Bald Peak

Bald Peak is a peak in Salisbury, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut and has an elevation of 1,929 feet. Bald Peak is situated nearby to the hamlet Whitehouse Crossing, as well as near Joyceville.

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,929 feet
Description: mountain in United States of America
Also known as: “Mount Riga”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bingham Pond Bog and Gridley Mountain.

Bingham Pond Bog

Bingham Pond Bog is a rare undisturbed cold northern black spruce bog, highly unusual in that it lacks the usual sphagnum moss associated with bogs. It is located near Salisbury, Connecticut, United States.

Gridley Mountain

Peak

Gridley Mountain, 2,211 feet, is the third highest elevation in the state of Connecticut. The mountain, part of the Taconic Range, has no official trail and is located on private property.

Bear Mountain

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Heatkernel, Public domain.

Bear Mountain is a peak of the southern Taconic Mountains in Salisbury, Connecticut. At 2,316 feet, Bear Mountain is the highest mountain that lies wholly within Connecticut.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lakeville and Millerton.

Lakeville

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Lakeville is a census-designated place in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, close to Dutchess County, New York. It is within the town of Salisbury, but has its own ZIP Code.

Millerton

Town

Photo: JDMohier, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Millerton is a village in Dutchess County, New York, United States with a population of 903 at the 2020 census. The village was named after Sidney Miller, a rail contractor who helped bring the railroad to that area. Millerton is situated 4½ miles southwest of Bald Peak.

Mount Washington

Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Washington is a tiny town in the Berkshires of Massachusetts. It is at the southwest corner of the state, the only Massachusetts town to border both New York and Connecticut.

Bald Peak

Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Salisbury, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Litchfield Hills, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.012° or 42° 0′ 43″ north

Longitude

-73.46557° or 73° 27′ 56″ west

Elevation

1,929 feet (588 metres)

Open location code

87J82G6M+RQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359259768

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

5281821

Wikidata ID

Q31807568

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In Other Languages

“Bald Peak” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Bald Peak”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Mount Riga and Whitehouse Crossing.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include South Pond Dam and Riga Falls.

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