Silver Lake

Silver Lake Regional Park -The Park Authority’s Newest Passive Recreation Facility
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On June 30th, the Prince William County Board of Supervisors approved the transfer of a 230 acre land parcel to the Park Authority. This parcel is known as Silver Lake. The property was previously operated as a privately owned camping and fishing facility. The campground was sold to Toll Brothers several years ago to accommodate residential development. It had been closed to the public prior to being sold. During the development process, Toll Brothers and the County negotiated a sizable parcel of land that included the lake property to be transferred to the County as a proffer. Consequently, the property was divided to accommodate a future school site and a 45+ acre parcel was leased to Rainbow Therapeutic Center. Lastly, 230 acres were set aside for the purpose of developing a recreation facility.

Now that this last parcel has been transferred to the Park Authority, it will be developed as a publicly owned park. After restoring basic resource-based facilities suitable for hiking, trails and fishing, the park has been re-opened. Restoration of basic amenities has begun. The first phase opened October 1, 2009. This first phase includes basic multi-purpose trails use, bank fishing, rest room facilities and Park Ranger patrols.

No permanent facilities will be developed at Silver Lake until a Park Master Planning Process is completed. Two meeting dates for the public Master Planning Process are posted here and on our main calendar of events.

October 6th, 7:30 p.m., Mountain View Elementary School Gym. Forty citizens participated in this planning session. Notes from this meeting will be posted shortly.

If you would like to participate regarding the development of Silver Lake Park, we have a running Blog that you may add comments to.  View and contribute in our Silver Lake Web Blog here.

The next meeting will be held on October 27th, 7:30 p.m. Mountain View Elementary School Gym. Please join us for this last public planning meeting prior to Park Board review of citizen comments regarding preferred amenities at Silver Lake Regional Park.

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Current Silver Lake property enhancements

The Park Authority has begun basic maintenance at Silver Lake so that the park can be re-opened for passive use (multi-purpose trails, hiking, bank fishing) in October. Progress pictures are posted here periodically for information purposes only.

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