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Silver Mountain

Silver Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Silver Mountain rises to 2,762 m in Nevada. Matterhorn stands 3,250 m to the east-northeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Copper Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
2762 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.75389, -115.51734

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 25
  • Cottonwood Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Bieroth Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Archies Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Source of the Bruneau River: 13.6 mi
  • Jenkins Spring: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 1
  • Urdahl Concentrated Use Area: 7.1 mi
Parks: 1
  • Wild Horse State Recreation Area: 15.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Silver Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MatterhornENE 62°3,250 m8.3 mi
Bald PeakNE 46°3,208 m9.0 mi
Jarbidge PeakNE 47°3,207 m8.8 mi
Marys River PeakE 87°3,189 m8.1 mi
Square TopENE 57°3,189 m8.4 mi
Jumbo PeakNE 52°3,189 m8.5 mi
Cougar PeakENE 71°3,154 m8.2 mi
Prospect PeakENE 71°3,137 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1818:54
June solstice05:0819:3920:21
September equinox06:3018:0418:41
December solstice07:0715:3016:15

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272837415058656657463628
Precip in2.01.21.93.02.70.90.70.80.81.42.32.4

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357552462

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