Mount Baldy
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Mount Baldy rises to 2,826 m in Nevada. Mount Rose stands 3,285 m to the northeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Rifle Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
Mount Baldy is located in Washoe County, Nevada in the Mount Rose Wilderness. The summit is at 9,271 feet (2,826 m), and it is 3.1 miles (5.0 km) north-northwest of Kings Beach, California and 2.4 miles (3.9 km) northwest of Incline Village, Nevada, both of which are on the north shore of Lake Tahoe. The highest point in Placer County, California is on the west ridge at elevation of about 9044 feet (2756 m) and about 0.3 miles (0.48 km) west-southwest of the summit. So, Mount Baldy West Rim is right at the interstate border in Placer County (California), and Mount Baldy is in Washoe County in Nevada, and Mount Baldy is merely 0.3 miles from CA-Nevada border. To make things more confusing, Mount San Antonio, the highest point in Los Angeles County, California, is called Mount Baldy locally in that county.
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Wikidata Q6919586, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2826 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 2.4 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
- 22.1 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic lookout · 4 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 6 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 16 mi
- Cave Rock · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rifle Peak: 0.9 mi
- Rose Knob: 1.3 mi
- Martis Peak: 2.0 mi
- Rose Knob Peak: 2.5 mi
- Burned Hill: 3.1 mi
- Burnt Cedar Beach: 2.8 mi
- Kings Beach State Recreational Area: 3.2 mi
- North Tahoe Beach: 3.3 mi
- Moon Dunes Beach: 3.5 mi
- North Tahoe Regional Park: 3.5 mi
- The Ants: 10.3 mi
- The Big Tree: 10.6 mi
- Pelican Sculpture: 17.8 mi
- Frog Sculpture: 17.8 mi
- Wa-Pai-Shone: 19.0 mi
- Fox Cultural Hall: 3.2 mi
- UC Davis Eriksson Education Center: 9.2 mi
- Museum of Truckee History: 10.5 mi
- Truckee Railroad Museum: 10.5 mi
- Watson Cabin: 10.5 mi
- Benny Heineike's Rock: 3.3 mi
- Ophir Mill Historical Marker: 9.5 mi
- Victory Highway Monument: 10.5 mi
- Ralph R. Steele Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Olympic Flame: 11.8 mi
- Carson City Community Garden: 14.9 mi
- The Rose Garden: 19.0 mi
- Sensory Garden: 19.0 mi
- Jimmy's Garden: 20.4 mi
- Jimmy's Garden: 20.4 mi
- Northstar Vail Conservation Easement: 5.3 mi
- Elizabethtown Meadows: 5.6 mi
- Waddle Ranch Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Placer County Open Space: 6.3 mi
- Keilhofer: 7.7 mi
- Thunderbird Lodge: 8.1 mi
- Rodeo Grounds: 9.7 mi
- Carson Raceway: 13.5 mi
- Five Lakes Trailhead: 14.1 mi
- China Wall: 17.3 mi
- Burnt Cedar Beach: 2.8 mi
- Kings Beach: 3.2 mi
- Secline Beach: 3.3 mi
- Moon Dunes Beach: 3.5 mi
- Incline Beach: 4.2 mi
- Slab Cliffs: 3.1 mi
- Twin Crags: 11.8 mi
- Thunder Cliff: 12.2 mi
- Tunnel Rock: 17.2 mi
- Snowshed East Face: 17.2 mi
- Brockway Spring: 2.2 mi
- Juniper Ridge Spring: 4.2 mi
- Taylor Spring: 12.3 mi
- Big Spring: 17.0 mi
- Saratoga Hot Spring: 20.6 mi
- Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 13.0 mi
- Jumbo Falls: 16.8 mi
- Genoa Falls: 20.3 mi
- Eagle Falls: 23.3 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 23.4 mi
- Washoe City: 12.1 mi
- Galena: 12.3 mi
- Poeville: 22.2 mi
- Sutro: 22.3 mi
- Peavine Ranch: 24.6 mi
- Donner Camp Picnic Site: 11.7 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 18.0 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- French Meadows Day Use Site: 24.2 mi
- Donner Lake Vista Point: 16.3 mi
- Donner Summit Rest Area: 18.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Mount Baldy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rose | NE 44° | 3,285 m | 6.3 mi |
| Church Peak | NE 39° | 3,235 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Houghton | NE 40° | 3,195 m | 5.0 mi |
| Relay Peak | NE 49° | 3,135 m | 3.8 mi |
| Snowflower Mountain | NNE 26° | 3,115 m | 7.9 mi |
| Tamarack Peak | ENE 57° | 3,012 m | 5.0 mi |
| Slide Mountain | ENE 69° | 2,936 m | 6.7 mi |
| Rose Knob Peak | ENE 65° | 2,932 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:58 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 36 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 63 | 63 | 58 | 48 | 40 | 33 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Incline Village, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357557559
Day trips start here
- Incline Village · 2 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 3 mi
- Tahoe City · 10 mi
- Truckee · 12 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 13 mi
- Olympic Valley · 14 mi
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