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Old Baldy

Old Baldy, seen from above at true elevation

Old Baldy rises to 2,391 m in Washington. Tiffany Mountain stands 2,512 m to the north, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount McCay, a peak 2.5 miles away. JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP passes 13 miles off.

About

The story

Old Baldy Mountain is a peak in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, in Okanogan County, Washington, 10 miles northwest of Conconully. The height is listed at modern sources as 7,844 ft or 7,849 ft or 7,854 ft. Older government maps showed 7,870 feet elevation. There is a geodetic survey benchmark at 7,848 ft near the summit. Some sources show the mountain in the Okanogan Range. Baldy Pass is a 6,375-foot (1,943 m) pass about one kilometer northeast of the peak, and is traversed by Forest Service Road 37. The Golden Stairway multipurpose motorcycle/biking/hiking trail (not to be confused with the Golden Stairs on Alaska's Chilkoot Trail) leads to Old Baldy. Government maps as of 1963 showed a fire lookout tower on the peak, but it was not mentioned in the National Geodetic Survey in 1956. Part of the mountain was burned in the 2006 Tripod Complex Fire, and the area between Old Baldy and Tripod Peak burned in the Cub Creek 2 Fire in late July, 2021. The name of the United States Geological Survey 7.5 minute series topographic quadrangle map containing Old Baldy Mountain is "Old Baldy, WA".

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Wikidata Q49058372, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2391 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.58987, -119.95619
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 32
  • Cougar Lake Public Access: 10.1 mi
  • Conconully National Wildlife Refuge: 10.4 mi
  • Homestream Park: 13.0 mi
  • Heckendorn Park: 13.0 mi
  • Confluence Park: 13.0 mi
Historic sites: 5
Artworks: 3
Cliffs: 3
  • Aventurine / Serpentine Rock Collecting Site: 17.8 mi
  • The Sweet Spot: 18.8 mi
  • Lucky Jim Bluff: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Bighorn Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Cedar Falls: 24.1 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Aaron Johnson Park: 16.9 mi
  • Methow Salmon Recovery Ponds: 17.5 mi
Museums: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Okanogan County Fairgrounds: 23.7 mi
  • Tonasket Comancheros Rodeo Grounds: 24.2 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Native Plant Gardens: 17.4 mi
Springs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Old Baldy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tiffany MountainN 11°2,512.2 m5.6 mi
Rock MountainNNE 14°2,429.6 m7.2 mi
Middle Tiffany MountainNNE 19°2,428.3 m6.5 mi
Clark PeakNNE 21°2,404.9 m4.5 mi
Mount McCayNE 43°2,272 m2.5 mi
Farewell PeakNW 311°2,260 m15.8 mi
North Twentymile PeakNNW 336°2,259 m12.3 mi
Granite MountainSSE 157°2,235 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3119:13
June solstice04:5820:1721:07
September equinox06:4718:1819:00
December solstice07:5015:1216:07

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232838475561686859463322
Precip in2.11.31.20.81.11.10.70.40.41.42.02.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winthrop 1 WSW, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356546012

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