CountiesWayne County
MichiganNatural lakeWayne County
Lake St. Clair
Lake St. Clair is a lake of some 275,275 acres on the Detroit River, in Michigan. You will find it in Wayne County. It is managed by Michigan DNR / Huron-Clinton Metroparks (multiple).
Coordinates42.4503, -82.6757
Surface area275,275 acres
Max depth11 ft
RiverDetroit River
Managed byMichigan DNR / Huron-Clinton Metroparks (multiple)
Swimming beaches on Lake St. Clair
No named swimming beach is mapped yet for this lake. Access is through agency day-use areas and boat ramps listed below. We add beach pages only when we can confirm a name, coordinates and an operating agency.
Lake St. Clair on the map
Lake center, swimming spots and access points.
Weather and water temperature
Air temperature and wind from Open-Meteo. Water temperature only when the lake has a public sensor.
Weather data by Open-Meteo
Lake St. Clair: access and conditions
The center of the lake is at 42.4503, -82.6757. It reaches roughly 11 feet at its deepest. The surface sits around 574 feet above sea level.
No public gauge reports the water level at Lake St. Clair, so this page shows no level chart. We would rather leave the figure out than publish an estimate that nobody measured. We check the public feeds daily, so this page will fill in if one appears.
No agency lists a named swimming spot at Lake St. Clair. Shoreline access here is likely informal. Where there is no marked beach, entry is usually from a boat ramp or an unimproved bank.
The closest lakes in this guide are Cass Lake (Michigan, 37 mi), White Lake (Michigan, 44 mi) and Lake Fenton (Michigan, 59 mi). Michigan has 42 lakes on this site in total.
Most Michigan day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it. No public sensor reports water temperature at Lake St. Clair, so the panel shows air temperature and wind. If the water looks like pea soup or paint, stay out and report it to the managing agency.
Questions about Lake St. Clair
Is there a beach at Lake St. Clair?
No named swimming beach appears in the federal and state datasets this guide reads. Check the operating agency for day-use areas on the ground.
How big is Lake St. Clair?
About 275,275 acres. Maximum depth is around 11 feet.
What other lakes are near Lake St. Clair?
The closest in this guide is Cass Lake, about 37 miles away in Michigan.
Lakes near Lake St. Clair
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Sources
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