Old Baldy Mountain (Okanogan County, Washington)

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

Baldy Pass
Elevation	6,375 ft (1,943 m)[3]
Range	North Cascades Okanogan Range
Coordinates	48°35′55″N 119°56′38″W[3]

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]