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Silver Peak

Silver Peak, seen from above at true elevation

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
3342 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.84546, -114.53784

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 8
  • 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
Cliffs: 3
Historic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • Russian John Warm Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Frenchman’s Bend Hot Springs: 14.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Hemingway/Northwood Natural Area: 13.5 mi
Museums: 1
  • Sun Valley Museum of Art: 14.2 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Sawtooth Botanical Garden: 17.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pettit Lake Day Use Area: 18.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Silver Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle PeakN 350°3,602.736 m13.6 mi
Ryan PeakENE 58°3,561 m7.5 mi
Kent PeakENE 65°3,555.187 m7.6 mi
Glassford PeakNNE 32°3,536.29 m5.4 mi
Lee PeakNNW 346°3,457.956 m18.3 mi
Lonesome Lake PeakNNW 347°3,445 m16.3 mi
Mount AndrusNNW 348°3,438.144 m17.3 mi
White Cloud PeaksNNW 346°3,438 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1319:51
June solstice05:5720:4121:25
September equinox07:2618:5919:37
December solstice08:1016:1717:04

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F202331394855636153422920
Precip in2.31.91.81.21.81.30.60.51.01.41.22.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ketchum RS, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358658740

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