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Largest Lakes in Michigan

Ranked by surface area, from Michigan DNR lake data. Flowages and reservoirs count here - size is size - and each is labeled in its own record.

#	Lake	County	Surface Area	Max Depth
1	Houghton Lake	Roscommon	20,070 acres	21 ft
2	Torch Lake	Antrim	18,713 acres	285 ft
3	Burt Lake	Cheboygan	17,393 acres	73 ft
4	Lake Charlevoix	Charlevoix	17,256 acres	120 ft
5	Mullett Lake	Cheboygan	16,702 acres	120 ft
6	Lake Gogebic	Gogebic	13,150 acres	35 ft
7	Portage Lake	Houghton	10,758 acres	-
8	Manistique Lake	Luce	10,364 acres	20 ft
9	Higgins Lake	Crawford	10,187 acres	135 ft
10	Black Lake	Cheboygan	10,111 acres	50 ft
11	Crystal Lake	Benzie	9,865 acres	175 ft
12	Hubbard Lake	Alcona	8,767 acres	87 ft
13	Indian Lake	Schoolcraft	8,640 acres	-
14	Lake Leelanau	Leelanau	8,608 acres	62 ft
15	Elk Lake	Antrim	8,194 acres	192 ft
16	Fletcher Pond	Alpena	6,845 acres	8 ft
17	Glen Lake	Leelanau	6,289 acres	130 ft
18	Grand Lake	Presque Isle	5,821 acres	25 ft
19	Long Lake	Alpena	5,347 acres	25 ft
20	Michigamme Reservoir	Iron	5,337 acres	-
21	Hamlin Lake	Mason	4,643 acres	65 ft
22	Walloon Lake	Charlevoix	4,577 acres	100 ft
23	Lake Michigamme	Marquette	4,274 acres	72 ft
24	Muskegon Lake	Muskegon	4,198 acres	70 ft
25	South Manistique Lake	Mackinac	4,132 acres	29 ft
26	Brevoort Lake	Mackinac	4,127 acres	-
27	Siskiwit Lake	Keweenaw	4,008 acres	-
28	Douglas Lake	Cheboygan	3,727 acres	80 ft
29	Long Lake	Grand Traverse	2,911 acres	88 ft
30	Lake Skegemog	Antrim	2,766 acres	29 ft
31	Hardy Dam Pond	Newaygo	2,765 acres	-
32	Gun Lake	Barry	2,763 acres	68 ft
33	Dead River Storage Basin	Marquette	2,736 acres	-
34	Lake Mitchell	Wexford	2,644 acres	22 ft
35	Platte Lake	Benzie	2,531 acres	90 ft
36	Peavy Pond	Iron	2,476 acres	-
37	White Lake	Muskegon	2,466 acres	-
38	Lake Saint Helen	Roscommon	2,415 acres	-
39	Torch Lake	Houghton	2,367 acres	-
40	Crooked Lake	Emmet	2,359 acres	50 ft
41	Bond Falls Flowage	Ontonagon	2,136 acres	-
42	Portage Lake	Manistee	2,115 acres	60 ft
43	Gull Lake	Kalamazoo	2,046 acres	110 ft
44	Lake Independence	Marquette	2,043 acres	30 ft
45	Lake Missaukee	Missaukee	2,039 acres	27 ft
46	Milakokia Lake	Mackinac	2,032 acres	26 ft
47	Otsego Lake	Otsego	2,010 acres	23 ft
48	Green Lake	Grand Traverse	1,996 acres	102 ft
49	Duck Lake	Grand Traverse	1,944 acres	98 ft
50	Lake Margrethe	Crawford	1,920 acres	65 ft
51	Lake Paradise	Emmet	1,915 acres	15 ft
52	Bear Lake	Manistee	1,873 acres	6 ft
53	Lake Macatawa	Ottawa	1,808 acres	40 ft
54	Hodenpyl Dam Pond	Manistee	1,793 acres	70 ft
55	Lake Bellaire	Antrim	1,789 acres	95 ft
56	North Manistique Lake	Luce	1,716 acres	50 ft
57	Lake Allegan	Allegan	1,699 acres	-
58	Foote Dam Pond	Iosco	1,695 acres	-
59	Cooke Dam Pond	Iosco	1,635 acres	-
60	Tawas Lake	Iosco	1,635 acres	-
61	Coldwater Lake	Branch	1,579 acres	90 ft
62	Intermediate Lake	Antrim	1,569 acres	20 ft
63	Lake Gratiot	Keweenaw	1,453 acres	70 ft
64	Betsy Lake	Luce	1,445 acres	7 ft
65	McDonald Lake	Schoolcraft	1,439 acres	10 ft
66	Silver Lake Basin	Marquette	1,424 acres	-
67	Van Etten Lake	Iosco	1,406 acres	-
68	Sanford Lake	Midland	1,389 acres	20 ft
69	Devils Lake	Lenawee	1,310 acres	63 ft
70	West Twin Lake	Montmorency	1,307 acres	28 ft
71	Belleville Lake	Wayne	1,246 acres	30 ft
72	Tippy Dam Pond	Manistee	1,230 acres	-
73	La Belle, Lac	Keweenaw	1,205 acres	38 ft
74	Holloway Reservoir	Lapeer	1,183 acres	-
75	Lake Cadillac	Wexford	1,160 acres	25 ft
76	Cass Lake	Oakland	1,118 acres	123 ft
77	Millecoquins Lake	Mackinac	1,108 acres	12 ft
78	Austin Lake	Kalamazoo	1,101 acres	10 ft
79	Chicagon Lake	Iron	1,083 acres	110 ft
80	Pickerel Lake	Emmet	1,078 acres	74 ft
81	Manistee Lake	Manistee	1,062 acres	-
82	Lake Desor	Keweenaw	1,060 acres	-
83	Croton Dam Pond	Newaygo	1,059 acres	-
84	Moss Lake	Delta	1,054 acres	5 ft
85	Tailings Pond	Marquette	1,048 acres	-
86	Perch Lake	Iron	1,046 acres	14 ft
87	Diamond Lake	Cass	1,040 acres	64 ft
88	Kent Lake	Oakland	1,015 acres	38 ft
89	Thousand Island Lake	Gogebic	1,007 acres	81 ft
90	Wixom Lake	Gladwin	1,007 acres	40 ft
91	Ford Lake	Washtenaw	974 acres	30 ft
92	Alcona Dam Pond	Alcona	969 acres	-
93	Bar Lake Swamp	Manistee	965 acres	-
94	Greenwood Reservoir	Marquette	964 acres	-
95	East Lake	Mackinac	949 acres	18 ft
96	Rush Lake	Huron	945 acres	-
97	Morrow Lake	Kalamazoo	927 acres	-
98	Paw Paw Lake	Berrien	920 acres	90 ft
99	Cedar Lake	Alcona	914 acres	10 ft
100	Deer Lake	Marquette	906 acres	-

Showing the top 100 of 3,732 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.