Silver Lake is a

lake A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from ...

located in

Clinton County, New York Clinton County is the northeasternmost county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 79,843. Its county seat is the city of Plattsburgh. The county lies just south of the border with the Cana ...

in the

Adirondack Park The Adirondack Park is a park in northeastern New York (state), New York protecting the Adirondack Mountains. The park was established in 1892 for "the free use of all the people for their health and pleasure", and for watershed protection. At , ...

. 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. The northern and eastern shores of the lake contain many private camps, while the southern and western shores are forever wild.

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Adirondack Park Lakes of Clinton County, New York {{ClintonCountyNY-geo-stub