Silver Peak
Silver Peak rises to 3,283 m in California. White Mountain stands 3,470 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Highland Peak, a peak 1.4 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 2.1 miles off.
The story
Silver Peak is a 10,820-foot-elevation (3,298-meter) mountain summit in Alpine County, California, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49073969, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,283 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 24.3 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
- 29.0 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 20 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Highland Peak: 1.4 mi
- Ebbetts Peak: 3.1 mi
- Tryon Peak: 3.3 mi
- IXL Peak: 3.8 mi
- Reynolds Peak: 4.3 mi
- Grover Hot Springs: 10.2 mi
- Soda Spring: 10.3 mi
- Virgil Connell Spring: 12.2 mi
- Big Spring: 12.3 mi
- Indian Spring: 13.9 mi
- Markleeville Library Park: 9.0 mi
- Elizabeth Coyan Park: 9.0 mi
- Heritage Park and Nature Area: 9.0 mi
- Turtle Rock County Park: 11.2 mi
- Indian Creek Recreation Lands: 11.6 mi
- Hangman's Cave: 8.7 mi
- 4-second Climbing Area: 15.0 mi
- Bloods Point: 17.2 mi
- Machado Postpile: 18.6 mi
- Detox Wall: 21.2 mi
- Old Jail: 2.9 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 14.4 mi
- Barney Riley: 14.8 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 15.4 mi
- Hoye Bridge: 21.2 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 13.8 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 14.6 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 18.2 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Carson Falls: 6.7 mi
- Llewellyn Falls: 11.1 mi
- Silver Falls: 19.1 mi
- Sardine Falls: 19.2 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 20.0 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 6.9 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 10.6 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 14.5 mi
- Linder Grove: 22.4 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 23.5 mi
- Peep Sight: 7.1 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 9.1 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 15.9 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Silver Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain | SSE 148° | 3,470 m | 15.0 mi |
| Stanislaus Peak | SSE 158° | 3,426 m | 13.4 mi |
| Highland Peak | S 170° | 3,324 m | 1.4 mi |
| Whitecliff Peak | SE 144° | 3,296 m | 11.0 mi |
| Wells Peak | SE 140° | 3,294 m | 15.0 mi |
| Fish Valley Peak | SE 131° | 3,209 m | 13.6 mi |
| Round Top | WNW 298° | 3,164 m | 14.7 mi |
| Antelope Peak | ESE 120° | 3,124 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:48 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topaz Lake, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799671
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