Lakes / Delaware / New Castle County / Silver Lake
Silver Lake, New Castle County, Delaware
41 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Delaware
39.44 degrees N, 75.70 degrees W - New Castle County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.
How Silver Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 34% of the 58 lakes counted in Delaware.
- About 17 miles from Newark, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noxontown Lake | New Castle | 1.1 mi | 178 acres |
| Wiggins Mill Pond | New Castle | 2.5 mi | 25 acres |
| Shallcross Lake | New Castle | 3.6 mi | 50 acres |
| Lums Pond | New Castle | 8.4 mi | 198 acres |
| Duck Creek Pond | New Castle | 9.9 mi | 29 acres |
| Lake Como | Kent | 11 mi | 53 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Questions About Silver Lake
How Big Is Silver Lake?
Silver Lake covers 41 acres in New Castle County, Delaware.
What Is the Largest Lake in New Castle County?
Lums Pond is the largest lake in New Castle County, at 198 acres.
Largest Lakes in Delaware
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Round Pond | Sussex | 477 acres | - |
| 2 | Rehoboth Flats | Sussex | 225 acres | - |
| 3 | Shearness Pool | Kent | 203 acres | - |
| 4 | Lums Pond | New Castle | 198 acres | - |
| 5 | Red Mill Pond | Sussex | 192 acres | - |
All 58 Delaware lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 26094538). Verified October 30, 2026.