Lakes

Lakes and reservoirs in Michigan

This guide covers 11 lakes and reservoirs in Michigan. 2 of them have a public water level gauge, and together they hold 2 mapped swimming spots. Each page carries the live level where an agency publishes one, plus weather, access points and sources.

11Lakes
2Live gauges
2Swimming spots

Lakes in Michigan

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Every lake, by relevance

Ordered by how much people search for them.

Lake St. Clair

Michigan · Wayne 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…

Natural lake
Torch Lake

Michigan · Antrim County

Torch Lake

Torch Lake is a 18,770-acre lake on the Torch River in Michigan. Its shoreline falls inside Antrim County. Michigan Department of…

Natural lake1 beach
Higgins Lake

Michigan · Roscommon County

Higgins Lake

Higgins Lake is a lake of some 9,600 acres on the The Cut, in Michigan. It lies in Roscommon County. MI EGLE / MI DNR / Roscommon…

Natural lake
Muskegon Lake

Michigan · Muskegon County

Muskegon Lake

Muskegon Lake is a 4,151-acre lake on the catchment = in Michigan. The lake is in Muskegon County. MI DNR / EGLE / City of…

Natural lake
Lake Charlevoix

Michigan · Charlevoix County

Lake Charlevoix

Fed by the Pine River, Lake Charlevoix holds roughly 17,268 acres of water in Michigan. The lake is in Charlevoix County. It is…

Natural lake
Houghton Lake

Michigan · Roscommon County

Houghton Lake

Fed by the Muskegon River, Houghton Lake holds roughly 20,044 acres of water in Michigan. It lies in Roscommon County. Management…

Natural lake
Lake Lansing

Michigan · Ingham County

Lake Lansing

Fed by the Pine Lake Outlet, Lake Lansing holds roughly 461 acres of water in Michigan. The lake is in Ingham County. It is…

Natural lake
Reeds Lake

Michigan · Kent County

Reeds Lake

Reeds Lake is a lake of some 265 acres on the outflow = Dredged channel to Fisk Lake, in Michigan. Its shoreline falls inside…

Natural lake
Crystal Lake

Michigan · McHenry County

Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake covers about 12,812 acres in Michigan. It lies in McHenry County. Management is in the hands of MI EGLE / MI DNR /…

Natural lake1 beach
Walloon Lake

Michigan · Charlevoix County

Walloon Lake

Fed by the Bear River, Walloon Lake holds roughly 4,270 acres of water in Michigan. It lies in Charlevoix County. Management is…

Natural lake
White Lake

Michigan · Oakland County

White Lake

White Lake covers about 2,571 acres in Michigan. Its shoreline falls inside Oakland County. Michigan DNR manages it.

Natural lake

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