Helendale or Silver Lakes is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in the Victor Valley of the Mojave Desert, within San Bernardino County, California.

After Father Garcés, Jedediah Smith traveled through the Point of Rocks area in 1826 on a fur trapping expedition.

In 1844, John C. Frémont and his guide, Kit Carson, traveled through heading east via the Cajon Pass.

During the Mexican–American War, in late 1846 or early 1847, the Mormon Battalion camped at Point of Rocks on their way to Los Angeles.

They were released from the military shortly afterward and part of the battalion returned to Salt Lake City through Point of Rocks.

After a few horse ridden mail conveyance companies during the 1850s went out of business, the short-lived Pony Express began its service in the early 1860s and a stone station was built by the river at Point of Rocks.

The Santa Fe Railroad arrived in the 1880s and built a Point of Rocks station, which provided a watering stop for the steam engine locomotives then moving trains across the High Desert.

"[citation needed] Law enforcement is provided by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department out of the Adelanto Station.

The San Bernardino County Fire Department maintains a full-time station with paramedics near the Post Office on Helendale Road.

Private security firms are hired by the Silverlakes Association and consistently patrol the amenities of Silver Lakes.

Water, Parks, solid waste, sewer, and street lighting is provided by the Helendale Community Services District[4] The 2010 United States Census[5] reported that Silver Lakes had a population of 5,623.

According to the 2010 United States Census, Silver Lakes had a median household income of $67,214, with 12.1% of the population living below the federal poverty line.