Silver Lake | |
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Location | Wyoming County, New York, United States |
Coordinates | 42°41′40″N78°1′59″W / 42.69444°N 78.03306°W [1] |
Primary inflows | Silver Lake Inlet |
Primary outflows | Silver Lake Outlet |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) |
Max. width | 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) |
Surface area | 836 acres (3.38 km2) [2] |
Average depth | 17 feet (5.2 m) |
Max. depth | 37 feet (11 m) |
Shore length1 | 7.4 miles (11.9 km) |
Surface elevation | 1,352 feet (412 m) |
Settlements | Perry, New York |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
Silver Lake is located near Perry, New York.
Silver Lake is the westernmost Finger Lake in New York State. Like Conesus, Hemlock, and Honeoye Lakes [3] , Silver Lake is in the Genesee River Watershed [4] , which ultimately drains into Lake Ontario [5] . Other lakes in the region, but with geologic and hydrologic differences, include Waneta and Lamoka lakes.
Fish species present in the lake are black bullhead, northern pike, largemouth bass, bluegill, pumpkinseed sunfish, yellow perch, black crappie, rock bass, and walleye. There is state owned public access with hard surface ramp on the southwest shore at Silver Lake State Park. [6]