Silver Mountain
Silver Mountain rises to 2,270 m in California. Olancha Peak stands 3,695 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Centennial Spring, a spring 4.0 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Inyo County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49073945, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2270 m
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Father Crowley Vista Point · 18 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point- Rainbow Canyon · 18 mi
- Padre Point · 18 mi
- Turnout · 29 mi
131 named places within 25 miles
- Pinon Peak: 4.2 mi
- Iron Hill: 5.0 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 5.5 mi
- Coso Peak: 7.4 mi
- Silver Peak: 9.8 mi
- Upper Centennial Spring: 4.0 mi
- Lower Centennial Spring: 4.4 mi
- Black Spring: 6.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 8.4 mi
- Chappo Spring: 8.7 mi
- The Joshua Tree album location: 8.1 mi
- Viking/Talc Queen Camp: 10.4 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 14.5 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 14.6 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 14.6 mi
- Dirty Socks: 11.4 mi
- Lemon Inn: 11.8 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 15.8 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 15.8 mi
- Owen's Lake - Plaza: 19.7 mi
- Coso: 11.6 mi
- Darwin: 13.9 mi
- Keeler: 17.1 mi
- Swansea: 19.9 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 20.6 mi
- Not A Through Street: 13.7 mi
- Egg: 13.7 mi
- Madonna: 13.7 mi
- Darwin Falls: 18.4 mi
- Fossil Falls: 19.1 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 8.7 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 11.5 mi
- Darwin community garden: 14.0 mi
- Coso Junction Rest Area: 14.8 mi
- Conglomerate Double Arch: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Silver Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olancha Peak | W 276° | 3,695 m | 15.7 mi |
| Trail Peak | WNW 303° | 3,539 m | 23.4 mi |
| Muah Mountain | NW 305° | 3,357.7 m | 19.4 mi |
| Cartago Peak | WNW 291° | 3,194 m | 15.8 mi |
| Wonoga Peak | NW 317° | 3,163 m | 22.8 mi |
| Brown Mountain | W 274° | 3,038 m | 19.1 mi |
| Templeton Mountain | WNW 284° | 3,031 m | 21.1 mi |
| Round Mountain | WSW 255° | 3,015 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:35 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358792642
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