Silver City California Map

About Silver City, California

Silver City is a locality in Tulare County, California, United States. Silver City is located at 36.4661°N, 118.6459°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 93262.

Silver City emerges as a high-altitude sanctuary where the East Fork Kaweah River carves a restless, crystalline path through the rugged terrain of Sequoia National Park. It lies 30.0 miles east-northeast of Exeter, CA (from Exeter, CA: bearing 67°T), and is situated 14.5 miles east of Three Rivers. Granite slopes rise in silent, jagged communion with the sky, while the air maintains a sharp, thin clarity that defines the character of the high Sierra Nevada. Only a few miles away, the stillness of Mineral Lakes reflects the towering timber, and the distant, frozen weight of Lilliput Glacier acts as a cold, ancient anchor to the landscape. Below the canopy, the Atwell Hockett Trail winds through the undergrowth, offering a passage toward the grandeur of Giant Forest, where the earth feels heavy with the slow, deliberate pulse of centuries.

Silver City maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasons, shifting from a secluded summer retreat to a quiet, snow-bound enclave when winter descends upon the peaks. The local economy persists as a seasonal endeavor, catering to those who seek the profound silence of the wilderness rather than the frantic pace of the lowlands. Visitors often journey toward the mist of Tufa Falls or traverse the meadows near Little Sand Meadow, finding a unique solitude that has persisted since the early days of prospectors and loggers who first navigated these steep, unforgiving slopes. Silver City remains a place of endurance, where the labor of the past has faded into a quiet stewardship of the land, leaving behind a legacy defined not by industry, but by the preservation of the immense, vertical wild.

About This Silver City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Silver City, California. Coordinates: 36.466054, -118.645928. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Silver City includes the ZIP code (93262), telephone area code (661), county seat of Tulare County (Visalia), and school district assignment (Woodlake Unified School District (9-12)).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.