Silver Peak
Silver Peak rises to 2,724 m in California. Pyramid Peak stands 3,043 m to the south-southeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is McConnell Spur, a peak 0.6 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 15 miles off.
The story
Silver Peak is a mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountain range at the north end of the Crystal Mountains, to the east of Lake Tahoe. It is located in the Desolation Wilderness in El Dorado County, California.
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Wikidata Q7516231, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2724 m
How to reach it
- 15.4 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 25.8 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
- 29.2 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 17 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 18 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 25 mi
- Scenic lookout · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McConnell Spur: 0.6 mi
- Red Peak: 0.8 mi
- McConnell Peak: 1.2 mi
- Tells Peak: 2.2 mi
- Middle Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Fallen Leaf Recreation Center: 9.4 mi
- Kailua Park: 10.5 mi
- Tahoe Paradise Park: 12.2 mi
- Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 12.4 mi
- Bonanza Community Park: 12.4 mi
- Lester Beach: 8.3 mi
- Kiva Beach: 9.7 mi
- Pope Beach: 10.9 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 14.2 mi
- William Kent Beach: 14.8 mi
- Glen Alpine Spring: 8.3 mi
- Granite Spring: 11.8 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 14.3 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 14.3 mi
- Big Spring: 15.0 mi
- Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park: 8.9 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 11.9 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 12.8 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 13.0 mi
- Linder Grove: 13.8 mi
- Stephen Downey: 6.4 mi
- Fannette Island Tea House: 7.1 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 8.2 mi
- Elkus: 10.1 mi
- Albert Givan: 12.3 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 8.5 mi
- Tallac Point: 9.5 mi
- Red Cliffs: 10.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.6 mi
- Sugar Bun: 11.9 mi
- Bassi Falls: 6.2 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 6.3 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 6.5 mi
- Eagle Falls: 6.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 7.0 mi
- Balancing Rock: 7.6 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 8.4 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 9.9 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 15.4 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 15.9 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 9.1 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 14.9 mi
- French Meadows Day Use Site: 16.5 mi
- Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Baldwin Home: 9.9 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 13.6 mi
- Gatekeeper's Museum: 16.7 mi
- Watson Cabin: 17.1 mi
- UC Davis Eriksson Education Center: 18.2 mi
- St Theresa: 13.7 mi
- The Big Tree: 17.0 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 9.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Silver Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Peak | SSE 148° | 3,042.818 m | 7.3 mi |
| Dicks Peak | ESE 119° | 3,042 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Price | SSE 148° | 3,040 m | 5.7 mi |
| Agassiz | SSE 149° | 3,038 m | 6.2 mi |
| Jacks Peak | SE 126° | 3,002 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Tallac | ESE 106° | 2,967 m | 7.3 mi |
| Janine's Peak | ESE 110° | 2,919.679 m | 5.7 mi |
| Little Pyramid | SE 146° | 2,876.398 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 62 | 61 | 55 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tahoma, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 233140 — Silver Peak, El Dorado County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358775307
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 8 mi
- Homewood · 11 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 15 mi
- Tahoe City · 17 mi
- Olympic Valley · 18 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 24 mi
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