Old Baldy Mountain (Okanogan County, Washington)
| Old Baldy Mountain | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Old Baldy Lookout in 1942 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,854 ft (2,394 m)[1] NAVD 88 |
| Prominence | 1,444 ft (440 m)[2] |
| Isolation | 4.46 mi (7.18 km) to Clark Peak[2] |
| Coordinates | 48°35′23″N 119°57′22″W / 48.58972°N 119.95611°W |
| Geography | |
  Old Baldy Mountain Location of Old Baldy Mountain in Washington  Old Baldy Mountain Old Baldy Mountain (the United States) | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Okanogan County |
| Parent range | |
| Baldy Pass | |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 6,375 ft (1,943 m)[3] |
| Range |
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| Coordinates | 48°35′55″N 119°56′38″W / 48.59861°N 119.94389°W[3] |
Old Baldy Mountain is a peak in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, in Okanogan County, Washington, 10 miles northwest of Conconully.[4] The height is listed at modern sources as 7,844 ft[5][6] or 7,849 ft[2] or 7,854 ft.[1] Older government maps showed 7,870 feet elevation.[7] There is a geodetic survey benchmark at 7,848 ft near the summit.[8] Some sources show the mountain in the Okanogan Range.[2][9]
Baldy Pass is a 6,375-foot (1,943 m) pass about one kilometer northeast of the peak,[3] and is traversed by Forest Service Road 37.[10][11] 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.[12][13]
Government maps as of 1963 showed a fire lookout tower on the peak,[5] but it was not mentioned in the National Geodetic Survey in 1956.[8] Part of the mountain was burned in the 2006 Tripod Complex Fire,[12] and the area between Old Baldy and Tripod Peak burned in the Cub Creek 2 Fire in late July, 2021.[14]
The name of the United States Geological Survey 7.5 minute series topographic quadrangle map containing Old Baldy Mountain is "Old Baldy, WA".[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Baldy
- ^ a b c d Peakbagger
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Baldy Pass
- ^ Landes 1917, p. 214.
- ^ a b Okanogan, NM 11-10 (Map) (1963 ed.). 1:250:000. United States Geological Survey. 1954.
- ^ Okanogan National Forest (N.F.), Granite Mountain Analysis Area, Proposed Pebble and Little Granite Timber Sales Environmental Impact Statement 1993
- ^ Marshall 1914, p. 166.
- ^ a b "OLD BALDY", NGS benchmark datasheets, National Geodetic Survey, PID TP1368
- ^ Peakbagger - Okanogan Range (map)
- ^ USFS topo via Lists of John
- ^ Washington Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (Sixth ed.). DeLorme. 2002. p. 114. ISBN 0-89933-329-X.
- ^ a b Romano 2008.
- ^ "Golden Stairway". Washington Trails Association.
- ^ "Cub Creek 2 Progression Map". Inciweb fire incident information system. USDA, US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, et al. August 6, 2021.
- ^ OLD BALDY, WA 1:24,000. United States Geological Survey. January 1, 2001. ISBN 978-0-607-92697-2. Map 106957 Alternate ID: TWA1732.
Sources
[edit]- Romano, Craig (2008). "Golden Stairway". Day Hiking North Cascades: Mount Baker / Mountain Loop Highway / San Juan Islands. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 978-1594852565.
- John Kirk (2020), "Old Baldy WA", Lists of John Lists of Peaks, Colorado
- Landes, Henry (1917). A Geographic Dictionary of Washington (PDF). Washington Geological Survey, Bulletin No. 17. Olympia: Frank M. Lamborn Public Printer.
- Marshall, Robert Bradford (1914). Results of Spirit Leveling in the State of Washington, 1896 to 1913, Inclusive. United States Geological Survey/Government Printing Office. Bulletin 557.
Further reading
[edit]- Granite Mountain Wilderness Evaluation (PDF), US Forest Service, 2009
External links
[edit]- Old Baldy Mountain Lookout Site (Will White Web)
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