Lakes / Delaware / Kent County / Silver Lake
Silver Lake, Kent County, Delaware
169 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Delaware
39.18 degrees N, 75.53 degrees W - Kent 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
- Ranks #8 for surface area among the Delaware lakes counted so far - 169 acres.
- About 1 miles from Dover, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moores Lake | Kent | 3.4 mi | 30 acres |
| Wyoming Lake | Kent | 4.0 mi | 47 acres |
| Garrisons Lake | Kent | 5.8 mi | 84 acres |
| Voshell Pond | Kent | 5.8 mi | 28 acres |
| Masseys Millpond | Kent | 6.5 mi | 39 acres |
| Raymond Pool | Kent | 6.8 mi | 65 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Questions About Silver Lake
How Big Is Silver Lake?
Silver Lake covers 169 acres in Kent County, Delaware.
What Is the Largest Lake in Kent County?
Shearness Pool is the largest lake in Kent County, at 203 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 88067536). Verified October 30, 2026.