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Little Baldy

Little Baldy, seen from above at true elevation

Little Baldy rises to 1,473 m in California. Boulder Peak stands 2,512 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away.

The story

Mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49044553, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,473 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.78486, -122.97254

Named places within 25 miles

Springs: 21
Artworks: 15
Parks: 11
  • City Park: 14.0 mi
  • Greenhorn Park: 17.0 mi
  • Discovery Park: 17.1 mi
  • Shasta View Park: 17.4 mi
  • Yreka Park: 17.4 mi
Historic sites: 5
Museums: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Horsetail Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Ponytail Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Maple Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Johnson Creek Falls: 22.7 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Sugar pine river access: 7.4 mi
  • Bigfoot Trap: 20.6 mi
  • Sanctuary One: 21.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Little Baldy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boulder PeakSSW2,512 m15.5 mi
Observation PeakNNE2,237 m16.7 mi
Box Camp MountainSW2,215 m16.8 mi
Condrey MountainN2,164 m10.6 mi
Big RidgeWSW2,141 m16.0 mi
Tom Martin PeakWSW2,140 m6.2 mi
Scraggy MountainN2,117 m12.2 mi
Buckhorn MountainWSW2,103 m16.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4819:24
June solstice05:3820:0920:51
September equinox07:0018:3419:11
December solstice07:3716:0016:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374045505966747366544336
Precip in3.32.21.81.31.30.70.50.30.41.12.23.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yreka, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358798531

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