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Deepest Natural Lakes in Michigan

Ranked by maximum depth, from Michigan DNR lake data. Only natural lakes are ranked - reservoirs and flowages are excluded.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Torch Lake	Antrim	18,713 acres	285 ft
2	Elk Lake	Antrim	8,194 acres	192 ft
3	Crystal Lake	Benzie	9,865 acres	175 ft
4	Lake Angeline	Marquette	-	162 ft
5	Syphon Lake	Luce	11 acres	160 ft
6	Lake Thumb	Charlevoix	507 acres	152 ft
7	Higgins Lake	Crawford	10,187 acres	135 ft
8	Glen Lake	Leelanau	6,289 acres	130 ft
9	Loon Lake	Iosco	417 acres	128 ft
10	Cass Lake	Oakland	1,118 acres	123 ft
11	Lake Charlevoix	Charlevoix	17,256 acres	120 ft
12	Mullett Lake	Cheboygan	16,702 acres	120 ft
13	Lotus Lake	Oakland	210 acres	117 ft
14	Maceday Lake	Oakland	210 acres	117 ft
15	Heart Lake	Otsego	67 acres	117 ft
16	Otter Lake	Lapeer	67 acres	117 ft
17	Orchard Lake	Oakland	797 acres	111 ft
18	Gull Lake	Kalamazoo	2,046 acres	110 ft
19	Chicagon Lake	Iron	1,083 acres	110 ft
20	Union Lake	Oakland	466 acres	110 ft
21	Long Lake	Iron	60 acres	105 ft
22	Green Lake	Grand Traverse	1,996 acres	102 ft
23	Big Bradford Lake	Crawford	256 acres	102 ft
24	Walloon Lake	Charlevoix	4,577 acres	100 ft
25	Golden Lake	Iron	274 acres	100 ft
26	Bear Den Lake	Presque Isle	30 acres	100 ft
27	Duck Lake	Grand Traverse	1,944 acres	98 ft
28	Rainy Lake	Presque Isle	202 acres	98 ft
29	Shupac Lake	Crawford	105 acres	97 ft
30	Silver Lake	Grand Traverse	608 acres	96 ft
31	Upper Straits Lake	Oakland	345 acres	96 ft
32	Lake Bellaire	Antrim	1,789 acres	95 ft
33	Witch Lake	Marquette	207 acres	95 ft
34	Oxbow Lake	Gogebic	98 acres	95 ft
35	Shoepac Lake	Presque Isle	53 acres	94 ft
36	Sugarbush Lake	Barry	30 acres	93 ft
37	North Lake	Alcona	86 acres	92 ft
38	Silver Lake	Cheboygan	68 acres	91 ft
39	Platte Lake	Benzie	2,531 acres	90 ft
40	Coldwater Lake	Branch	1,579 acres	90 ft
41	Paw Paw Lake	Berrien	920 acres	90 ft
42	Lake Fenton	Genesee	879 acres	90 ft
43	Pine Lake	Oakland	373 acres	90 ft
44	Beatons Lake	Gogebic	323 acres	90 ft
45	Bills Lake	Newaygo	198 acres	90 ft
46	George Lake	Ogemaw	186 acres	90 ft
47	Clear Lake	Montmorency	138 acres	90 ft
48	High Lake	Gogebic	68 acres	90 ft
49	Emily Lake	Houghton	48 acres	90 ft
50	Twin Lake (north)	Marquette	18 acres	90 ft
51	Long Lake	Grand Traverse	2,911 acres	88 ft
52	Fremont Lake	Newaygo	801 acres	88 ft
53	South Lake	Washtenaw	202 acres	88 ft
54	Hubbard Lake	Alcona	8,767 acres	87 ft
55	Halfmoon Lake	Washtenaw	244 acres	87 ft
56	Derby Lake	Montcalm	113 acres	87 ft
57	Bridge Lake	Otsego	65 acres	87 ft
58	Grand Sable Lake	Alger	656 acres	85 ft
59	Big Lake	Osceola	211 acres	85 ft
60	Guthrie Lake	Otsego	124 acres	85 ft
61	Scram Lake	Kent	80 acres	85 ft
62	Cedar Lake	Van Buren	275 acres	84 ft
63	Long Lake	Montmorency	237 acres	84 ft
64	Ford Lake	Mason	183 acres	84 ft
65	Francis Lake	Presque Isle	40 acres	83 ft
66	Half Moon Lake	Muskegon	64 acres	82 ft
67	Wells Lake	Osceola	47 acres	82 ft
68	Hunters Lake	Alcona	39 acres	82 ft
69	George lake	Branch	-	82 ft
70	Thousand Island Lake	Gogebic	1,007 acres	81 ft
71	Ore Lake	Livingston	229 acres	81 ft
72	Big Lake	Otsego	124 acres	81 ft
73	Douglas Lake	Cheboygan	3,727 acres	80 ft
74	Sage Lake	Ogemaw	787 acres	80 ft
75	Lake Orion	Oakland	455 acres	80 ft
76	Birch Lake	Cass	282 acres	80 ft
77	Ryerson Lake	Newaygo	250 acres	80 ft
78	Squaw Lake	Marquette	246 acres	80 ft
79	Twin Lake	Kalkaska	209 acres	80 ft
80	Second Fortune Lake	Iron	126 acres	80 ft
81	Arnold Lake	Clare	121 acres	80 ft
82	Blue Lake	Kalkaska	108 acres	80 ft
83	Mary Lake	Dickinson	87 acres	80 ft
84	Blind Lake	Washtenaw	71 acres	80 ft
85	Lake Sixteen	Allegan	34 acres	80 ft
86	Lance Lake	Cheboygan	25 acres	80 ft
87	Lake Marjory	Otsego	41 acres	79 ft
88	Lake Placid	Kalkaska	14 acres	79 ft
89	McCormick Lake	Montmorency	102 acres	78 ft
90	Bass Lake	Marquette	76 acres	78 ft
91	North Blue Lake	Kalkaska	53 acres	78 ft
92	Long Lake	Clare	206 acres	76 ft
93	Indian Lake	Kalamazoo	790 acres	75 ft
94	Lake Ann	Benzie	532 acres	75 ft
95	Emeline Lake	Gogebic	132 acres	75 ft
96	Silver Lake	Oakland	96 acres	75 ft
97	Allen Lake	Lenawee	63 acres	75 ft
98	Pickerel Lake	Emmet	1,078 acres	74 ft
99	Clark Lake	Gogebic	836 acres	74 ft
100	Avalon Lake	Montmorency	386 acres	74 ft

Showing the top 100 of 2,160 counted lakes. Search above, or browse by county on the Michigan page, for the full inventory.

Source: Michigan DNR lake data. Verified October 30, 2026. New lakes are added as their records are verified - rankings update with every addition.