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Little Baldy

Little Baldy, seen from above at true elevation

Little Baldy rises to 2,253 m in California. Eagle Peak stands 3,016 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away. Barrel Springs Back Country Byway passes 15 miles off. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Modoc County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49044552, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2253 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.64156, -120.26801

65 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
Springs: 23
  • Applegate Hot Springs: 8.6 mi
  • Leonard's Hot Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Glenn's Hot Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Juniper Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 15.5 mi
Parks: 4
  • Chimney Rock Historical Monument: 10.4 mi
  • Alturas Park: 18.0 mi
  • Rotary Youth Park: 18.0 mi
  • Warner Street Park: 18.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Fortynine Camp: 18.0 mi
  • Vya: 21.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 1
Museums: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Baldy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakS 172°3,016 m25.0 mi
Warren PeakS 172°2,950 m18.3 mi
Dusenbury PeakSSE 169°2,768 m20.9 mi
Milk PeakS 171°2,623 m15.6 mi
Mount BidwellNNE 13°2,529 m23.0 mi
Bald MountainS 183°2,518 m2.2 mi
Mount VidaN 6°2,500 m20.4 mi
Cedar MountainS 184°2,476 m3.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:2819:5820:40
September equinox06:4918:2319:00
December solstice07:2515:5016:35

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333641465564737163513931
Precip in1.71.21.51.41.30.70.20.20.30.91.62.0

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 262513 — Little Baldy, Modoc County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358798529

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