Dove Lake (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania)

Dove Lake
Location Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates 40°1′50.7″N 75°17′29.2″W / 40.030750°N 75.291444°W / 40.030750; -75.291444Coordinates: 40°1′50.7″N 75°17′29.2″W / 40.030750°N 75.291444°W / 40.030750; -75.291444
Type reservoir
Primary inflows Mill Creek
Primary outflows Mill Creek
Basin countries United States

Dove Lake is a reservoir in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was created by damming Mill Creek.

Dove Lake was the setting of the 1885 painting The Swimming Hole by Thomas Eakins.

Dove Lake Dam.
The Swimming Hole by Thomas Eakins, 1884-85, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.
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