AREA INFORMATION....
Silver City was listed as one of a Dozen Distinctive Destinations (an annual list of the best preserved and unique communities in the United States) in 2002 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation "Silver City, N.Mex. is as strikingly beautiful as it is historic", "Silver City boasts a mild climate, Victorian charm and low-key lifestyle that have long attracted visitors."
In veteran health and retirement writer Norman D. Ford's Book, "The 50 Healthiest Places To Live and Retire in the United States." Silver City was selected as one of the healthiest places to live and retire. It placed in the top 1% of over 3,100 communities nationwide.
Silver City, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Location: Southwestern New Mexico
Grant County seat: Silver City (population 13,335)
Closest Metropolitan areas: Las Cruces, NM 112 miles - El Paso TX, 154 miles - Tucson, AZ 199 miles - Albuquerque, NM 235 miles - Phoenix, AZ 266 miles.
Elevation: 5,920 ft.
Silver City, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Month: Avg High - Mean - Avg LowJanuary: 51 °F - 38 °F - 24 °F July: 87 °F - 73 - 58 February: 55 °F - 41 - 26August: 84 °F - 70 - 56March: 60 °F - 46 - 30September: 79 °F - 65 - 51April: 68 °F - 53 - 36October: 70 °F - 56 - 41May: 77 °F - 61 - 43November: 59 °F - 46 - 31June: 86 °F - 71 - 53December: 52 °F - 39 - 25
Average Annual Precipitation: 15.8" - High 3.2" August - Low .2" April
Average Relative Humidity: 31%
Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce:
201 N. Hudson Street
Silver City, NM 88061
Phone: (575) 538-3785, 800-548-9378 or www.silvercity.org
Silver City Grant County Economic Development:
SIGRED (575) 538-6320 or www.silvercity-business.com
Census Bureau Quick facts on Grant County: 2000
Population, New Mexico: 1,819,046
Population, Silver City: 14,066
Population, Grant County: 31,002
Grant County
Percent change from 1990 to 2000: 12.0%
Percent under the age of 18: 26.2%
Percent 65 years of age and older: 16.5%
Persons per square mile: 7.8
Land area: 3,966 square miles
Housing Units: 14,066
Homeownership Rate: 74.4%
Households: 12,146
Median Household Income (1999): $29,134
Personal Income Per Capita (1999): $14,597
Area Attractions
Area Attractions
Area Attractions
Public Lands and Lakes: Gila National Forest and Gila Wilderness - (575) 388-8201; Lake Roberts, Bear Canyon Lake, Bill Evans Lake - NM Game & Fish (505) 522-9796 website.
Outdoor Recreation: Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (575) 538-9461 website, City of Rocks (575) 536-2800 website, Catwalk National Recreation Trail 539-2481 website,
Buckhorn Saloon & Pinos Altos Opera House: Saloon and restaurant. The Opera's season features original, fast-paced comedies during which the audience is encouraged to boo, cheer, and throw popcorn. Performances take place on Friday and Saturday evenings. (575) 538-9911 or (575) 388-3848 www.pinosaltos.org
Ghost Towns: Mogollon (75 mi northeast of Silver City) (575) 539-2015 - Shakespeare (2.5 mi south of Lordsburg) (575) 542-9034 - Steins Railroad Ghost Town (19 mi west of Lordsburg) (575) 542-9791.
Annual Events:
Red Paint PowWow (575) 534-1379 Tour of the Gila Staged Bicycle Races (575) 388-3222 or www.tourofthegila.com, Silver City Blues Festival (575) 538-2505 or www.mimbresarts.org, Wild Wild West Pro Rodeo (575) 538-3785, Annual Gila Thunder Bike Run (575) 534-2659, INDEPENDENCE DAY ACTIVITIES Cowboy breakfast, Parade, Art ,Entertainment and Booths, Ice Cream Social and Car Show, St. Vincent De Paul Fiesta, Run to Copper Country (575) 538-9738, (575) 537-2419, Gem & Mineral Show, Chocolate Fantasia, Celebration of Spring, Red Paint Pow-wow (575) 538-3785, Billy Casper Benefit Golf Classic (575) 538-4067, Ft. Bayard Celebration Re-Enactment Melodrama Ball, Grant County Gila Cliff Fair, Pinos Altos Annual October Fiesta, WNMU Car Party (575) 538-6320 , Festival of Trees 534-0261, Lighted Christmas Parade and Victorian Christmas Evening (575) 538-5921.
