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Mount Baldy

Mount Baldy, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Baldy rises to 185 m in Indiana. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Crescent Dune Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 10 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

sand dune in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

Wikidata Q16982263, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
185 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.70823, -86.92733
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Millennium Plaza: 1.5 mi
  • Stribel Park: 1.6 mi
  • Ames Field Park: 1.7 mi
  • Charles R. Westcott Park: 1.7 mi
  • Washington Park: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 46
  • Crescent Dune: 0.6 mi
  • Mount McCray: 0.6 mi
  • Mount Jensen: 1.0 mi
  • Mount Allinson: 1.2 mi
  • Dimple Dune: 1.7 mi
Attractions: 34
  • Petting Yard: 1.8 mi
  • Alligators: 1.8 mi
  • Monkey Island: 1.8 mi
  • Hawks: 1.8 mi
  • Australian Aviary: 1.8 mi
Historic sites: 33
  • Merchant Marine Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Coast Guard Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • POW-MIA Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Navy Veterans Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • PFC Daniel D. Bruce: 1.5 mi
Beaches: 26
  • Crescent Dune Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Mount Baldy Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Central Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Washington Park Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Stop 2 Beach: 2.5 mi
Museums: 19
Gardens: 16
Artworks: 10
  • Duet: 1.9 mi
  • Potawatomi Warrior: 12.5 mi
  • La Porte History Mural: 12.6 mi
  • Orville Redenbacher: 18.0 mi
  • Tuskegee Airmen: 18.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Indiana Welcome Center: 7.2 mi
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 8.4 mi
  • Michigan Welcome Center 707: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 5.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carlisle HillE 97°280.4 m22.5 mi
Mount EdwardNE 49°242 m23.7 mi
Mount RandallNE 51°235 m22.1 mi
Tower HillNE 51°233 m21.7 mi
Pikes PeakNE 51°229 m21.5 mi
Mount FullerNE 51°227 m21.3 mi
Great Warren DuneNE 50°225 m23.0 mi
Mount LieberWSW 248°214 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1419:4420:26
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1215:3616:21

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252838485969737265544231
Precip in2.22.02.33.64.34.34.04.13.63.82.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Indiana Dunes NP, 10 mi away.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Indiana Dunes National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1852053 — Mount Baldy, LaPorte County, Indiana.

OpenStreetMap element node/358680535

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