Brighton LDS Girls Camp
Campground
Campground · 0.6 mi from the trail
Utah · Lake fishing · Brighton · Near Heber
Silver Lake
- Jun–Sep
- best months
Is Silver Lake open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
As of · Source: USFS · Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Silver Lake is a fishing lake in Utah's Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, within the Salt Lake Ranger District. The Forest Service manages the land, and the lake sits at about 8,740 feet, with a nearby weather station at a similar elevation. Summer is the most comfortable time to visit. Typical averages from the Silver Lake Brighton weather station, about 0.3 miles away, show July highs around 72°F and lows near 47°F, while winter highs stay around 30°F. The Silver Lake Nature hike and the Lake Solitude Trail both start about 0.1 mile from the lake. Climbers can find Millie Boulder about 0.4 mile away and Brighton Boulders about 0.5 mile away.
Around this trail
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If it rainsSaalebaer, CC0 · Wikimedia CommonsPark City Museum
Museum
Museum · 5.6 mi from Heber
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors · Photos: Saalebaer, CC0 (commons)
More in HeberLocal outfitters
- Midway Adventure Company9 mi away
- Rocky Mountain Outfitters10 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Silver Lake NatureHiking0.1 mi
- Lake Solitude TrailHiking0.1 mi
- Millie BoulderRock climbing0.4 mi
- Brighton BouldersRock climbing0.5 mi
- Redman CgCamping0.9 mi
- Lake MaryLake fishing1.1 mi
- Lake MarthaLake fishing1.3 mi
Albion BasinCampingPhoto: Recreation.gov (RIDB) / public domain2.2 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Lake SolitudeLake fishing · ~1 min drive
- Shingle Creek, LowerRiver fishing · ~41 min drive
- Twin Lakes ReservoirLake fishing · ~1 min drive
- Shingle Creek, EastRiver fishing · ~41 min drive
- Lake MaryLake fishing · ~2 min drive
- Shingle Creek, WestRiver fishing · ~41 min drive
- Lake MaryLake fishing · ~2 min drive
- SawmillRiver fishing · ~20 min drive
- Lake MarthaLake fishing · ~2 min drive
- Lake CatherineLake fishing · ~3 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Personal WatercraftBoat launch · Next door
Brighton's Frighton WallRock climbing · ~1 min drivePhoto: marcomorahuizar, CC0 (via Flickr)
Solitude Mountain ResortDownhill skiing · ~2 min drivePhoto: Raman Patel, CC BY 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Rogue Rider TrailMountain biking · ~2 min drivePhoto: Terry Ott, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Silver Lake
Best months: June–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
31° / 11°
Feb
31° / 12°
Mar
37° / 17°
Apr
43° / 22°
May
52° / 30°
Jun
64° / 39°
Jul
72° / 47°
Aug
71° / 46°
Sep
62° / 38°
Oct
49° / 28°
Nov
37° / 18°
Dec
30° / 11°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Silver Lake Brighton, UT, 0.3 mi away at 8,740 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
