Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain rises to 665 m in Maine. Baxter Peak stands 1,605 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is North Traveler Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. KATAHDIN WOODS & WATERS SCENIC BYWAY passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States.
Wikidata Q33136467, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 665 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Katahdin Woods & Waters Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- North Traveler Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Barrell Ridge: 1.3 mi
- Billfish Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Big Peaked Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Little Peaked Mountain: 2.4 mi
- South Branch Falls: 4.0 mi
- Haskell Rock Pitch: 4.0 mi
- Pond Pitch: 4.8 mi
- Grand Pitch: 5.4 mi
- The Hulling Machine: 6.0 mi
- Trout Brook Crossing Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- SFMA Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Burnt Mountain Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Dwelley Pond Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Halfway Brook Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Marble Fen Nature Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Scraggly Lake Public Reserved Land: 8.5 mi
- Seboeis River Gorge Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Mount Chase State Forest: 16.4 mi
- Wassataquoik Public Reserved Land: 18.1 mi
- Snub Pitch: 7.5 mi
- Owls Head: 10.1 mi
- Table Land: 14.6 mi
- The Gateway: 15.6 mi
- Windey Pitch: 15.8 mi
- Baxter Game Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 19.6 mi
- Whetstone Falls Day Use Area: 19.7 mi
- Town of Patten Recreation Area: 19.9 mi
- Baxter State Park: 13.0 mi
- Patten Academy Monument & Bell: 19.9 mi
- Caribou Spring: 13.4 mi
- Thoreau Spring: 15.3 mi
- Patten Lumbermans Museum: 19.6 mi
- Chesuncook Lake Boom House: 24.7 mi
- Long Beach, Lower Togue Pond, Baxter State Park, Millinocket, Maine, USA: 20.1 mi
- Big Omaha Beach: 24.0 mi
- Individual Flower Gardens: 19.9 mi
- Pockwockamus Rock: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Peak | SSW 197° | 1,605 m | 14.6 mi |
| South Peak | SSW 196° | 1,603 m | 14.7 mi |
| Pamola | SSW 194° | 1,495 m | 14.3 mi |
| Chimney Peak | SSW 194° | 1,491 m | 14.4 mi |
| Hamlin Peak | SSW 200° | 1,446 m | 13.4 mi |
| Howe Peaks | SSW 200° | 1,416 m | 12.8 mi |
| North Brother | SW 215° | 1,235 m | 12.7 mi |
| South Brother | SW 216° | 1,208 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:39 | 18:08 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 04:45 | 19:44 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:56 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:02 | 15:53 |
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 | 13 | 16 | 25 | 38 | 51 | 60 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 33 | 21 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Patten 2, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 561523 — Bald Mountain, Piscataquis County, Maine.
OpenStreetMap element node/358211215
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