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Lakes Near Traverse City, Michigan

447 counted Michigan lakes sit within 60 miles of Traverse City - the largest is Houghton Lake at 20,070 acres. Distances are straight-line from the city center.

Lake	County	Distance	Surface Area	Max Depth
Houghton Lake	Roscommon	54 mi	20,070 acres	21 ft
Torch Lake	Antrim	20 mi	18,713 acres	285 ft
Lake Charlevoix	Charlevoix	42 mi	17,256 acres	120 ft
Higgins Lake	Crawford	46 mi	10,187 acres	135 ft
Crystal Lake	Benzie	27 mi	9,865 acres	175 ft
Lake Leelanau	Leelanau	9 mi	8,608 acres	62 ft
Elk Lake	Antrim	13 mi	8,194 acres	192 ft
Glen Lake	Leelanau	19 mi	6,289 acres	130 ft
Walloon Lake	Charlevoix	48 mi	4,577 acres	100 ft
Long Lake	Grand Traverse	7 mi	2,911 acres	88 ft
Lake Skegemog	Antrim	14 mi	2,766 acres	29 ft
Lake Mitchell	Wexford	37 mi	2,644 acres	22 ft
Platte Lake	Benzie	25 mi	2,531 acres	90 ft
Crooked Lake	Emmet	59 mi	2,359 acres	50 ft
Portage Lake	Manistee	41 mi	2,115 acres	60 ft
Lake Missaukee	Missaukee	36 mi	2,039 acres	27 ft
Otsego Lake	Otsego	48 mi	2,010 acres	23 ft
Green Lake	Grand Traverse	14 mi	1,996 acres	102 ft
Duck Lake	Grand Traverse	12 mi	1,944 acres	98 ft
Lake Margrethe	Crawford	42 mi	1,920 acres	65 ft
Bear Lake	Manistee	34 mi	1,873 acres	6 ft
Hodenpyl Dam Pond	Manistee	29 mi	1,793 acres	70 ft
Lake Bellaire	Antrim	24 mi	1,789 acres	95 ft
Intermediate Lake	Antrim	27 mi	1,569 acres	20 ft
Tippy Dam Pond	Manistee	37 mi	1,230 acres	-
Lake Cadillac	Wexford	37 mi	1,160 acres	25 ft
Manistee Lake	Manistee	49 mi	1,062 acres	-
Bar Lake Swamp	Manistee	44 mi	965 acres	-
Little Platte Lake	Benzie	22 mi	896 acres	8 ft
Manistee Lake	Kalkaska	29 mi	874 acres	-
Lime Lake	Leelanau	14 mi	662 acres	67 ft
Little Traverse Lake	Leelanau	16 mi	645 acres	54 ft
Silver Lake	Grand Traverse	6 mi	608 acres	96 ft
Fife Lake	Grand Traverse	19 mi	597 acres	55 ft
Upper Herring Lake	Benzie	31 mi	573 acres	25 ft
Dead Stream Flooding	Roscommon	47 mi	567 acres	-
Lake Dubonnet	Grand Traverse	10 mi	564 acres	-
Round Lake	Mason	57 mi	541 acres	10 ft
Lake Ann	Benzie	12 mi	532 acres	75 ft
Lake Thumb	Charlevoix	52 mi	507 acres	152 ft
Crooked Lake	Missaukee	34 mi	490 acres	12 ft
Lake Geneserath	Charlevoix	58 mi	480 acres	50 ft
Deer Lake	Charlevoix	42 mi	464 acres	22 ft
Lower Herring Lake	Benzie	32 mi	446 acres	50 ft
Spider Lake	Grand Traverse	9 mi	445 acres	-
Clam Lake	Antrim	21 mi	437 acres	8 ft
Little Mud Lake	Roscommon	57 mi	423 acres	-
Wolf Lake	Lake	54 mi	407 acres	-
Arbutus Lake	Grand Traverse	9 mi	378 acres	44 ft
Backus Lake Flooding	Roscommon	60 mi	374 acres	-
Rose Lake	Osceola	50 mi	373 acres	30 ft
Sixmile Lake	Antrim	32 mi	370 acres	31 ft
Round Lake	Emmet	57 mi	353 acres	12 ft
Bass Lake	Grand Traverse	7 mi	342 acres	29 ft
Long Lake	Benzie	27 mi	327 acres	-
Birch Lake	Antrim	17 mi	326 acres	53 ft
Bear Lake	Kalkaska	33 mi	313 acres	50 ft
Boardman Lake	Grand Traverse	1 mi	312 acres	73 ft
Backus Creek Flooding	Roscommon	59 mi	309 acres	-
Pearl Lake	Benzie	15 mi	303 acres	-

Showing the 60 largest of 447 counted lakes within 60 miles of Traverse City.

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