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Silver Lake (Clinton County, New York)

Coordinates: 44°30′17″N 73°52′52″W / 44.5048°N 73.8810°W / 44.5048; -73.8810
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Silver Lake
Location of Silver Lake in New York, USA.
Location of Silver Lake in New York, USA.
Silver Lake
Location of Silver Lake in New York, USA.
Location of Silver Lake in New York, USA.
Silver Lake
LocationClinton County, New York, United States
Coordinates44°30′17″N 73°52′52″W / 44.5048°N 73.8810°W / 44.5048; -73.8810
TypeLake
Surface area836 acres (3.4 km2)
Water volume25,613,064 cubic metres (904,516,800 cu ft)
Shore length111,9 km (7.4 miles)
Islands1
SettlementsHawkeye, New York
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Silver Lake is a lake located in Clinton County, New York in the Adirondack Park. Silver Lake Mountain and the hamlet of Hawkeye, New York are located on the northeast shores of the lake.The lake was created thousands of years ago, due to the dissolution of glaciers in the Western area of New York.[1] The northern and eastern shores of the lake contain many private camps, while the southern and western shores are forever wild.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Silver Lake - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation". www.dec.ny.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  2. ^ "Adirondack Lake Assessment Program 2014 Report: Silver Lake" (PDF). Adirondack Watershed Institute. 2014. Retrieved 2018-09-01.