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Silver Falls

Silver Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Silver Falls is a waterfall in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,218 m. Eagle Peak stands 3,603 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bridgeport, a park 1.7 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

What the record says

Height
6 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.34416, -119.54749

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 27
Parks: 6
  • Bridgeport: 1.7 mi
  • Bridgeport Training Range: 3.5 mi
  • Douglas Picnic Ground: 12.2 mi
  • Walker Community Park: 12.2 mi
  • Mountain Gate Park: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Historic sites: 5
  • Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 13.8 mi
  • Nugent Cabin: 17.1 mi
  • Clinton: 18.1 mi
  • Old Jail: 21.7 mi
  • Little Bodie Monument: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Columns of the Giants: 13.9 mi
  • Travertine Hot Spring: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Museums: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Fales Hot Spring: 8.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Peep Sight: 19.6 mi
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Silver Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakSSE 146°3,603 m13.6 mi
Tower PeakS 180°3,581.8 m13.8 mi
Hunewill PeakSSE 156°3,562 m14.0 mi
Victoria PeakSSE 151°3,561 m13.9 mi
Mount PattersonENE 64°3,552 m14.6 mi
Wheeler PeakENE 70°3,545 m15.0 mi
Walker MountainSSE 151°3,524 m8.5 mi
Leavitt PeakSW 235°3,516 m6.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3619:10
June solstice05:3619:4620:26
September equinox06:4718:2218:57
December solstice07:1216:0016:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936424958646256453628
Precip in2.01.50.90.60.70.40.50.40.20.70.81.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 18 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs75.076.011831680195548314468.855.864.367.2

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge W Walker RV Blw L Walker RV NR Coleville, CA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7715505217

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