Silver Lake (Madison, New Hampshire)

Silver Lake
Silver Lake at Nichols Beach, Madison, NH
Location	Carroll County, New Hampshire
Coordinates	43°51′57″N 71°10′24″W / 43.86583°N 71.17333°W / 43.86583; -71.17333Coordinates: 43°51′57″N 71°10′24″W / 43.86583°N 71.17333°W / 43.86583; -71.17333
Primary inflows	Deer River Forrest Brook
Primary outflows	West Branch
Basin countries	United States

Max. length	2.6 mi (4.2 km)
Max. width	1.2 mi (1.9 km)
Surface area	969 acres (3.92 km²)
Average depth	47 ft (14 m)
Max. depth	164 ft (50 m)
Surface elevation	468 ft (143 m)

Islands	Big Island; Bimba Island; Loon Island
Settlements	Silver Lake (town of Madison)

Silver Lake is a 969-acre (3.92 km²)^[1] water body located in Carroll County in eastern New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Madison. The village of Silver Lake within Madison lies at the north end of the lake. Water from Silver Lake flows via the West Branch, through the Ossipee Pine Barrens^[2] to Ossipee Lake and ultimately to the Saco River in Maine.

Much of the lake's perimeter is forested, but there are numerous swimming spots. Popular beaches include "the foot" of the lake, "Nichols Beach", and "the head of the lake." It was the summer home of E. E. Cummings whose father had built two houses on the lake's eastern shore and later purchased the nearby Joy Farm where Cummings' spent most of his summers as well as his final days.

The lake is classified as a cold- and warmwater fishery, with observed species including rainbow trout, lake trout, lake whitefish, smallmouth bass, chain pickerel, and horned pout.^[3]

References

↑ New Hampshire GRANIT database
↑ http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newhampshire/science/index.html
↑ "Silver Lake, Madison" (PDF). NH Fish & Game. Retrieved September 4, 2014.

External links

Silver Lake Association of Madison

Early 20th-century (c.1906) postcard of Silver Lake

Saco River watershed

Tributaries	Bearcamp River Beech River Charles River Chocorua River Cold River Cold River (Bearcamp) Cutler River Dan Hole River Deer River Dry River East Branch Saco River East Branch Whiteface River East Fork East Branch Saco River Ellis River Hancock Brook Kezar River Little Cold River Little Ossipee River Little River Little Saco River Lovell River Mad River Middle Branch Mad River Mill Brook New River Old Course Saco River Ossipee River Pequawket Brook Pine River Rocky Branch Sawyer River Shepards River South Branch Mad River South River Swift River Swift River (Bearcamp) Tenmile River West Branch West Branch Tenmile River Whiteface River Wonalancet River

Lakes	Lake Arrowhead Balch Pond Barker Pond Broad Bay Chocorua Lake Conway Lake Dan Hole Pond Echo Lake Hancock Pond Kezar Lake Lovewell Pond Moose Pond Ossipee Lake Pine River Pond Province Lake Sand Pond Silver Lake Skelton Dam

Towns	Acton Arundel Baldwin Bartlett Biddeford Bridgton Brownfield Buxton Chocorua Conway Cornish Dayton Denmark Eaton Effingham Freedom Fryeburg Hart's Location Hiram Hollis Limerick Limington Lovell Lyman Madison Newfield Ossipee Parsonsfield Porter Saco Sebago Shapleigh Standish Stoneham Stow Sweden Tamworth Tuftonboro Wakefield Waterboro Waterford

Landmarks	Crawford Notch Maine Central Railroad U.S. Route 302 White Mountains

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Silver Lake (Madison, New Hampshire)

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