouse: 6.9 mi
- Childrens Museum: 8.2 mi
- Old Tolland County Jail and Museum: 8.6 mi
- The Three Graces: 10.5 mi
- Horton Court: 11.8 mi
- Dr. Seuss and The Cat in the Hat: 11.8 mi
- The Storyteller: 11.9 mi
- Miles Morgan: 11.9 mi
- County Road Open Space: 0.3 mi
- Bald Mountain Preserve: 0.5 mi
- Colorado Drive Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Whitaker Woods: 1.3 mi
- Gulf Road Preserve: 1.3 mi
- The Pinnacle: 0.9 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Perkins Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Soapstone Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 2.9 mi
- 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
- Scripture Bridge Abutments: 8.6 mi
- Construction Workers Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Civil War Monument: 9.1 mi
- JFK Eternal Flame: 9.8 mi
- Omiskanoagwiah: 10.4 mi
- Wilbraham Community Garden: 8.5 mi
- Tolland Youth Garden: 8.9 mi
- Forest Park Aquatic Gardens: 10.3 mi
- Yertle Garden: 11.9 mi
- Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden: 11.9 mi
- Goat Rock: 4.9 mi
- New England Sky Screamer: 11.0 mi
- filled-in well: 11.1 mi
- Path Continues: 11.2 mi
- Seymour Planetarium: 11.9 mi
- Hockanum Falls: 8.7 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 12.3 mi
- Codfish Falls: 14.9 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 15.8 mi
- Case Falls: 16.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 4.6 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 7.8 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 10.0 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 11.0 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 12.9 mi
- Indian Leap: 12.3 mi
- Flag Rock: 14.1 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 17.2 mi
- Coney Rock: 17.3 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 19.0 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 10.9 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 13.6 mi
- Picnic: 16.9 mi
- Gay City State Park: 18.4 mi
- Bara-Hack: 22.0 mi
- Enfield: 22.6 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 9.0 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.0 mi
- Windham Spring: 21.2 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burley Hill | E 80° | 396 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NE 56° | 379 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bald Hill | E 96° | 371 m | 11.0 mi |
| Snow Hill | ESE 104° | 362 m | 10.6 mi |
| Mount Hitchcock | NE 50° | 356 m | 10.1 mi |
| Hedgehog Hill | E 97° | 354 m | 9.2 mi |
| Tupper Hill | ENE 69° | 352 m | 7.6 mi |
| Bear Hill | ENE 68° | 347 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 33 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
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
Day trips start here
- Somers · 2 mi
- Hampden · 5 mi
- East Windsor · 9 mi
- Tolland · 9 mi
- Longmeadow · 10 mi
- Ludlow · 12 mi
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