---
type: lake
name: "Silver Lake"
county: "Olmsted"
nearest_town: "Rochester"
lake_type: "lake"
acres: 50
max_depth_ft: 11
latitude: 44.03228
longitude: -92.45719
lake_score: 40
dnr_lake_id: "55000300"
url: https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/olmsted-county/silver-lake
---

# Silver Lake

Lake in Olmsted County, Minnesota, near Rochester

- **Surface Area**: 50 acres
- **Max Depth**: 11 ft
- **Average Depth**: 2 ft
- **Shoreline**: 3 miles
- **Water Clarity**: 1.3 ft
- **Lake Type**: lake
- **Public Access**: Public access on record
- **Lake Score**: 40/100 (composite of public data, not a visitor rating)

## About

Silver Lake is a 50-acre lake near Rochester in Olmsted County, Minnesota. It reaches 11 feet at its deepest point, with an average depth of about 2 feet, and has roughly 3 miles of shoreline. DNR surveys put average water clarity at about 1.3 feet, so expect stained or algae-tinted water in summer.

Minnesota DNR fisheries surveys list 13 fish species here, including largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, and yellow perch. Special fishing regulations apply to largemouth and smallmouth bass, northern pike, and sunfish, black and white crappie, yellow perch, and they override the statewide limits. The most recent fisheries survey on file dates to 2007.

The DNR lists public water access for the lake; confirm the launch type before towing a trailer in.

## Access

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

## Fishing

- **Species on DNR survey**: 13
- **Stocked**: No
- **Last DNR survey**: 2007
- **Special regulations**: Yes
- **Ice fishing**: Yes

### Special Regulations

- **Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass**: Combined possession limit one. The daily and possession limits for these species apply to the waters listed as a whole, that is, only one daily and possession limit may be taken from the group of waters that comprise the Rochester-Olmsted County Area Lakes
- **Northern Pike**: Possession limit one. The daily and possession limit of one for northern pike apply to the waters listed as a whole, that is, only one daily and possession limit may be taken from the group of waters that comprise the Rochester-Olmsted County Area Lakes
- **Sunfish, Black and White Crappie, Yellow Perch**: Combined possession limit ten, of which only five may be black or white crappie. The daily and possession limit for these species apply to the waters listed as a whole, that is, only one daily and possession limit may be taken from the group of waters that comprise the Rochester-Olmsted County Area Lakes.

## Activities

Fishing, Ice Fishing, Paddling, Picnicking

## Amenities

Picnic Area, Marina

## Fish Species

Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Black Bullhead, Common Carp, Golden Redhorse, Green Sunfish, Hybrid Sunfish, Northern Hog Sucker, Silver Redhorse, White Sucker

## Nearby Lakes

- [Silver Creek Reservoir](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/olmsted-county/silver-creek-reservoir) - 4.9 miles, 107 acres
- [Bear Creek Reservoir](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/olmsted-county/bear-creek-reservoir) - 7.8 miles, 104 acres
- [Shady Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/olmsted-county/shady-lake) - 10.1 miles, 144 acres
- [Lake Zumbro](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/olmsted-county/lake-zumbro) - 10.2 miles, 715 acres
- [Lake Pepin](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/goodhue-county/lake-pepin) - 33.4 miles, 12,299 acres
- [East Side Lake](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/mower-county/east-side-lake) - 35.1 miles, 40 acres

## Links

- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=44.03228,-92.45719)
- [Minnesota DNR LakeFinder](https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/lake.html?id=55000300)
- [All lakes in Olmsted County](https://www.minnelakes.org/lakes/olmsted-county)

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