Silver Peak
Silver Peak rises to 640 m in Virginia. Bald Knob stands 1,232 m to the east, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Garnet Peak, a peak 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49073995, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 640 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.6 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Buena Vista Overlook · 1 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 2 mi
- House Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Garnet Peak: 0.5 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain: 1.1 mi
- McClure Peak: 2.0 mi
- Paxton Peak: 2.2 mi
- Otto Cline Powell monument: 5.5 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 7.0 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 7.0 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 7.0 mi
- Laurel Park: 1.0 mi
- Penny Park: 1.5 mi
- Glen Maury Park: 2.1 mi
- Ben Salem Wayside: 3.8 mi
- M. Leroy Richardson Park: 6.8 mi
- Knight Statue: 1.4 mi
- Peristyle: 1.4 mi
- George Washington: 7.0 mi
- The Cannonball: 7.1 mi
- George C. Marshall: 7.1 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 7.0 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 7.1 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 7.3 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 15.7 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 7.2 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 9.4 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 13.0 mi
- Devils Marbleyard: 13.5 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 13.7 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 6.2 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 6.8 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 7.5 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 9.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 11.7 mi
- HumanKind and Hill City Master Gardener Davis Instructional Garden: 21.3 mi
- Randolph College Organic Garden: 22.2 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 22.5 mi
- Daniel's Hill Garden: 23.6 mi
- Rain Garden: 23.6 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 7.6 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 9.6 mi
- Lake Robertson: 16.2 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 16.4 mi
- Carry Nature Sanctuary: 18.6 mi
- Panther Falls: 2.9 mi
- Lace Falls: 14.4 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 17.8 mi
- White Rock Falls: 18.7 mi
- Apple Orchard Falls: 19.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 7.9 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 18.5 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 9.6 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Silver Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | E 88° | 1,232 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | E 88° | 1,223 m | 8.4 mi |
| Cole Mountain | E 82° | 1,197 m | 6.6 mi |
| Floyds Mountain | E 85° | 1,061 m | 7.4 mi |
| Little Rocky Mountain | E 88° | 1,034 m | 7.4 mi |
| Buck Mountain | E 85° | 1,025 m | 4.8 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | SSW 192° | 1,015 m | 5.5 mi |
| Big Rocky Row | SSW 207° | 910 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1487246 — Silver Peak, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356574777
Day trips start here
- Lynchburg · 25 mi
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