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Silver Peak

Silver Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Silver Peak rises to 550 m in California. Mount Orizaba stands 639 m to the east-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Slide 2, a peak 0.6 miles away. 111 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49073974, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
550 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.45987, -118.56866

111 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 31
Peaks: 24
  • Slide 2: 0.6 mi
  • Fish: 1.2 mi
  • West Point: 1.9 mi
  • Bluff: 1.9 mi
  • Mount Torquemada: 3.3 mi
Attractions: 13
  • Spring Landing: 0.9 mi
  • Ribbon Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Lion Head: 3.9 mi
  • Perdition Caves: 5.4 mi
  • Spouting Caves: 5.5 mi
Historic sites: 12
Artworks: 7
  • Santa Catalina Island Map: 9.7 mi
  • Leroy: 16.1 mi
  • Pacific Gray Whale: 21.7 mi
  • Stephen M. White: 23.8 mi
  • Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 4
Museums: 4
Picnic sites: 1
  • 01: 7.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Torqua Spring: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 1
Cliffs: 1
Lighthouses: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Silver Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount OrizabaESE 123°639 m10.4 mi
Black Jack MountainESE 117°596 m10.9 mi
Mount BanningSE 129°492 m9.7 mi
East MountainSE 124°476 m17.5 mi
Cactus PeakSE 140°466 m11.0 mi
FletcherESE 111°454 m11.1 mi
San Pedro HillNE 34°449 m23.9 mi
Slide 2WSW 258°419 m0.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:06
June solstice05:4619:3120:08
September equinox06:4318:2018:52
December solstice06:5516:1316:51

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565555576062687171656055
Precip in3.02.81.70.80.40.20.10.00.10.51.02.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Avalon Catalina AP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 249484 — Silver Peak, Los Angeles County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358792645

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