Silver Lake & East Side, Rochester MN

Northeast/Southeast Rochester, near downtown · about 4 min to Mayo Clinic downtown

About Silver Lake & East Side

This guide covers the East Side, a registered City of Rochester neighborhood association of about 387 acres just south of Silver Lake, east of downtown. Its homes sit on plats such as Morse and Sargeant’s Addition, Morningside, Riess’ and Stebbins’ additions. County records show about 900 single-family parcels and about 130 duplexes and triplexes.

Silver Lake is a 50-acre reservoir on the South Fork of the Zumbro River, about half a mile north of downtown. A public park surrounds most of the lake, paddleboats and canoes are rented in summer, and it’s home to the Rochester Rowing Club.

Sources: City of Rochester / Olmsted County GIS – Neighborhood Associations · Olmsted County parcel records (plat names, land use, school district) · Wikipedia – Silver Lake (Rochester, Minnesota)

Homes for sale in Silver Lake & East Side

See homes for sale in Silver Lake & East Side

This search uses the City of Rochester’s neighborhood boundary for Silver Lake & East Side and shows every active Rochester listing inside it. If nothing shows, no homes are listed there right now. Ask us to watch for one.

22 homes in this neighborhood area were sold with Lori or Lea, either as the listing agent or helping the buyer (MLS data). See them on the sold-homes map →

Parks and schools nearby

Parks nearby

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park · 0.4 mi
Mayo Park · 0.5 mi
Silver Lake Park · 0.6 mi
Homestead Park · 0.7 mi
Central Park · 0.8 mi

Rochester public schools nearby

Riverside Central Elementary School · 0.6 mi
Jefferson Elementary School · 0.7 mi
Lincoln K-8 Choice School · 1.1 mi
Kellogg Middle School · 1.2 mi

Nearest by distance, not necessarily the assigned school. Confirm with Rochester Public Schools’ Find Your School.

Check school boundaries for a specific address with Rochester Public Schools’ school lookup tool. Boundaries can change, so please verify with the district.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the neighborhood. Park and school locations are from OpenStreetMap; the school list is checked against the Minnesota Department of Education’s list of Rochester Public Schools.

Commute to Mayo Clinic

Commute from Silver Lake & East Side

From	Downtown campus (Gonda)	Saint Marys campus
Silver Lake & East Side	4 min1.2 mi	6 min2.0 mi

Approximate driving times from the OSRM route planner (OpenStreetMap data), calculated 2026-10-02 for normal, light traffic, not rush hour. Downtown construction and winter weather can add time. Times are to the campus area, not to a specific ramp or door.

Bus and transit options

Rochester Public Transit (RPT) runs city bus routes, including park-and-ride express service from three lots to Saint Marys and downtown. Parking at the RPT park-and-ride lots is free and the regular fare is $2; Mayo Clinic employees show their Mayo ID for employer-sponsored fares (City of Rochester). Mayo’s staff commuting flyer names the lots as N. Broadway (CMX Chateau Theater), the Olmsted County Fairgrounds and 75th Street NW.
Link, a fare-free 2.8-mile bus rapid transit line linking the West Transit Village, Mayo Clinic campuses and downtown, is under construction. The city expects first rides in August 2027 (City of Rochester, Sept. 2026).

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