Silver City
"An old town with heritage and relaxation written all over it."
- Julie B, Erie PA
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For a vacation, a weekend getaway, or a stopover while visiting the Southwest, Silver City is the perfect destination.
Nestled in the foothills of the Pinos Altos Mountains at an elevation of 6,000 feet, Silver City borders the Continental Divide.
The summer climate is cool and comfortable. You'll enjoy crisp clean air and sunshine and their four gentle seasons.
Recently selected as one of the healthiest places to live and retire, Silver City placed in the top 1% of over 3,000 communities our size or larger. "Our LOW RISK LIFE-STYLE is a way of living that eliminates all health-destroying habits and replaces them with health-promoting habits." It was based primarily on CLIMATE, ELEVATION, TERRAIN and lack of URBAN STRESS.
Discover more about the colorful history dating back to 1870 when silver was discovered above La Cienega (Marsh) de San Vicente. Tales from those early days tell of characters like Billy the Kid, Geronimo, Judge Roy Bean, "Dangerous" Dan Tucker, and the Hearst family.
Explore the ancient cultures and see collections of distinctive black on white pottery that was developed one thousand years ago by Mimbres Indians inhabiting the Silver City area.
Visit the nearby 3.3 million-acre national forest and wilderness areas, and today's modern ranching and mining industries. Enjoy fantastic, authentic Mexican food, play 18 holes of golf, explore museums and galleries or shop the day away for unique Southwestern art and souvenirs.
Relax in cabins, campgrounds, bed and breakfast inns, historic hotels and modern motels.
Choose any season, there's always a reason to come to Silver City.
What people are saying about Silver City
Folks have been living and working in this part of the Southwest for more than 1,200 years. Now our unique combination of climate, lifestyle, environment and opportunity are drawing new visitors and residents from around the world!
We're proud of our reputation as an outstanding community and as a great place to work, live or retire. Here are a few of the good things being said about us:
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"Where to buy a cabin:
The West’s most popular places to find your second home" —
Sunset Magazine, August 2006
"... Home base at one time to both Billy the Kid and Geronimo, Silver City now has a population of about 10,000, a university, an eclectic art community, and access to more than 3 million acres of national forest. In other words, it’s been discovered.."
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"The Real New Mexico Experience." — New York Times, January 13, 2006
"People who live in Silver City like to say that their town of 10,000 offers 'the real New Mexico experience.' Perched on the edge of the Gila National Forest in a high-desert wonderland of ponderosas, deep gorges and red-rock mesas, Silver City is a bit rough around the edges... but that's the way the locals like it."
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- "From mining bust to tourist boom, Silver City celebrates 20 years of New Mexico MainStreet"
" ... As New Mexico’s longest-running MainStreet community, today’s Silver City is a colorful, bustling burgh that Outside magazine declared one of its 20 “Dream Towns.” Read more!
- "Top Public Hunting Areas" — Outdoor Life Magazine; September 2005. "Top Public Hunting Areas: The Gila and Cibola national forests of Catron and Grant counties (as well as the adjacent Apache-Sitgreaves national forest in Arizona) are legendary for large mule deer."
- "A Mountain Hideaway in the Land of Enchantment" — SW Aviator Magazine; January 2005. "... Silver City is an undiscovered, civilized hideaway situated on the outskirts of the vast Gila Wilderness... Plan a lot of time for your visit ... (otherwise) you will regret you didn't stay longer." Read More
- "One of the 20 Dream Towns" — Outside Magazine; August 2004.
- "A Treasure of a Town" — Arizona Star Newspaper; January 2004.
- "Best of the West Mining Town" — True West Magazine; 2003.
- "Making Your Move to One of America's Best Small Towns " — Norman Crampton; 2003.
- "Best American Cities You've Never Heard Of " — Cowboys and Indians Magazine; May 1999.
- "Hundred Best Small Art Towns in America " — John Villani.
- "USA's Dozen Distinctive Destinations - 2002 " — National Trust for Historic Preservation; 2002.
- "50 Healthiest Places to Live and Retire in the United States " — Norman D. Ford.
- "50 Best Places to Live" — Modern Maturity Magazine; June 2000.
- "100 Best Small Towns in America" — Norman Crampton
- "Outstanding Community of 2000 and Top Place in the USA to Retire" — Searchers.
- "One of 11 Top Retirement Spots" — Kiplinger Magazine.
Info and images courtesy Silver City - Grant County Chamber of Commerce
