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Lakes Near Detroit, Michigan

510 counted Michigan lakes sit within 60 miles of Detroit - the largest is Belleville Lake at 1,246 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Belleville Lake	Wayne	22 mi	1,246 acres	30 ft
Holloway Reservoir	Lapeer	58 mi	1,183 acres	-
Cass Lake	Oakland	25 mi	1,118 acres	123 ft
Kent Lake	Oakland	34 mi	1,015 acres	38 ft
Ford Lake	Washtenaw	28 mi	974 acres	30 ft
Lake Fenton	Genesee	49 mi	879 acres	90 ft
Wamplers Lake	Jackson	59 mi	802 acres	39 ft
Orchard Lake	Oakland	24 mi	797 acres	111 ft
Lobdell Lake	Genesee	51 mi	781 acres	70 ft
No Name	Livingston	50 mi	781 acres	24 ft
Portage Lake	Livingston	45 mi	645 acres	-
Walled Lake	Oakland	26 mi	643 acres	53 ft
Pontiac Lake	Oakland	31 mi	617 acres	34 ft
Whitmore Lake	Livingston	37 mi	575 acres	69 ft
Sand Lake	Lenawee	59 mi	545 acres	53 ft
White Lake	Oakland	35 mi	522 acres	32 ft
Stony Creek Lake	Macomb	27 mi	486 acres	23 ft
Stony Creek Lake (Nort	Macomb	27 mi	486 acres	23 ft
Union Lake	Oakland	27 mi	466 acres	110 ft
Lake Orion	Oakland	33 mi	455 acres	80 ft
Lakeville Lake	Oakland	35 mi	428 acres	66 ft
Nepessing Lake	Lapeer	50 mi	427 acres	25 ft
Lake Angelus	Oakland	29 mi	412 acres	-
Lake Ponemah	Genesee	49 mi	403 acres	-
Otter Lake	Oakland	25 mi	386 acres	70 ft
Pine Lake	Oakland	23 mi	373 acres	90 ft
Elizabeth Lake	Oakland	27 mi	361 acres	72 ft
Upper Straits Lake	Oakland	24 mi	345 acres	96 ft
Silver Lake	Genesee	48 mi	334 acres	-
Port of Monroe	Monroe	35 mi	313 acres	-
Lake Chemung	Livingston	45 mi	310 acres	60 ft
Lake Oakland	Oakland	30 mi	304 acres	64 ft
Duck Lake	Oakland	36 mi	302 acres	31 ft
Winnewana Impoundment	Washtenaw	54 mi	286 acres	-
Shannon Lake	Livingston	46 mi	283 acres	-
Oxbow Lake	Oakland	31 mi	268 acres	72 ft
Thompson Lake	Livingston	48 mi	267 acres	52 ft
Wolverine Lake	Oakland	28 mi	267 acres	57 ft
Strawberry Lake	Livingston	41 mi	259 acres	50 ft
Woodland Lake	Livingston	40 mi	257 acres	35 ft
Fourmile Lake	Washtenaw	47 mi	256 acres	18 ft
Base Line Lake	Washtenaw	44 mi	251 acres	-
East Crooked Lake	Livingston	44 mi	248 acres	40 ft
Loon Lake	Oakland	29 mi	248 acres	73 ft
Tipsico Lake	Oakland	42 mi	246 acres	27 ft
Halfmoon Lake	Washtenaw	50 mi	244 acres	87 ft
Lake Sherwood	Oakland	31 mi	240 acres	-
Barton Pond	Washtenaw	36 mi	239 acres	30 ft
Shinanguag Lake	Genesee	45 mi	238 acres	35 ft
Walnut Lake	Oakland	22 mi	236 acres	-
Watkins Lake	Oakland	28 mi	235 acres	25 ft
Silver Lake	Livingston	47 mi	233 acres	47 ft
Lake Lapeer	Lapeer	47 mi	229 acres	-
Ore Lake	Livingston	40 mi	229 acres	81 ft
North Lake	Washtenaw	49 mi	224 acres	58 ft
Voorheis Lake	Oakland	31 mi	221 acres	-
Evans Lake	Lenawee	58 mi	220 acres	42 ft
Joslin Lake	Washtenaw	53 mi	219 acres	20 ft
Lower Straits Lake	Oakland	28 mi	216 acres	21 ft
Big Lake	Oakland	36 mi	213 acres	14 ft

Showing the 60 largest of 510 counted lakes within 60 miles of Detroit.

Sources: Michigan DNR lake data; lake coordinates from the DNR. Verified October 30, 2026.