MichiganNatural lakeMuskegon County
Photo: Tichnor Brothers, Publisher · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
CountiesMuskegon County
Coordinates43.2368, -86.2902
Surface area4,151 acres
Max depth79 ft
Rivercatchment =
Managed byMI DNR / EGLE / City of Muskegon

Swimming beaches on Muskegon Lake

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.

Muskegon Lake on the map

Lake center, swimming spots and access points.

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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

Muskegon Lake at a glance

On the map, Muskegon Lake is centered near 43.2368, -86.2902. The deepest point on record is about 79 feet.

If Muskegon Lake is busy, the nearest alternatives here are Austin Lake (Michigan, 11 mi), Spring Lake (Michigan, 12 mi) and Lake Macatawa (Michigan, 32 mi). In all, 42 lakes in Michigan are covered here.

Most Michigan day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it. Water temperature is not measured at this lake by any public agency we read. Water quality is monitored unevenly on inland lakes, so posted notices are the most reliable guide.

Lakeside Beach, on Spring Lake, is the closest named beach in this guide, about 12 miles off. A missing beach entry often just means nobody has catalogued the access point yet. There is no beach on record at Muskegon Lake in the datasets this guide reads.

Where an agency publishes a figure, we show it with the time it was taken; here there is none. Nobody publishes a continuous level for Muskegon Lake in a form this guide can read, so the page carries access and weather instead.

Questions about Muskegon Lake

Is there a beach at Muskegon Lake?

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 Muskegon Lake?

About 4,151 acres. Maximum depth is around 79 feet.

What other lakes are near Muskegon Lake?

The closest in this guide is Austin Lake, about 11 miles away in Michigan.

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Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these public sources.