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Welcome to Silvies Landing ...

Silvies Landing is located in Grant County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Silvies Landing: Silvies Lndg. (or less commonly used: Silvies Lndng.)

Silvies Landing is 4,570 feet [1,393 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Silvies Landing is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Silvies Landing lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Silvies Landing and travel east, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Silvies Landing: 541 & 458<3>

Communities near Silvies Landing ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Silvies Landing.

  • Seneca
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Canyon City
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
  • John Day
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Mount Vernon
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Burns
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
  • Indian Village
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Indian Village is located in Harney County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Village

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Silvies Landing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Silvies Landing.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Silvies Landing. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Silvies Landing.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Silvies Landing. See our Newspapers Page for Silvies Landing.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Silvies Landing ...

Looking for more information about Silvies Landing? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Silvies Landing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Silvies Landing.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Silvies Landing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Silvies Landing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Silvies Landing area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.