California hiking trails - Bald Mountain Trail, Sonoma County

   
  Backpacking here in California is the fine thing to do. California has lots of outdoors pastimes. When was the last time you got out in the outdoors a bit? if you happen to be in Sonoma County of California, Bald Mountain Trail is a nice local backpacking and hiking trail for doing a bit of leg stretching. This is one of a very small number of great outdoors hiking trails in this area. The time needed for this trek is roughly 2 hours, but of course some folks walk a bit slower and some a bit faster. Being 2.2 miles long it's a short hiking trail. There
    are great outdoors hiking trails all over California, and among these are Bald Mountain Trail in Sonoma County. Every single California great outdoors hiking trail is well worth a backcountry walk. And keep in mind that there could be temporary safety restrictions in location.
Bald Mountain Trail is a two ended backpacking trail with two trailheads, so if you can get a ride from someone, you can trek it just one way. At parts of the year this region sees very little rain, so don’t forget to check for any current fire restrictions before you go. For the duration of the summer months at Bald Mountain Trail temperatures are commonly in the 80's, and all through summer nights temperatures are in the 50's. The winter comes with highs in the 50's, and night lows in the 30's for Bald Mountain Trail. Bald Mountain Trail is a very short  
backpacking and hiking trail with an average amount of climbing distance which makes this great outdoors hiking trail fine for the average backcountry walker looking for an exciting adventure. This backpacking trail has a total elevation difference of 216 feet which is a lower than average number. It's a lengthy tour from Napa to Bald Mountain Trail, but it is a really great backpacking and hiking trail. Even though this is not a very long trail it's always wonderful to bring some emergency supplies, you never know what could happen. Bald Mountain Trail is a wet place that gets a great deal of rain; the month with most of the rain is January, and the driest month of the year is July. Bald Mountain Trail stays roughly within the same elevation zone the whole time, so you get pretty much the same conditions along the whole hiking trail.

Briefly about the general area:
Bald Mountain Trail is nice enough to spend more than a day at, Bothe Napa Valley State Park is a nice local campground; let's not forget Malm Fork Sonoma Creek which is a stream that you may run into while here. Here at Bald Mountain Trail you'll possibly meet some people from Napa, and you should absolutely dedicate some time to Columbine Meadow if you're here at Bald Mountain Trail.
A nice place in the vicinity of Bald Mountain Trail is Adobe Canyon, and obviously Rattlesnake Creek flows through this vicinity. There's so much to do here at Bald Mountain Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Ritchey Creek Campground is a great place for that.

Location of Trailhead 1: Latitude 38.465, Longitude -122.5148
- - Directions and Road Map

Location of Trailhead 2: Latitude 38.4547, Longitude -122.5097
- - Directions and Road Map


Trailhead 1 to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 1.1 miles
Total climbing distance = .5 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 1 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: .5 hours

Trailhead 2 to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 1.1 miles
Total climbing distance = .5 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 1 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: .5 hours
    Trailhead 1 back to Trailhead 1:
Total hiking length = 2.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 1 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 2 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 1.5 hours

Trailhead 2 back to Trailhead 2:
Total hiking length = 2.2 miles
Total climbing distance = 1 miles
Difficulty : Medium
Casual Hiking Pace: 2 hours
Fast Hiking Pace: 1.5 hours

Total elevation difference: 216 feet


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 Camp Grounds Near Bald Mountain Trail:
Ritchey Creek Campground, Napa County, 5 miles away
Bothe Napa Valley State Park, Napa, 6 miles away
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, Sonoma, 9 miles away
Sonoma Dog Camp, Sonoma, 10 miles away
Wine Country RV Park Sonoma Grove, Rohnert Park, 14 miles away
 National Parks Near Bald Mountain Trail:
Point Reyes National Seashore, Point Reyes - CA , 29 miles away
Muir Woods National Monument, Mill Valley - CA , 31 miles away
Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco - CA , 36 miles away
 Hotels Near Bald Mountain Trail:
Kenwood Inn and Spa, Kenwood , 4 miles away
Ambrose Bierce House, Saint Helena , 4 miles away
The Inn at Southbridge, Saint Helena , 4 miles away
Gaige House-a Joie de Vivre Hotel, Glen Ellen , 5 miles away
Shady Oaks Country Inn, Napa , 5 miles away

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