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]

Old Baldy Mountain
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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
Geography
Country	United States
State	Washington
County	Okanogan County
Parent range	North Cascades Okanogan Range

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 motorcycke/biking/hiking 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

Sources

• Romano, Craig (2008). "Golden Stairway". Day Hiking North Cascades: Mount Baker / Mountain Loop Highway / San Juan Islands. The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 1594852561.
• 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

• Granite Mountain Wilderness Evaluation (PDF), US Forest Service, 2009

External links

• Old Baldy Mountain Lookout Site (Will White Web)

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