Silver Springs combines high desert with water recreation, fishing and hunting with historic sites, clean air with beautiful sunrises and sunsets, and easy northern Nevada rural life with an easy commute to bustling larger cities. It lies at an altitude of 4,200 feet, with an average annual snowfall of 10 inches, and and average humidity of 20%. The temperatures average 46º in the winter, and 92º in the summer.

Silver Springs is a rural community located about 38 miles east of Carson City, at the intersection of highways 50 and 95A. It is bordered on the east by Lahontan Reservoir, an artificial lake on the Carson River with 69 miles of shoreline. The lake is surrounded by Lahontan State Recreational Area. The population in the 100 square miles around the community is about 10,000 hardy souls.

 

Left to Right:
Volunteer Fire Department (Left edge)
Community Center (Tan building)
Sheriff's Substation (beyond Community Center)
Post Office (Behind Stop Sign and barely visible)
Municipal Water (At extreme right edge)

 

 
Silver Springs is governed by Lyon County with local input from the Silver Springs Advisory Board. The more densely-populated area near the 50/95A intersection is served by the Silver Springs General Improvement District and the Silver Springs Mutual Water Company. The remainder of the area uses private wells and septic systems. Law enforcement is furnished from a substation of the Lyon County Sheriff's Office, located near the intersection of 50 and 95A, near the Volunteer Fire Station (See Picture)
There are three schools in Silver Springs:
Silver Springs Elementary School
Silver Stage Middle School
Silver Stage High School
The schools are located together with the County Branch Library, on the west edge of town, where Ramsey-Weeks Cutoff joins Highway 50.

The area's medical needs are supplied by Lahontan Medical center, located on Highway 50, just east of the intersection of Ramsey-Weeks.
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