Silver Lake (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)

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Silver Lake
Location	Pembroke, Kingston, and Plympton, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°00′48″N, 70°47′18″WCoordinates: 42°00′48″N, 70°47′18″W
Lake type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Tubbs Meadow Brook
Primary outflows	Jones River
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	640 acres (2.6 km²)
Settlements	Silver Lake

Silver Lake is a 640-acre (2.6 km²) lake in Pembroke, Kingston, and Plympton, Massachusetts, south of Route 27 and east of Route 36. The Pembroke/Plympton town line is entirely within the lake, and a portion of the western shoreline of the lake is the town line with Halifax. The lake is the principal water supply for the City of Brockton, whose water treatment plant is on Route 36 in Halifax. The inflow of the pond is Tubbs Meadow Brook, and the pond is the headwaters of the Jones River. Occasionally water is diverted into Silver Lake from Monponsett Pond in Halifax and Furnace Pond in Pembroke (through Tubbs Meadow Brook) whenever there is a water shortage. Access to the pond is through Silver Lake Sanctuary, a 92 acre property where one can walk, hike and fish, which is located at the end of Bearse's Way, off Route 27 in Kingston.

[edit] Silver Lake village

Silver Lake is also the name of a village southeast of the lake in Kingston at the intersection of Grove Street and Lake Street, near the Kingston/Plympton town line 42°00′15″N, 70°47′37″W. Silver Lake Regional High School is located north of the village on Route 27.