Silver Lake

Silver Lake: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Silver Lake

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Silver Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 28.57484, -82.21253. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Silver Lake

• Cypress Lake Preserve · lake · Hernando · ~8 km · Must-see
• Dade Battlefield Historic State Park · sanctuary · Sumter · ~15 km · Must-see
• Chinsegut Wildlife and Environmental Area · sanctuary · Hernando · ~20 km · Must-see
• Withlacoochee State Forest · sanctuary · Citrus · ~23 km · Must-see
• Moody Lake · lake · Pasco · ~25 km · Must-see
• Flying Eagle Preserve · sanctuary · Citrus · ~31 km · Must-see
• Fickett Hammock Preserve · sanctuary · Hernando · ~32 km · Must-see
• Fort Cooper State Park · fort · Citrus · ~34 km · Must-see
• Old Courthouse Heritage Museum · museum · Citrus · ~39 km · Must-see
• Tsala Apopka Lake · lake · Citrus · ~43 km · Must-see
• Colt Creek State Park · sanctuary · Polk · ~43 km · Must-see
• Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area · sanctuary · Hernando · ~43 km · Must-see
• Lake Okahumpka Park · lake · Sumter · ~44 km · Must-see
• Weeki Wachee Spring · church · Hernando · ~45 km · Must-see
• Lake Deaton · lake · Sumter · ~46 km · Must-see
• Crews Lake Wilderness Park · lake · Pasco · ~48 km · Must-see
• Conner Preserve · sanctuary · Pasco · ~48 km · Must-see
• Zephyrhills Museum of Military History · museum · Pasco · ~48 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Silver Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Silver Lake

• Cypress Lake Preserve · lake · Hernando · ~8 km · Must-see
• Moody Lake · lake · Pasco · ~25 km · Must-see
• Tsala Apopka Lake · lake · Citrus · ~43 km · Must-see
• Lake Okahumpka Park · lake · Sumter · ~44 km · Must-see
• Lake Deaton · lake · Sumter · ~46 km · Must-see
• Crews Lake Wilderness Park · lake · Pasco · ~48 km · Must-see
• Lake Harris · lake · Lake · ~55 km · Must-see
• Lake Griffin State Park · lake · Lake · ~56 km · Must-see
• Apopka-Beauclair Lock and Dam · lake · Lake · ~68 km · Must-see
• Lake Weir · lake · Marion · ~68 km · Must-see

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