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Big Bald Rock

Big Bald Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Big Bald Rock rises to 990 m in California. Frenchman Hill stands 1,805 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Bald Rock, a peak 1.0 miles away.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35726985, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
990 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.64489, -121.34580

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 44
Waterfalls: 21
Cliffs: 8
Museums: 8
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
  • Sandy Point Day Use: 19.8 mi
  • Collins Lake Group Picnic Area #1: 21.5 mi
  • Convict Flat Picnic Site: 22.5 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • Beatson Corral: 12.6 mi
  • World Trade Center artifact: 16.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Hespol Memorial Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Hog Spring: 22.1 mi
Beaches: 1
Gardens: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Big Bald Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frenchman HillNNE 21°1,805 m15.5 mi
Grizzly SummitNNE 15°1,778 m15.1 mi
Franklin HillNE 55°1,743 m15.1 mi
Camel PeakENE 68°1,737 m14.0 mi
Big PeakENE 65°1,686 m14.3 mi
Duffey DomeN 7°1,684 m14.3 mi
Soapstone HillN 11°1,670 m13.2 mi
Little PeakENE 65°1,662 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3919:5720:37
September equinox06:5418:2919:04
December solstice07:2316:0216:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 256872 — Big Bald Rock, Butte County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358796842

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