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Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area
Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area Review
One of the desert's most popular boating and fishing areas, 1,000-acre Silverwood Lake also has campgrounds and a beach with a lifeguard. You can rent boats; fish for trout, largemouth bass, crappie, and catfish; and hike and bike the trails. In winter, bald eagles nest in the tall Jeffrey pines by the shore.
- Address: 14651 Cedar Cir., at Cleghorn Rd., off Hwy. 138Hesperia, CA 92345 | Map It
- Phone: 760/389-2303
- Cost: $10 per car, $8 per boat
- Hours: May--Sept. daily 7--9, Oct.--Apr. daily 7--5
- Website: www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=650
- Location: Victorville
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