Silver Lake Kansas Map

About Silver Lake, Kansas

Silver Lake is a locality in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,345. The population density is 922.4 people per km². Silver Lake is located at 39.1042°N, 95.8586°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Silver Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66539.

Silver Lake emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the plains where the sky holds a vast, unblinking authority over the soil. It lies 10.4 miles west-northwest of Topeka, KS (from Topeka, KS: bearing 292°T), and is situated 13.0 miles east-southeast of St. Marys. Marys. The land here is defined by the steady, persistent flow of Ensign Creek, which cuts a narrow, shadowed path through the earth, fringed by the silver-barked cottonwoods that lean against the wind. To the west, the landscape rises toward the singular, rounded rise of Hickory Knob, a landmark that anchors the view against the shifting weather. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain dips into the quiet, sheltered basin of Toad Hollow, where the air grows still and the tallgrass hums with the resonance of the prairie. Light here does not merely fall; it settles, thick and golden, turning the harvested stubble into a mosaic of amber and burnt sienna before the long shadows of evening reclaim the ground.

Silver Lake maintains a quiet commerce rooted in the resilience of the Kansas earth, where the cycle of planting and harvest dictates the tempo of the passing seasons. Local life remains tethered to the rhythm of the land, drawing sustenance from the surrounding fields while looking toward the broader, more distant reaches of the region for connection. While Perry Lake lies nineteen miles to the east, the inhabitants often turn their attention to the local wilder spaces, such as the Green Wildlife Area, where the native ecosystem persists in its original, uncultivated form. The heritage of the place is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring utility of the soil and the way the community organizes itself around the changing color of the crops. It is a place of deliberate movement, where the collective memory of the dust and the drought tempered the people, leaving behind a hard-won patience that defines the character of those who remain.

About This Silver Lake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Silver Lake, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.104166, -95.858598. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Silver Lake includes the ZIP code (66539), telephone area code (913), county seat of Shawnee County (Topeka), and school district assignment (Silver Lake Unified School District 372).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.