Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain rises to 2,131 m in California. Round Top stands 3,164 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Rock, a peak 2.5 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in El Dorado County, California, United States.
Wikidata Q35725151, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,131 m
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 22.4 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 24 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 25 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 25 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eagle Rock: 2.5 mi
- Sugarloaf: 4.7 mi
- Blue Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Pyramid Peak: 6.4 mi
- Table Rock: 6.5 mi
- Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 11.3 mi
- Tahoe Paradise Park: 12.2 mi
- Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 13.2 mi
- Bonanza Community Park: 15.3 mi
- Wester Park: 15.9 mi
- Granite Spring: 6.7 mi
- Jim Quinn Spring: 7.7 mi
- Singleton Springs: 8.9 mi
- Tragedy Spring: 9.7 mi
- Glen Alpine Spring: 10.1 mi
- Sugar Bun: 4.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 5.2 mi
- Machado Postpile: 11.0 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 11.1 mi
- Detox Wall: 12.0 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 6.9 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 10.4 mi
- Bassi Falls: 10.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 13.3 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 13.9 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 11.0 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Elkus: 8.7 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 9.4 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 10.1 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 13.5 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 13.5 mi
- Kiva Beach: 15.2 mi
- Pope Beach: 15.7 mi
- Lester Beach: 17.4 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 18.5 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 19.8 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 15.2 mi
- Balancing Rock: 16.6 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 17.3 mi
- Leoni House: 18.8 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 21.1 mi
- Linder Grove: 10.8 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 10.9 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 12.9 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 16.1 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 19.5 mi
- Baldwin Home: 15.2 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 17.8 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 18.7 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 24.2 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 15.2 mi
- St Theresa: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Top | ESE 121° | 3,164 m | 13.9 mi |
| The Sisters | ESE 122° | 3,094 m | 13.6 mi |
| Red Lake Peak | ESE 107° | 3,067 m | 13.2 mi |
| Stevens Peak | E 100° | 3,061 m | 13.1 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | NNE 33° | 3,043 m | 6.4 mi |
| Dicks Peak | NNE 23° | 3,042 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Price | NNE 21° | 3,040 m | 7.2 mi |
| Agassiz | NNE 24° | 3,038 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:50 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 9.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 9.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pacific House, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 256461 — Bald Mountain, El Dorado County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796715
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 16 mi
- Homewood · 22 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 24 mi
- Tahoe City · 28 mi
- Olympic Valley · 30 mi
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