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Silver Mountain

Silver Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates36.24133, -117.83869

131 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 50
Historic sites: 15
  • 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
Attractions: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Artworks: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 8.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Darwin community garden: 14.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Olancha PeakW 276°3,695 m15.7 mi
Trail PeakWNW 303°3,539 m23.4 mi
Muah MountainNW 305°3,357.7 m19.4 mi
Cartago PeakWNW 291°3,194 m15.8 mi
Wonoga PeakNW 317°3,163 m22.8 mi
Brown MountainW 274°3,038 m19.1 mi
Templeton MountainWNW 284°3,031 m21.1 mi
Round MountainWSW 255°3,015 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:03
June solstice05:3519:3520:13
September equinox06:4018:1618:50
December solstice07:0016:0116:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394248546272787770594738
Precip in1.21.50.80.20.20.10.20.10.20.30.31.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358792642

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