Silver Lake Sign West

This is stop #30 on the Belmar Treasure Trail, with another of the borough’s Treasure Trail interpretive signs. While you enjoy this relaxing overlook on Silver Lake, learn about the natural habitat, and the many plants and animals that call this lake their home. The 13-acre waterway was once part of a huge bay in ancient times, when all the lakes up and down the Jersey coast were connected. When you continue around Silver Lake, look across the street for the private residence at 209 South Lake Drive. This Victorian style home was built in 1890 by Henry Yard, one of the original developers of Belmar. While we could not include them all on the tour, Belmar still boasts a number of historic old homes, like this one.