Museum · California
Silver City Ghost Town
Silver City Ghost Town is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 756 m. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Uffert Park, a park 0.8 miles away.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
Coordinates35.59776, -118.49168
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- White Rock: 1.5 mi
- Ball Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Hooper Hill: 2.4 mi
- Cook Peak: 3.4 mi
- Bald Eagle Peak: 3.7 mi
Springs
- Scovern Hot Springs: 1.9 mi
- Scovern Hot Springs: 1.9 mi
- Gautche Springs: 5.0 mi
- Ranger Spring: 6.2 mi
- O'Brien Spring: 6.3 mi
Parks: 16
- Uffert Park: 0.8 mi
- Lake Isabella Park: 1.3 mi
- Mountain Mesa Park: 5.4 mi
- Freear Park: 7.6 mi
- Wofford Heights Park: 7.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Berts Canyon Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
Attractions: 2
- Coso Mines: 5.1 mi
- woody rd: 21.1 mi
Museums: 2
- Kern Valley Museum: 11.5 mi
- California Living Museum: 24.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Miracle Hot Springs: 2.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Salmon Creek Falls: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Chalk Cliff: 21.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Lake Ming County Park: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Silver City Ghost Town. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | SSE 151° | 2,565 m | 11.6 mi |
| Sunday Peak | NNW 338° | 2,531 m | 13.8 mi |
| Tobias Peak | NNW 345° | 2,526 m | 18.0 mi |
| Brown Peak | SSE 154° | 2,466 m | 8.7 mi |
| Liebel Peak | SE 140° | 2,452 m | 8.2 mi |
| Bull Run Peak | NNW 344° | 2,448 m | 16.9 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | NNW 338° | 2,417 m | 14.4 mi |
| Baker Peak | N 355° | 2,416 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 52 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lake FS, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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