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Silver Peak

Silver Peak, a peak in California
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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. 104 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 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
2,287 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.14800, -117.70702

104 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 54
Peaks: 28
Historic sites: 6
  • Abandoned Old Vehicles: 4.8 mi
  • The Joshua Tree album location: 12.8 mi
  • Viking/Talc Queen Camp: 14.1 mi
  • Osborn Cabin: 15.9 mi
  • Kopper Cabin: 17.4 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Chinook helicopter: 8.8 mi
  • F-14 Tomcat airplane: 8.9 mi
  • Dirty Socks: 21.1 mi
  • Lemon Inn: 21.4 mi
Artworks: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Darwin community garden: 10.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 18.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Bircham Springs Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
Nature reserves: 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
Olancha PeakWNW3,695 m24.3 mi
Round MountainW3,015 m20.7 mi
Deer MountainW2,864 m23.3 mi
Ball MountainWSW2,822 m22.4 mi
Maturango PeakE2,670 m11.9 mi
Parkinson PeakESE2,662 m12.7 mi
Anderson PointW2,600 m24.8 mi
Parrot PointESE2,540 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2919:03
June solstice05:3519:3420:12
September equinox06:4018:1518:49
December solstice06:5916:0116:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394248546272787770594738
Precip in1.21.50.80.20.20.10.20.10.20.30.31.0

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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