Welcome to Summer Lake ...

Summer Lake is located in Lake County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Summer Lake, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1875.

A typical abbreviation for Summer Lake: Summer Lk.

Summer Lake is 4,220 feet [1,286 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Summer Lake is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Summer Lake lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for Summer Lake: (541) & (458)<3>

The ZIP code for Summer Lake: 97640<4>

Communities Also Named Summer Lake ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Summer Lake - it's located in Colorado.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Summer Lake.

Communities near Summer Lake ...

We have created a list of 4 communities that are near Summer Lake.

• Silver Lake
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
  • Silver Lake is located in Lake County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Lake <5>
• Christmas Valley
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christmas Valley
  • Christmas Valley is located in Lake County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Christmas Valley <5>
• Paisley
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paisley
  • Paisley is located in Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paisley <5>
• Fort Rock
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Rock
  • Fort Rock is located in Lake County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fort Rock <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Summer Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Summer Lake.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Summer Lake. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Summer Lake.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Summer Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Summer Lake.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Summer Lake ...

Looking for more information about Summer Lake? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Summer Lake, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Summer Lake.

Adding Summer Lake to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Summer Lake in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Summer Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Summer Lake post office opened in 1875.

We also found Summer Lake in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Summer Lake.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Summer Lake. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lake County: www.lakecountyor.org

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/