Silver Lake

Silver Lake is a lake in McHenry County, Northern Illinois, Illinois. Silver Lake is situated nearby to the village Oakwood Hills, as well as near the hamlet Rawson Bridge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Col. Gustavus A. Palmer House and Cary station.

Col. Gustavus A. Palmer House

Historic building

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

The Col. Gustavus A. Palmer House is a historic residence in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

Cary station

Railway station

Photo: Cosmo1976, Public domain.

Cary is a station on Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line in Cary, Illinois. The station is located at 100 W. Main St. near Northwest Highway. Cary is 38.3 miles from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the southern terminus of the Union Pacific Northwest Line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oakwood Hills and Port Barrington.

Oakwood Hills

Village

Oakwood Hills is a village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It was founded in 1959. The population was 2,076 at the 2020 census.

Port Barrington

Hamlet

Port Barrington is a village in Lake and McHenry counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It was formerly known as Fox River Valley Gardens, but the name was changed in 2002 to Port Barrington. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,584.

Prairie Grove

Village

Prairie Grove is a village in McHenry County, Illinois, United States, first incorporated in 1973. Per the 2020 census, the population was 1,963.

Silver Lake

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: McHenry County, Northern Illinois, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.24454° or 42° 14′ 40″ north

Longitude

-88.24864° or 88° 14′ 55″ west

Elevation

794 feet (242 metres)

Open location code

86JH6QV2+RG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 348400079

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

GeoNames ID

4911502

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