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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
1473 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.78486, -122.97254

Named places within 25 miles

Springs: 22
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
Attractions: 7
  • Sugar pine river access: 7.4 mi
  • Cook and Green Trailhead: 17.2 mi
  • Stein butte trailhead: 18.2 mi
  • Bigfoot Trap: 20.6 mi
  • Sanctuary One: 21.7 mi
Historic sites: 6
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
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 PeakSSW 203°2,512 m15.5 mi
Observation PeakNNE 15°2,237 m16.7 mi
Box Camp MountainSW 220°2,215 m16.8 mi
Condrey MountainN 358°2,164 m10.6 mi
Big RidgeWSW 238°2,141 m16.0 mi
Tom Martin PeakWSW 240°2,140 m6.2 mi
Scraggy MountainN 353°2,117 m12.2 mi
Buckhorn MountainWSW 242°2,103 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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