Silver Springs: Park City's Lake Neighborhood
Where Park City Lives Year-Round
SNYDERVILLE BASIN · PARK CITY, UTAH
Two private lakes, mature trees, flat fenced yards, and an elementary school inside the neighborhood — five minutes from Canyons Village and forty from Salt Lake. Silver Springs is where Park City's year-round residents choose to live.
Most of Park City is built on a hillside. Silver Springs is built around water.
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Tucked off State Route 224 between Canyons Village and Kimball Junction, Silver Springs is the rare Park City neighborhood that trades slope for shoreline. Two private lakes sit at its center — Silver Willow Lake and Silver Willow Pond on the plat maps, though no one here calls them that. To residents they are simply Big Lake and Little Lake, ringed by homes, mature cottonwoods and willows, and a network of quiet, flat streets that feel more like a lakeside village than a mountain resort. On summer mornings the water belongs to paddleboards and kayaks. In winter it belongs to the mountains reflected in it.
Silver Springs took shape from the late 1970s through the early '90s, and it shows in the best ways: full-grown trees, generous lots, established landscaping, and a design code that kept the architecture cohesive without making it uniform. Homes here are primarily single-family, running from roughly 1,600 to 5,000-plus square feet with three to six bedrooms, joined by a handful of townhome and condominium enclaves for buyers who want the lifestyle with less to maintain. Many have been extensively renovated over the last decade. Nearly all of them sit on flat, usable ground — and about half sit within HOAs that allow a fenced yard, something almost unheard of elsewhere in Park City.
The amenities are what set the neighborhood apart. Residents share a two-acre lake park with a small beach, a picnic pavilion and grill, volleyball and basketball courts, and a large playground — plus a second playground and two gated tennis courts in the neighborhood's interior. Big Lake is reserved for Silver Springs homeowners, with two boat launches and storage for non-motorized craft; Little Lake's shoreline is largely private to the South Shore homes around it, and docks aren't allowed on either lake.
THE AMENITIES
What Sets Silver Springs Apart
The Lakes
Big Lake and Little Lake — formally Silver Willow Lake and Silver Willow Pond — are private to the Silver Springs community: no public access, no motors, and no docks on either lake. Big Lake anchors the North Shore and South Shore enclaves and the community park, with two designated launch areas and lock-up storage for kayaks, canoes, paddleboards, and pedal boats. Little Lake, about five acres, sits quieter to the south, ringed by South Shore homes whose lots carry private shoreline rights. Homes on the water are the neighborhood's most coveted addresses; homes a block back still get the trees, the trails, and the quiet.
The Lake Park
Two acres on the south shore, laid out in 1990 by a resident landscape designer: a sandy beach, a covered pavilion with picnic tables and a built-in grill, sand volleyball, a full basketball court, a large playground refreshed in 2019, and open lawn for the rest. This is where the neighborhood gathers.
Courts & Playgrounds
Two gated tennis courts and a second playground sit on the elbow of Meadow Loop Road, tucked among the Ptarmigan, Quail Meadows, Silver Meadows, and Meadow Springs homes. Access is by resident code.
The Trail Network
The McLeod Creek Trail borders the neighborhood and ties into Basin Recreation's paved and soft-surface system — Kimball Junction one direction, Park City proper the other. Groomed for cross-country skiing in winter; the Millennium Trail runs the opposite side of 224. Note: during the SR-224 widening that began in April 2026, the trail north of Silver Springs Drive toward Canyons Resort Drive is restricted — check Basin Recreation for current detours.
Silver Springs at a Glanceļ»æ
Location: Off SR-224 between Canyons Village and Kimball Junction
Housing: Single-family homes plus townhome and condo enclaves, roughly 1,600 to 5,000+ sq ft, 3–6 bedrooms
Lots: Flat, with mature trees — about half of the HOAs allow a fenced yard
Schools: Parley's Park Elementary inside the neighborhood; Park City School District
Rentals: Nightly rentals generally not permitted (30-day minimum in most HOAs)
Drive times: Canyons Village 5 min · Utah Olympic Park 5 · Park City Mountain 10 · Deer Valley 15 · Salt Lake City & airport about 40
BEYOND THE NEIGHBORHOOD
The Recreation Keeps Going
Willow Creek Park
A short walk or ride down the trail: three multi-use fields, tennis and pickleball, basketball and volleyball, a pavilion, two age-specific playgrounds, a fenced dog park, and a one-acre pond that is a dog swimming hole in summer and an ice rink in winter.
Swaner Preserve & EcoCenter
Silver Springs' northern edge backs onto the Swaner Preserve's wetlands — 1,200 protected acres of wetland, sagebrush hills, and East Canyon Creek, owned by Utah State University. The preserve's ten miles of trails, four-story observation tower, and 400-foot boardwalk sit on the north side of I-80, a short drive to the Spring Creek trailhead and the EcoCenter at Kimball Junction, which runs guided snowshoe and nature walks year-round.
Five Minutes from the Canyons
Canyons Village is about five minutes away, Park City Mountain's base roughly ten, Deer Valley about fifteen, and the Utah Olympic Park five. Redstone's shops and restaurants at Kimball Junction are a walk or bike ride down the trail, and I-80 puts Salt Lake City and its international airport within about forty minutes.
Who Lives Here
Silver Springs is overwhelmingly primary residences — families who chose it for Parley's Park Elementary inside the neighborhood, the Park City School District, and streets where kids ride bikes to the lake. Nightly rentals are generally not permitted, which keeps the neighborhood quiet and the buyer pool focused on people who intend to stay.
THINKING ABOUT SILVER SPRINGS?
Let's Find Your Place by the Lake
Whether you're buying your first Park City home or wondering what your Silver Springs home is worth, the Schlopy Real Estate Team knows this neighborhood block by block. Reach out and we'll walk you through it.
