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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
2,762 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.75389, -115.51734

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 24
  • 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 22.3 miles of Silver Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MatterhornENE3,250 m8.3 mi
Bald PeakNE3,208 m9.0 mi
Jarbidge PeakNE3,207 m8.8 mi
Marys River PeakE3,189 m8.1 mi
Square TopENE3,189 m8.4 mi
Jumbo PeakNE3,189 m8.5 mi
Cougar PeakENE3,154 m8.2 mi
Prospect PeakENE3,137 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 50–80 °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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