Silver Lake (Oregon) facts for kids

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Location	Lake County, Oregon
Coordinates	43°05′46″N 120°53′17″W / 43.09611°N 120.88806°W / 43.09611; -120.88806
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	10,451 acres (4,229 ha)
Shore length1	22.5 miles (36.2 km)
Surface elevation	4,324 feet (1,318 m)
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Silver Lake is an intermittent high-desert lake in Lake County, Oregon, United States. It is 6 miles (10 km) east of the community of Silver Lake. It is unknown who first gave the lake its descriptive name. Central Oregon residents attribute it to John C. Frémont, although no proof has been found, and he would not have seen the lake on his first visit to Oregon in 1843. The Klamath called the lake Kalpshi, which may have been derived from the word kalapsh, meaning a decayed log. The name was used because of the petrified wood near the lake.