**Information on most of these events can be received by contacting the Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce (1-800-548-9378) as contact numbers and event dates may vary by year. www.silvercity.org
Cultural
Area Attractions
Area Attractions
Mimbres Regional Arts Council: (575) 538-2505
www.mimbresarts.org
Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark: website
Pinos Altos: website
Medical
Area Attractions
Communications
Gila Regional Medical Center:
(575) 388-1591
Sixty-eight beds, 40 Doctors. www.gmrc.org
Ft. Bayard Medical Center: (575) 537-3302. Website
Specialized Medical Clinics:
Urgent Care - DCI Silver City Dialysis Center - Occupational Heath Resources Clinic, Surgical Center, Cancer Center - Many, More...
Chiropractic: 9 Clinics
Dentistry: 5 Clinics
Rehabilitation: 5 Centers
Border Area Mental Health Services: (575) 388-4412 website
Alliance Behavioral Heath:
(575) 538-0826
Southwest Psychological Assoc:
(575) 388-4100
Creative Response to Conflict NM: (575) 534-3391
Communications
Financial Services
Communications
Silver City Daily Press: www.scdailypress.com
(575) 388-1576
Silver City Sun News: (575) 538-5893 www.scsun-news.com
Southwest Copper Shopper: (575) 388-4887
Desert Exposure Magazine: www.desertexposure.com
KNFT FM Radio 102.9/AM 950 (575) 388-1958 (Country Hits)
KSIL FM Radio 105.5 (575) 388-5745 (American Roots)
KSCQ FM Radio 94.5 (575) 388-4116 (Rock, Hip Hop)
KNUW FM Radio 95.1 (575) 534-8701 (Spanish)
TV Local Public Access: CATS Channel 17
Internet: Zianet.com, Gilanet.com, silvercity.net
Emergency
Financial Services
Financial Services
Sheriff: (575) 538-2555 or (575) 538-3797
Silver City Police Department:
(575) 388-3050
Hurley Police Department:
(575) 537-3220
Village of Santa Clara:
(575) 537-5464
Bayard Police Department:
(575) 537-3312
NM State Police: (575) 388-1542
Road Conditions:
NM Highway conditions:
800-432-4269
Financial Services
Financial Services
Financial Services
Enchantment Realty Mortgage:
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage:
(575) 956-1523 or 800-225-5935
AmBank:
(575) 534-0550 or 800-440-8751
First New Mexico Bank:
(575) 388-3121
Bank of America: 800-944-0404
First Savings Bank: (575) 388-1531
Edward Jones Investments:
(575) 538-3719 or 800-376-3719
Western Bank: (575) 388-3521
Farm Credit of New Mexico: (575) 528-7102 or 800-755-6432
Utilities
Utilities
Utilities
Town of Silver City: Water/Sewer/Waste/:
(575) 534-6340
PNM of New Mexico:
Natural Gas and Electric:
(575) 538-3707
Griffin’s Propane:
(575) 388-4433
Delgado’s Propane:
(575) 538-9752
Ikard & Newsom Propane:
(575) 538-5378
Qwest Communications:
1-800-244-1111
Western New Mexico Telephone Co.: (575) 388-2549 or 800-588-2257
Grant County Sanitation Service: (575) 538-25388
Roadrunner Disposal Inc.:
(575) 534-2401
Schools
Utilities
Utilities
Western New Mexico University
(4-yr college):
(575) 538-6011
www.wnmu.edu
Public Schools:
Silver Consolidated School District: (575) 388-1527
Cobre Consolidated Schools:
(575) 537-3371
Private Schools:
Guadalupe Montessori School:
(575) 388-3343
Silver Christian Academy:
(575) 388-1223
Agape Community School:
(575) 538-3467
Down to Earth School:
(575) 388-2902
Silver Christian Academy:
(575) 388-1223
Aldo Leopold High School:
(575) 538-2547
Museums
Utilities
Recreation
Silver City Museum: A regional history library, photo archive, and museum store are on-site. The museum's collection is housed in the H.B. Ailman House, an 1881 Victorian landmark.
