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Bald Mountain

Bald Mountain, a peak in New Hampshire
Bald Mountain, a peak in New HampshireFredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bald Mountain, a peak in New Hampshire
Bob Linsdell · CC BY 3.0
Bald Mountain, a peak in New Hampshire
Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bald Mountain, a peak in New Hampshire
Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bald Mountain, a peak in New Hampshire
Bob Linsdell · CC BY 3.0
Bald Mountain, a peak in New Hampshire
Bob Linsdell · CC BY 3.0

Bald Mountain rises to 682 m in New Hampshire. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the east-southeast, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Artists Bluff, a cliff 0.5 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 0.6 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United (Geonames ID 5082946)

Wikidata Q34808282, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
682 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates44.18297, -71.70382

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
  • Artists Bluff: 0.5 mi
  • Square Inch Wall: 0.8 mi
  • Maggot Buttress: 0.8 mi
  • Hermit Haven: 0.9 mi
  • Hone Wall: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Mittersill Peak: 1.4 mi
  • Cannon Mountain - East Peak: 1.8 mi
  • Cannon Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Bickford Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • The Cannon Balls East: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 49
Parks: 48
  • Franconia Notch State Park: 1.0 mi
  • Fox Hill Park: 3.2 mi
  • The Frost Place: 3.4 mi
  • Dow Park: 3.6 mi
  • Coffin Pond Conservation Area: 4.9 mi
Attractions: 41
  • Boise Rock: 2.4 mi
  • The Basin: 4.4 mi
  • Liberty Gorge: 5.6 mi
  • Table Rock Flume Brook: 5.9 mi
  • Flume Gorge: 6.0 mi
Museums: 20
Historic sites: 13
  • Governor Gallen Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 7.2 mi
  • Chase cellar hole: 12.3 mi
  • Bath New Hampshire: 13.1 mi
  • Willey House: 15.1 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Rest areas: 6
Springs: 5
  • Liberty Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 12.0 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 22.0 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Tree Harp: 9.2 mi
  • Sunflowers: 9.2 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 9.2 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 19.2 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 22.0 mi
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Bald Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LafayetteESE 118°1,600 m3.3 mi
Mount LincolnSE 129°1,551.12 m3.8 mi
North LincolnESE 123°1,524 m3.6 mi
North LafayetteESE 111°1,519 m3.1 mi
South Twin MountainE 87°1,491 m7.4 mi
North Twin MountainE 79°1,452 m7.3 mi
Little Haystack MountainSE 136°1,440 m4.1 mi
Mount GuyotE 97°1,396 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0419:5020:35
September equinox06:3518:0818:46
December solstice07:2015:2416:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161727405362666557453422
Precip in2.62.02.63.13.74.24.64.23.64.03.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethlehem 2, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 871434 — Bald Mountain, Grafton County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357729596

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