About Silver Lake
Silver Lake, FL is a small unincorporated community located in central Florida.
Silver Lake holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.74 square miles.
📰 Silver Lake News Today
- Silver Lake Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 23
- Woman Loses Arm in Alligator Attack, but Good Samaritan Saves Her Life After Hearing Cries for Help People.com · Aug 10
- LCSO: Remains of missing man found on Silver Lake Road WTXL ABC 27 Tallahassee News · May 1
- Silver Lake, Florida 34788 · as of 5:00 PM PDT The Weather Channel · Mar 7
- GL Homes Expands Westlake Footprint With 192-Acre Land Acquisition for Silver Lake Florida YIMBY · Feb 7
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Silver Lake Unique
- One of 10 places in the US named Silver Lake — but the Florida one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Part of the fabric of Florida — one of 956 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Silver Lake
- Hurricane Dockside Grill — seafood
- Ichiban Chinese & Japanese Buffet — asian
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
- Waffle House — american
- Cracker Barrel — american
- Mamma's Pizzeria Express — pizza
- Olive Garden — italian
- Outback Steakhouse — american
- Red Lobster — seafood
- Ruby Tuesday — american
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Leesburg African American Msm · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Silver Lake
- Brightwater Mitigation Parcel · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Dead River Conservation and Stormwater Project · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Fern Prairie Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Herlong Park reviews ★
- John L. Johnson Park reviews ★
- Lake Sumter Sports Complex and Recreation Area reviews ★
- Sabal Bluff Preserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateFlorida
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area1.74 sq mi
Coordinates28.8321, -81.8011