Silver Peak
Silver Peak rises to 3,342 m in Idaho. Castle Peak stands 3,603 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Boulder Peak, a peak 1.3 miles away. Sawtooth Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off.
The story
Silver Peak is an 11,125-foot-elevation (3,391 m) mountain summit in Idaho, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49073981, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,342 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
- 27.8 mi off the Salmon River Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Galena Summit Overlook · 10 mi
- Bethine & Frank Church Overlook · 10 mi
- Chairlift Swing · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Boulder Peak: 1.3 mi
- Easley Peak: 2.2 mi
- Galena Peak: 4.5 mi
- Phantom Hill: 4.6 mi
- Glassford Peak: 5.4 mi
- Baker Creek Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Rotary Park: 13.7 mi
- Knob Hill Natural Area: 14.0 mi
- Ketchum Bike Park: 14.1 mi
- Little Park: 14.2 mi
- Crown Point: 1.8 mi
- Elk Point: 18.3 mi
- Chinese Wall: 20.0 mi
- Hemingway Memorial: 13.5 mi
- KECH-FM (Sun Valley): 14.4 mi
- Alice-Toxaway Divide: 22.0 mi
- Russian John Warm Spring: 3.7 mi
- Frenchman’s Bend Hot Springs: 14.3 mi
- Hemingway/Northwood Natural Area: 13.5 mi
- Sun Valley Museum of Art: 14.2 mi
- Sawtooth Botanical Garden: 17.7 mi
- Pettit Lake Day Use Area: 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Silver Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Peak | N 350° | 3,603 m | 13.6 mi |
| Ryan Peak | ENE 58° | 3,561 m | 7.5 mi |
| Kent Peak | ENE 65° | 3,555 m | 7.6 mi |
| Glassford Peak | NNE 32° | 3,536 m | 5.4 mi |
| Lee Peak | NNW 346° | 3,458 m | 18.3 mi |
| Lonesome Lake Peak | NNW 347° | 3,445 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Andrus | NNW 348° | 3,438 m | 17.3 mi |
| White Cloud Peaks | NNW 346° | 3,438 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:13 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:41 | 21:25 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:10 | 16:17 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 20 | 23 | 31 | 39 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 61 | 53 | 42 | 29 | 20 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ketchum RS, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358658740
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