Dove Lake (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)

Dove Lake
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Location	Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates	40°1′50.7″N75°17′29.2″W / 40.030750°N 75.291444°W / 40.030750; -75.291444
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Mill Creek
Primary outflows	Mill Creek
Basin  countries	United States
Surface elevation	233 ft (71 m) [1]

Dove Lake is a reservoir in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. ^[1] It was created by damming Mill Creek.

Dove Lake was the setting of the 1885 painting The Swimming Hole by Thomas Eakins.

Dove Lake Dam.

The Swimming Hole by Thomas Eakins, 1884–85, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.

Dove Lake is on a privately owned property in Bryn Mawr and Gladwyne.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dove Lake (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)