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Bald Rock Dome

Bald Rock Dome, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Rock Dome rises to 1,022 m in California. Red Mountain stands 1,935 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Curtain Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away.

The story

Bald Rock is a granite summit located in Butte County, California, in the Plumas National Forest. Located close to Lake Oroville, the dome peak overlooks Sacramento Valley and coastal mountain ranges.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q4850354, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1022 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.65433, -121.31080

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 36
Waterfalls: 21
Cliffs: 8
Museums: 7
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Sandy Point Day Use: 18.5 mi
  • Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
  • Convict Flat Picnic Site: 21.1 mi
  • Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 22.1 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • Beatson Corral: 14.6 mi
  • World Trade Center artifact: 18.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Hespol Memorial Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Hog Spring: 23.7 mi
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Bald Rock Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red MountainNNE 25°1,935 m14.2 mi
Frenchman HillNNE 15°1,805 m14.3 mi
Grizzly SummitN 8°1,778 m14.1 mi
Franklin HillNE 53°1,743 m13.2 mi
Camel PeakENE 68°1,737 m12.0 mi
Big PeakENE 64°1,686 m12.3 mi
Duffey DomeN 360°1,684 m13.5 mi
Soapstone HillN 3°1,670 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:18
June solstice05:3819:5720:37
September equinox06:5418:2819:04
December solstice07:2316:0216:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414143475562696864554640
Precip in14.713.712.86.44.01.20.00.20.54.18.616.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Strawberry Valley 2, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358806005

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