Salida (Spanish for "Exit") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stanislaus County, California, in the United States.

Cultivation of almonds has historically been a significant activity in the vicinity, including a major Blue Diamond processing facility nearby.

Salida is within the East Stanislaus Resource Conservation District which comprises 984 square miles (2,550 km2) of land area and attends to a variety of environmental conservation and best management agricultural practices.

[5] In 1870, the Central Pacific Railroad extended its track construction to Stanislaus County's northern exit.

There they established a railroad station with the Spanish name of salida, which in English means exit.

In 2012 and 2013, initial attempts to annex Salida to Modesto were studied,[6] but were met with protests from local residents.

[16] Salida is governed by the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors in District 3.

[17] In 1996, the City of Modesto sought to annex Salida and Wood Colony's "Beckwith Triangle" which was voted down by LAFCO.

[18] At an August 2013 Modesto Planning Commission workshop, Modesto city planners unveiled a new general plan update to annex Salida and doubled the size of land they wanted to annex in and around the Beckwith Triangle.

[19] Terry Withrow, Stanislaus County Supervisor whose district covers Salida, authored an opinion piece which appeared in the Modesto Bee on August 20, 2011, in favor of annexing Salida to the City of Modesto.

[20] After being elected in a run-off, Modesto Mayor Garrad Marsh expressed his support of annexing Salida in his "State of the City" speech in March 2012.

[21] Both politicians met with a contentious crowd of over 200 residents who filled the Salida Municipal Advisory Council meeting room on January 29, 2013.

The 1995 General Plan includes Salida and the Beckwith Triangle area of Wood Colony, leaving the two unincorporated communities still susceptible to annexation by the City of Modesto.