Silver Falls
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
- 19.9 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 29.9 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sonora Crag: 3.9 mi
- Wells Peak: 4.1 mi
- Lost Cannon Peak: 4.3 mi
- White Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Sonora Peak: 4.8 mi
- Doe Springs: 8.2 mi
- Buck Springs: 9.1 mi
- Lava Springs: 9.3 mi
- Salt Spring: 15.2 mi
- Wild Horse Spring: 15.9 mi
- 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
- Leavitt Falls: 1.9 mi
- Sardine Falls: 4.7 mi
- Llewellyn Falls: 8.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 9.7 mi
- Carson Falls: 12.4 mi
- 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
- Sweetwater: 21.8 mi
- Dog Town: 22.4 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 23.1 mi
- Masonic: 23.6 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 8.7 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 13.9 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 19.8 mi
- East Flange Rock: 14.0 mi
- Locomotive Point: 21.8 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 14.2 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 15.0 mi
- Mono County Museum: 18.2 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 18.3 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 8.0 mi
- Peep Sight: 19.6 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Silver Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | SSE 146° | 3,603 m | 13.6 mi |
| Tower Peak | S 180° | 3,582 m | 13.8 mi |
| Hunewill Peak | SSE 156° | 3,562 m | 14.0 mi |
| Victoria Peak | SSE 151° | 3,561 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Patterson | ENE 64° | 3,552 m | 14.6 mi |
| Wheeler Peak | ENE 70° | 3,545 m | 15.0 mi |
| Walker Mountain | SSE 151° | 3,524 m | 8.5 mi |
| Leavitt Peak | SW 235° | 3,516 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:46 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 45 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 75.0 | 76.0 | 118 | 316 | 801 | 955 | 483 | 144 | 68.8 | 55.8 | 64.3 | 67.2 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7715505217
Take the scenic way to Silver Falls.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.