Mount Baldy is located in
Washoe County,
Nevada in the
Mount Rose Wilderness
The Mt. Rose Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Carson Range of Washoe County, Nevada, Washoe County, in the northwesternU.S. state of Nevada. It is located between Lake Tahoe and Reno, Nevada.
The Mt. Rose Wilderness, including ...
. The summit is at , and it is north-northwest of
Kings Beach, California and northwest of
Incline Village, Nevada, both of which are on the north shore of
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe (; was, Dáʔaw, meaning "the lake") is a Fresh water, freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada of the United States. Lying at , it straddles the state line between California and Nevada, west of Carson City, Nevad ...
.
The highest point in
Placer County, California is on the west ridge at elevation of about 9044 feet (2756 m) and about west-southwest of the summit.
So, Mount Baldy West Rim is right at the interstate border in Placer County (California), and Mount Baldy is in Washoe County in Nevada, and Mount Baldy is merely 0.3 miles from CA-Nevada border. To make things more confusing,
Mount San Antonio, the highest point in Los Angeles County, California, is called Mount Baldy locally in that county.
See also
*
List of highest points in California by county
References
Baldy Baldy refers to a person with hair loss.
Baldy may also refer to:
People
*Baldy (nickname)
*Pen name of Clifford H. Baldowski (1917–1999), American editorial cartoonist
* Daniel Baldy (born 1994), German politician
* Leonard Baldy (1927-1960), ...
Mountains of Washoe County, Nevada
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