Silver Springs Beach
Silver Springs Beach is a beach in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,267 m. Lyon Peak stands 2,627 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain of Hieroglyphics, a peak 1.3 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway passes 6.8 miles off. 111 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
The story
Beach in Lyon County, Nevada, United States.
Wikidata Q49324774, matched on coordinates and name (14 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,267 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
- 18.6 mi off the Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway, National
- 23.2 mi off the The Loneliest Road in America
- 29.8 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
111 named places within 25 miles
- Mountain of Hieroglyphics: 1.3 mi
- Churchill Peak: 6.2 mi
- Churchill Butte: 6.2 mi
- Cleaver Peak: 11.1 mi
- Red Mountain: 11.5 mi
- Penny Park: 3.4 mi
- Lahontan State Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
- Lahontan State Game Refuge: 8.9 mi
- Autumn Winds Park: 14.5 mi
- Ponderosa Park: 14.7 mi
- Molhenge: 19.0 mi
- Dead Dog War Battlefield: 19.0 mi
- Molossia's Bottle Forest: 19.0 mi
- Bank Of Molossia: 19.1 mi
- Republic of Molossia: 19.1 mi
- Rock Blind Spring: 7.8 mi
- Freeman Spring: 12.9 mi
- Cooney Springs: 14.2 mi
- Barton Springs: 17.5 mi
- Stone Spring: 21.8 mi
- Virginia Beach: 3.1 mi
- Sixmile Beach: 5.4 mi
- Churchill Beach: 9.0 mi
- Soda Lake Beach: 19.2 mi
- Fernley and Lassen Railway Depot: 16.3 mi
- Churchill County Museum: 22.8 mi
- Dayton Museum: 23.5 mi
- The Way it Was Museum: 24.9 mi
- Ragtown: 17.1 mi
- Stone Cabin: 19.0 mi
- Como: 20.7 mi
- Sutro: 22.1 mi
- Fort Churchill: 7.1 mi
- Thompson Smelter: 14.7 mi
- Friendship Gate: 19.1 mi
- Susans Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Giants Throne: 22.9 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 24.1 mi
- Fernley Wildlife Management Area: 17.1 mi
- Mason Valley Wildlife Management Area: 19.5 mi
- Pony Bob Haslam Group Use Area: 7.4 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 16.3 mi
- Norton Park: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Silver Springs Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyon Peak | SW 222° | 2,627 m | 22.8 mi |
| Rawe Peak | SW 233° | 2,511 m | 19.7 mi |
| Pond Peak | NW 323° | 2,448 m | 24.2 mi |
| Rusty Peak | SW 217° | 2,209 m | 18.1 mi |
| Tibbie Peak | W 270° | 2,209 m | 18.5 mi |
| Clark Mountain | WNW 295° | 2,194 m | 21.4 mi |
| Two Tips | N 2° | 2,131 m | 23.5 mi |
| Rocky Peak | W 266° | 2,123 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:47 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:55 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 41 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 81 | 79 | 70 | 57 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lahontan DAM, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357555067
Day trips start here
- Silver Springs · 3 mi
- Fernley · 16 mi
- Republic of Molossia · 19 mi
- Fallon · 23 mi
- Virginia City · 25 mi
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