Message posted by astra7 on April 09, 2012 at 16:33:26 PST:

Hi WJ,

Not sure of the exact purpose of Bald Mountain Satelitte site...I found a thread and some information that refers to it has having Radar station which I assume is mainly for surveillance.

The thread below even suggests that it could have high laser microphone technology that can listen in to conversations of motorist on HW 375.

I don't think that anyone permanently resides their...
It is remote controlled.

I was looking at google maps and zooming in using terrain..there are some roads/ tracks that pass nearby , but I am not sure if there is a route that takes anyone to the peaks which are upto 9380 ft..

I am curious just how far one can go legally via some of the /Roads/tracks...There are from various directions...some from 375 highway, and some from Rachel side.

This article suggests that when required staff are taken up by helicoptor.

http://www.dreamlandresort.com/area51/bald_mountain.html

Approximately 15.5 miles north-northeast of the base, on a peak known as Baldy Mountain, are a series of radar radomes
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37°26′58″N 115°44′01″W / 37.44944°N 115.73361°W / 37.44944; -115.73361,
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37°27′06″N 115°44′06″W / 37.45167°N 115.735°W / 37.45167; -115.735 at approximately 9,400' elevation.

The types of radar at these sites is unknown, although they may be the ARSR-4 Air Route Surveillance Radar which is used by the Air Force and FAA Joint Surveillance System throughout the United States. Another series of radars of a different type are located on a ridge at 4,300' just to the north of Groom Lake at
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37°17′41″N 115°49′21″W / 37.29472°N 115.8225°W / 37.29472; -115.8225. All of the radar sites appear to be automated and unattended.

In Reply to: Bald Mountain. posted by wheresjanet on April 08, 2012 at 18:58:03 PST:

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