Silver Lake, OR

Silver Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in western Lake County, Oregon, United States, along Oregon Route 31. The 2020 census counted 159 residents. Facilities include a gas station and a small store, a post office, and a public school, North Lake School, serving grades K-12. The community of Silver Lake is located in the high desert of central Oregon. The through line in Silver Lake is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Silver Lake makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. The town is named for a lake of the same name that is 6 miles east of town. Silver Lake is located 79 miles southeast of Bend and 103 miles north of Lakeview on Oregon Route 31. Silver Lake Forest Service Strip is an airport 2 miles southwest of Silver Lake.