Silver Peak
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Silver Peak rises to 2,287 m in California. Olancha Peak stands 3,695 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lost Cabin Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Inyo County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49073972, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2287 m
How to reach it
- 15.9 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Father Crowley Vista Point- Rainbow Canyon · 17 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point · 17 mi
- Padre Point · 17 mi
- Turnout · 25 mi
113 named places within 25 miles
- Lost Cabin Spring: 0.5 mi
- Summer Spring: 0.6 mi
- Wild Horse Spring: 0.6 mi
- Cole Spring: 2.1 mi
- Mill Spring: 2.2 mi
- Coso Peak: 3.8 mi
- Iron Hill: 5.0 mi
- Pinon Peak: 5.6 mi
- Cactus Peak: 7.8 mi
- Louisiana Butte: 8.5 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 4.8 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 4.8 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 4.8 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 4.9 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 4.9 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 8.8 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 8.9 mi
- Dirty Socks: 21.1 mi
- Lemon Inn: 21.4 mi
- Madonna: 10.2 mi
- Not A Through Street: 10.3 mi
- Egg: 10.3 mi
- Darwin Falls: 15.7 mi
- Fossil Falls: 16.7 mi
- Darwin community garden: 10.6 mi
- Coso Junction Rest Area: 15.1 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 18.4 mi
- Bircham Springs Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 21.2 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olancha Peak | WNW 290° | 3,695 m | 24.3 mi |
| Round Mountain | W 278° | 3,015 m | 20.7 mi |
| Deer Mountain | W 270° | 2,864 m | 23.3 mi |
| Ball Mountain | WSW 255° | 2,822 m | 22.4 mi |
| Maturango Peak | E 99° | 2,670 m | 11.9 mi |
| Parkinson Peak | ESE 105° | 2,662 m | 12.7 mi |
| Anderson Point | W 279° | 2,600 m | 24.8 mi |
| Parrot Point | ESE 110° | 2,540 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:34 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 249486 — Silver Peak, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358792650
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