Silverton offers a style of living, where there is more time for family and community. Children enjoy growing up in a clean, safe community where they can walk or bike around town. The k-12 school has a low teacher pupil ratio, which is an important factor in education. The school has one of the highest percentages of teachers with masters' degrees in the state. Silverton High School graduates are prepared for the future with real world experiences and many go on to college and vocational schools.
Families benefit from the strong sense of community found here.
From the Fourth of July Parade and the summer music festivals to the Snowscape Winter Carnival - life is good in Silverton. We support a strong, cohesive community where involved citizens of all ages work together to preserve our small-town, rural lifestyle, promote stewardship of the land, preserve open space and value clean air. We support a community where people have a high regard for their neighbors, a strong sense of place and attachment to the land and have commitment to sustaining a community-oriented way of life. For many of our residents, the natural beauty and serenity of a small mountain town is what makes Silverton such an ideal place to live. Silverton and the surrounding San Juan Mountains offers a variety of recreational activities including hiking, backpacking, alpine and cross country skiing, sledding, ice skating, fishing, mountain biking, hunting, horseback riding, and photography.