312 W. Broadway, Silver City (575) 5385-5921 www.silvercitymuseum.org.
Western New Mexico Museum: (currently under renovation) See the world's largest permanent display of Mimbres pottery and culture. Historic photos of Silver City, the surrounding area, and 100 years of campus history. 1000 W. College Ave, WNMU Campus (575) 538-6386 Website.
Pinos Altos Historical Museum: The museum is housed in an 1860s log cabin owned by the Schafer family for 130 years. Displays include family collections of photos, furniture, and rocks and minerals. (575) 388-1882. Website.
Recreation
Transportation
Recreation
Scott Park Municipal Golf Course: (575) 538-5041
Silver City Swimming Pool:
(575) 388-4640
Gila Rangers:
Single Action Shooting Club www.gilarangers.com
Transportation
Transportation
Transportation
Silver City Grant County Airport: Grimes Aviation:
(575) 538-2142
800-725-2142
City Link Airlines: (575) 388-4393
Whiskey Creek Airport:
Flying A Flight Service:
(575) 538-5508
Las Cruces Shuttle:
El Paso to Silver City:
800-288-1784
www.lascrucesshuttle.com
Gopher Taxi and Courier:
7 days a week
(575) 534-Taxi (8294)
gophertaxi@hotmail.com
Corre Caminos Transit:
Bus and shuttle service in and around Silver city and to outlying areas
(575) 388-3180
Motels
Transportation
Transportation
Murray Hotel
200 W Broadway St, Silver City, NM
5785-956-9400
(866) 238-4218
Bear Creek Motel & Cabins:
(575) 388-4501
www.bearcreekcabins.com
Comfort Inn: (575) 534-1883
Bear Mountain Lodge:
(575) 538-2538
1-877 620-BEAR
Copper Manor:
(575) 538-5392 or 800-853-2916
The Cottages:
(575) 388-3000 www.zianet.com/cottages
The Drifter Motel:
(575) 538-2916 or 800-853-2916
Econo Lodge:
(575) 534-1111 www.econolodgesilvercity.com
Holiday Inn Express:
(575) 538-2525 or 800-holiday
Holiday Motor Hotel:
(575) 538-3711 or 800-828-8291
Palace Hotel: (575) 388-1811
Super 8 Motel: (575) 388-1983
Casitas De Gila Guesthouses: www.casitasdegila.com
Walnut Creek Cottages:
(575) 534-9624 or 877-220-9500
www.walnutcreekcottages.com
Silver City KOA: www.koakampgrounds.com
Silver City RV Park:
(575) 538-2239
Rose Valley RV Ranch:
(575) 534-4277
Local Agencies
Local Agencies
Local Agencies
Grant County Offices: (575) 574-0000 www.grantcountynm.com
Silver City Offices: (575) 538-3731
Town of Hurley: (575) 537-5756
Village of Santa Clara: (575) 537-2443
Town of Bayard: (575) 537-3327
Silver City Main Steet: www.silvercitymainstreet.com
Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce: www.silvercity.org
Silver City Regional Association of REALTORS: www.silvercityrealtors.org
Silver City office of the Department of Labor/Workforce Solutions: Website
State Agencies
Local Agencies
Local Agencies
NM Real Estate Commission: (800) 801-7505 Website.
NM Real Estate Appraisers Board: (505) 476-4639 Website.
The Housing Authority Region V, NM: (575) 388-1975
NM Game and Fish Department: (505) 534-4674
New Mexico Department of Human Services: 800-432-9168
New Mexico Land Office: (575) 538-9730
New Mexico Veterans Service Commission: (575) 538-2377
NM Motor Vehicle Department: (575) 538-3281
New Mexico Legislature: Website
NM Environment Department: 800-219-6157 (505) 827-2855 Website.
NMED Liquid Waste (Septic Tank) Program
New Mexico Economic Development: Silver City Profile