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: 38.20934, -84.82291. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Silver Lake

• Jeptha Knob · viewpoint · Shelby · ~32 km · Must-see
• Jeptha Knob · viewpoint · Clark · ~32 km · Must-see
• Kentucky Horse Park · park · Fayette · ~34 km · Must-see
• Man o’ War Memorial · sanctuary · Fayette · ~34 km · Must-see
• Guist Creek Lake · lake · Clark · ~35 km · Must-see
• Guist Creek Lake · lake · Shelby · ~36 km · Must-see
• Adena Mound · park · Fayette · ~40 km · Must-see
• Beaver Lake · lake · Anderson · ~40 km · Must-see
• Douglass Park · park · Fayette · ~40 km · Must-see
• Beaver Lake · lake · Clark · ~41 km · Must-see
• Elmer Davis Lake · lake · Switzerland · ~41 km · Must-see
• Mary Todd Lincoln House · attraction · Fayette · ~41 km · Must-see
• Christ Church Cathedral · church · Fayette · ~42 km · Must-see
• Central Christian Church · church · Fayette · ~43 km · Must-see
• Charles Young Park · park · Fayette · ~44 km · Must-see
• University of Kentucky Arboretum · park · Fayette · ~44 km · Must-see
• Taylorsville Lake · lake · Clark · ~54 km · Must-see
• Roberts Chapel · church · Jessamine · ~60 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Silver Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Silver Lake

• Guist Creek Lake · lake · Clark · ~35 km · Must-see
• Guist Creek Lake · lake · Shelby · ~36 km · Must-see
• Beaver Lake · lake · Anderson · ~40 km · Must-see
• Beaver Lake · lake · Clark · ~41 km · Must-see
• Elmer Davis Lake · lake · Switzerland · ~41 km · Must-see
• Taylorsville Lake · lake · Clark · ~54 km · Must-see
• Willisburg Lake · lake · Washington · ~64 km · Must-see
• Willisburg Lake · lake · Clark · ~65 km · Must-see
• Herrington Lake · lake · Mercer · ~65 km · Must-see
• Williamstown Lake · lake · Grant · ~72 km · Must-see

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