Silver Mountain
Silver Mountain rises to 1,990 m in Idaho. Boundary County High Point stands 2,350 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Saddle Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Wild Horse Trail Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Boundary County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49073961, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,990 m
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Wild Horse Trail Scenic Byway
- 11.6 mi off the International Selkirk Scenic Loop, National
- 18.8 mi off the White Horse Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Island Pond Overlook · 24 mi
- Riverside Canyon Overlook · 27 mi
- Delaurentiis Bluffs · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Saddle Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Lone Tree Peak: 2.2 mi
- Blue Joe Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Shorty Peak: 3.1 mi
- Red Top: 4.7 mi
- American Falls: 8.9 mi
- Priest Falls: 9.1 mi
- Lower Granite Falls: 19.8 mi
- Upper Granite Falls: 19.9 mi
- LaSota Falls: 19.9 mi
- Cardinal Basins Recreation Site: 10.7 mi
- Myrtle Creek Game Preserve: 18.5 mi
- Gerald Lindquist memorial: 16.4 mi
- Granite Falls Overlook: 19.8 mi
- Stagger Inn Day Use Area: 19.8 mi
- Ledgewood Bay Picnic Ground: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Silver Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary County High Point | SE 133° | 2,350 m | 12.0 mi |
| Parker Peak | SE 131° | 2,332 m | 9.6 mi |
| Smith Peak | SSE 159° | 2,325 m | 9.7 mi |
| Fisher Peak | SE 125° | 2,312 m | 11.7 mi |
| Hulme Peak | N 355° | 2,277 m | 16.0 mi |
| Snowy Top | W 280° | 2,248 m | 11.0 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | SSE 152° | 2,231 m | 12.0 mi |
| Gypsy Peak | W 266° | 2,226 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:18 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 04:44 | 20:05 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:05 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 08:39 | 15:57 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Creston).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 58 | 46 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Porthill, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 390451 — Silver Mountain, Boundary County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358658737
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