Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area
Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,029 m. Telegraph Peak stands 2,713 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Chamise, a picnic site 0.7 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1029 m
How to reach it
- 21.0 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Lynx Point: 1.4 mi
- Jobs Peak: 2.2 mi
- Bailey Peak: 3.2 mi
- Monument Peak: 3.4 mi
- Sugarpine Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Cedarpines Park: 2.7 mi
- Crest Line Park: 4.2 mi
- Lake Gregory Regional Park: 4.6 mi
- Twin Peaks Rotary Centennial Park: 6.0 mi
- Petting Zoo: 6.0 mi
- Summit And Elliot Ranch: 6.0 mi
- Arrowhead (Landmark): 7.5 mi
- Conference Tree: 7.6 mi
- Blue Cut: 7.8 mi
- Crowder Canyon Bridge: 8.0 mi
- Ronald Reagan Mural on Berlin wall: 6.6 mi
- COE Iron Sculpture: 7.3 mi
- Nutcracker: 7.3 mi
- CSUSB Wild Song Coyote Statue: 7.4 mi
- Jack Brown Sculpture: 7.5 mi
- Sugarpine Spring: 3.6 mi
- Hot Spring: 7.9 mi
- Warm Spring: 9.6 mi
- Convict Spring: 9.8 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 10.7 mi
- Guasti Garden: 17.0 mi
- LaFourcade Community Garden: 18.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 18.2 mi
- Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts: 18.8 mi
- Fire Prevention Garden: 19.3 mi
- Mountain History Museum: 6.8 mi
- Robert V Fullerton Art Museum: 7.2 mi
- Historical Society and Museum of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection: 9.1 mi
- Historic Original McDonald's Museum: 11.4 mi
- Inland Empire Military Museum: 11.4 mi
- Chamise: 0.7 mi
- Serrano Beach: 0.7 mi
- Sycamore Landing: 0.8 mi
- Cleghorn Day Use: 1.2 mi
- Live Oak Landing: 1.2 mi
- Mojave River Forks Regional Park: 5.0 mi
- Arrowhead Ridge: 6.9 mi
- North Etiwanda Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Delhi Sand Fly Reserve: 19.2 mi
- Southridge Village Open Space Reserve: 19.3 mi
- Route 66: 7.6 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Queen: 8.2 mi
- Heaps Peak Arboretum: 10.2 mi
- Yaamava Resort: 11.1 mi
- Primer Mcdonal's: 11.3 mi
- Middleman Falls: 6.1 mi
- Hesperia Falls: 7.6 mi
- Bonita Falls: 11.0 mi
- Aztec Falls: 11.3 mi
- Etiwanda Falls: 13.3 mi
- Hamiltair Cove Beach: 7.4 mi
- Hamiltair community Beach: 7.7 mi
- Burnt Mill Beach: 7.9 mi
- Arrowhead Resort Beach: 8.0 mi
- Tavern Bay Beach: 8.1 mi
- shooting gallery: 6.4 mi
- Keller Cliffs: 17.9 mi
- Rock Climbing: 20.5 mi
- Rock Climbing: 20.7 mi
- High Desert Truck Stop: 17.5 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 18.6 mi
- Wildwood Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Wildwood Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Politana: 14.4 mi
- La Placita: 18.7 mi
- Lane's Crossing: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telegraph Peak | W 263° | 2,713 m | 15.7 mi |
| Cucamonga Peak | WSW 253° | 2,695 m | 15.5 mi |
| Etiwanda Peak | WSW 254° | 2,640 m | 14.7 mi |
| Thunder Mountain | W 264° | 2,613 m | 16.1 mi |
| Bighorn Peak | WSW 256° | 2,575 m | 16.0 mi |
| Crafts Peak | E 99° | 2,546 m | 17.1 mi |
| Timber Mountain | W 259° | 2,521 m | 15.6 mi |
| North Thunder | W 266° | 2,497 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:28 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:05 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 37 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 63 | 69 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 8.4 | 9.9 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Arrowhead, 8 mi away.
- California Ground Squirrel54 obs
- Western Fence Lizard47 obs
- California Scrub-Jay47 obs
- interior live oak40 obs
- Chia33 obs
- Mallard31 obs
- chamise31 obs
- California Buckwheat31 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/40059600
Day trips start here
- Lake Arrowhead · 8 mi
- Hesperia · 9 mi
- San Bernardino · 11 mi
- Rialto · 13 mi
- Colton · 15 mi
- Fontana · 15 mi
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