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Silver City
California›Tulare County

Silver CityCA

A town in California.

Mineral King Road Cultural Landscape · Photo: Chris English · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo of Silver City

Silver City, CA · Mineral King Road Cultural Landscape · Photo: Chris English · CC BY-SA 3.0

Land area
1 sq mi

Is Silver City a good place to live?

Silver City’s midsummer high is 73°F, below both the California town median (89°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F). Among 847 California towns, just 2 have a lower January low than Silver City. 84% of the land in Silver City is conserved, against 4.3% in California’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Sequoia National Park, at 74 acres. We don’t grade Silver City yet; the figures below are still real.

Nearby attractions

Mount Whitney and 12 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Silver City. Close and well known come first.

All 15 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Mount Whitney: Geographer (talk · contribs), CC BY 1.0 · Sequoia National Park: Alberto Carrasco Casado, CC BY 2.0 · Kings Canyon National Park: NileGuide.com (Josh Steinitz), CC BY 2.0 · Manzanar National Historic Site: Dorothea Lange, Public domain · Moro Rock: DiverDave, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Owens Lake: Picture prepared for Wikipedia by Adrian Pingstone in November 2003., Public domain

Getting set up

Moving to Silver City: who provides what

Silver City is unincorporated, so Tulare County and regional agencies provide most services.

InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & county servicesTulare CountyTulare County provides services here
SchoolsWoodlake Unified School District (9-12)Three Rivers Union Elementary School District2 districts serve Silver City; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereTulare County Registrar of VotersTulare County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jul 2025

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Silver City.

Outdoors

In Silver City, nearly a third of the land is conserved

0.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Silver City’s trail network density stands at 3.0 miles per square mile.

84%conserved
84%
conserved · 62 of 74 acres
0.3 mi
of trails · 3 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Sequoia National Park0.3 mi74

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Natural hazards

Very high risk in Silver City, with inland flooding at the top

Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 98% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Silver City, 37% come from inland flooding and 33% from wildfires.

98risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
98Very high riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingWildfireAvalanches

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Climate

The climate in Silver City brings snowy winters and pleasant summers

The seasons in Silver City: chilly, snowy winters, cool summers, with plenty of rain.

220″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter20–40°
Spring27–49°
Summer45–71°
Fall34–57°
Sep 20
typical first frost
Jun 8
typical last frost
+1.5°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Silver City

12pages on Silver City
After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Silver City; the nearest are

About Silver City

Unincorporated in California, United States

Silver City is a census-designated place (CDP) in the mountainous area of central Tulare County, California. Silver City sits at an elevation of 6,732 feet (2,052 m). It lies 72 km ENE of Visalia, California, within the boundary of Sequoia National Park. The 2010 and 2020 United States censuses reported that Silver City was uninhabited. Silver City is the name of an inholding in Sequoia National Park located at Mile 21 on the 25-mile road to Mineral King. It consists of 58 fee-simple lots, 39 of which have cabins on them, plus a commercial area consisting of a store, restaurant and several rental cabins called the Silver City Mountain Resort. It is classified as a transient non-community be…

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
0.6 sq mi
Elevation
6,732 ft

Questions about Silver City

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Silver City, CA a good place to live?

We don’t grade Silver City yet; the figures below are still real. A town in California.