---
type: lake
name: "Silver Lake"
county: "Crow Wing"
nearest_town: "Merrifield"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 208
max_depth_ft: 23
latitude: 46.50795
longitude: -94.12664
lake_score: 38
dnr_lake_id: "18023900"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/silver-lake
---

# Silver Lake

Lake in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, near Merrifield

- **Surface Area**: 208 acres
- **Max Depth**: 23 ft
- **Shoreline**: 2.1 miles
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 38/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Silver Lake is a 208-acre lake near Merrifield in Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It reaches 23 feet at its deepest point, and has roughly 2.1 miles of shoreline.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 5 fish species here, including largemouth bass, bluegill, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2015.

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in. Ice typically goes out around April 13, based on 25 years of DNR ice-out records.

## Access

- **Public access**: Public access on record
- **Managed by**: Not recorded
- **Launch fee**: Free at DNR public water accesses

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 5
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2015
- **Special regulations**: No
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling

## Amenities

None on record

## Fish Species

Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Yellow Perch, Yellow Bullhead

## Ice-Out

- **Median ice-out**: April 13
- **Years of record**: 25
- **Earliest**: 2000-03-24
- **Latest**: 2022-04-28

## Nearby Lakes

- [Bass Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/bass-lake) - 1.4 miles, 399 acres
- [Lake Edward](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/lake-edward) - 1.6 miles, 2,628 acres
- [Fawn Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/fawn-lake) - 1.6 miles, 121 acres
- [Lower Mission Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/lower-mission-lake) - 2.1 miles, 732 acres
- [Lougee Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/lougee-lake) - 2.7 miles, 212 acres
- [Markee Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/markee-lake) - 2.9 miles, 104 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.50795,-94.12664)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=18023900)
- [All lakes in Crow Wing County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county)

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*Source: [MinneLakes.org](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/crow-wing-county/silver-lake)*