Abandoned Record
About Silver Palm
Silver Palm is an unincorporated community and historic district in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It is located about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Miami within the unincorporated community of Redland.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Silver Palm, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Silver Palm is
Historic maps
8 historic USGS maps cover Silver Palm
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1949 Goulds sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1956 Goulds sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1956 Miami sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Miami sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1981 Miami sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1988 Goulds sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1988 Miami sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1994 Goulds sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Silver Palm
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Florida index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Silver Palm": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Silver Palm, Florida": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q7516223.
- USGS GNIS 291133.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).