Deepest lakes & reservoirs in Michigan by maximum depth (ft)
The estimated greatest depth of the water in a lake can be measured at the lake’s normal elevation. If the water volume and surface area of a lake are known, an estimate of the lake’s average depth can be calculated:Water volume ÷ Surface Area = Average Depth
Example: 1,000,000 acre-feet ÷ 20,000 acres = 50 feet average depth.
You can find many of the the world’s deepest lakes on LakeLubbers. If you sort the list, you will find the (maximum depth of) the shallowest lakes in our database. Note: For some lakes, lake depth data is unknown, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 90 articles we have published for Michigan lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Midwest Region > Michigan > Compared by maximum depth in feet. This list does not represent all lakes in Michigan, only the 90 Michigan lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Max depth in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Charlevoix, MI (Michigan, Northwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
122 ft | Also known as Pine Lake Lake Charlevoix is one of the most famous of northern Michigan lakes primarily because of its popularity among boaters of all types. Originally called … |
| Lake Leelanau, MI (Michigan, Northwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
121 ft | Also known as Carp Lake Michigan is a bounty of natural resources – a place where every town is less than two hours from a body of water. Among these bodies of water, Lake Le … |
| Chicagon Lake (Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, Upper Peninsula Region, MI) |
115 ft | Also known as Chicaugon Lake Chicagon Lake lies in Michigan’s western Upper Peninsula only a few miles from the Wisconsin state line. The 1000-acre natural lake isn’t well-known e … |
| Orchard Lake, MI (Michigan, Southeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
110 ft | Orchard Lake is a 788-acre natural lake in southeastern Michigan, just three miles from the city of Pontiac and 25 miles from Detroit. This residentia … |
| Gull Lake, MI (Michigan, Southwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
110 ft | Gull Lake is a picturesque 2,030-acre natural lake in southwestern Michigan. The lake most likely got its name from the large number of seagulls that … |
| Walnut Lake, MI (Michigan, Southeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
101 ft | Also known as Black Walnut Lake Walnut Lake is a suburban secret. Sometimes, the best lakes are found in the most unexpected places. Walnut Lake, in the Southeast Region of Michigan … |
| Walloon Lake, MI (Michigan, Northwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
100 ft | Walloon Lake – Hemingway’s Michigan. Ernest Hemingway was born here, spent 22 youthful summers here and came back to the lake for his honeymoon. The H … |
| Silver Lake, MI (Michigan, Northwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
96 ft | Pushing her kayak out into the water of Silver Lake, she glides through the early morning mist rising off the surface of the water. With steady, stron … |
| Lake Bellaire (Michigan, Northwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
95 ft | Also known as Grass Lake Michigan has a bounty of beautiful lakes, and those found in Antrim County are no exception. Lake Bellaire is situated to the east of Lake Michigan; t … |
| Coldwater Lake MI (Michigan, Southwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
93 ft | Coldwater Lake, in quiet Southwest Michigan, is the epitome of the traditional Michigan lake vacation destination. Nestled just north of the Indiana s … |
| Paw Paw Lake, MI (Michigan, Southwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
91 ft | Paw Paw Lake. Just the name invokes lazy, hot summer days in a secluded country setting. Situated in Southwest Michigan, 891-acre Paw Paw Lake is a co … |
| Hubbard Lake (Michigan, Northeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
85 ft | Also known as Bottomless Lake, Alcona Lake, Coral Lake Summer in Michigan’s Northeast region is synonymous with a place like Hubbard Lake. Less than 20 miles inland from Lake Huron’s ‘sunrise coast’, Hubba … |