Highest elevation lakes & reservoirs in Michigan by altitude
This is a comparison for lakes within USA > Midwest > Michigan > - Compared by Highest Altitude/Elevation in feet.Note: For some lakes, "Altitude/Elevation" 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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Lake name  |
Elevation in feet |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lac Vieux Desert (Lake Superior Northwoods Region, Michigan, Midwest, USA, Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin) |
1,685 ft | Also known as Lac Vieux Lake Lac Vieux Desert is the French name for this 4,260-acre lake of Michigan and Wisconsin. The name was given by French fur trappers who were among the f… |
| Lake Gogebic (Michigan, Midwest, USA, Upper Peninsula) |
1,295 ft | Lake Gogebic, located at the western tip of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (UP) is a hidden gem, far undervalued in the outdoor sports world. Lake Gogebic… |
| Lake Saint Helen (Michigan, Midwest, Northeast, USA) |
1,155 ft | Also known as Lake St. Helen Lake Saint Helen is located in Roscommon County of northern Michigan near Interstate 75 and right next to the town of St. Helen – Charlton Heston’s ch… |
| Silver Lake MI (Michigan, Midwest, Northwest, USA) |
862 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… |
| Magician Lake (Michigan, Midwest, Southwest, USA) |
763 ft | Also known as Silver lake Magician Lake. . .the name holds an air of mystery. One envisions foggy evenings and a haunted island. But in truth, the only mystery about Magician L… |
| Gun Lake (Michigan, Midwest, Southwest, USA) |
745 ft | Beautiful Gun Lake, located off US 131 north of Kalamazoo, Michigan, has been a vacation and boating destination for well over a hundred years. Origin… |
| Fletcher Pond (Michigan, Midwest, Northeast, USA) |
731 ft | Also known as Fletcher Flooding Fletcher Pond, also known as the Fletcher Flooding, is an impoundment first created in 1935 when the Alpena Power Company dammed the Upper South Branc… |
| Intermediate Lake (Michigan, Midwest, Northwest, USA) |
607 ft | Also known as Central Lake, Elk River Chain of Lakes Intermediate Lake, in Antrim County is one of the main lakes in the Elk River Chain of Lakes which include Beals, Scotts, Six Mile, St. Clair, Ellswor… |
| Lake Bellaire (Michigan, Midwest, Northwest, USA) |
591 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… |
| Pentwater Lake (Michigan, Midwest, USA, West Central) |
582 ft | Also known as Pent Water Lake Oceana County, Michigan, is home to Pentwater Lake, a 483-acre natural freshwater lake with a very irregular shape. Pentwater Lake’s shoreline is 8.6… |
