Largest lakes & reservoirs in Northeast Michigan by shoreline length
The length of the exterior shoreline around a lake is measured at the lake’s normal elevation. The shoreline length can be considerably shorter or longer when lake water levels are lower or higher than normal. A lake with many coves has a much longer shoreline than a lake of similar surface area that is nearly circular in shape.When known, the shoreline miles that we report in our statistics include only the lake’s exterior shoreline, and exclude the shorelines of islands located within a lake’s boundaries. In lakes with many islands, those islands’ combined shorelines may exceed a lake’s exterior shoreline.
You can find many of the world’s longest-shoreline lakes on LakeLubbers. Note: For some lakes, "Longest Shorelines" data is unknown or does not apply, so this table may display fewer lakes than the total 16 articles we have published for Northeast Michigan lakes.
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Below are lakes within USA > US Midwest Region > Michigan > Northeast Michigan > Compared by longest shoreline length in miles. This list does not represent all lakes in Northeast Michigan, only the 16 Northeast Michigan lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Shoreline length in miles |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Michigan-Huron (Canada, Chicagoland Region, IL, Great Lakes of North America, Illinois, Indiana, Lake Michigan Region, WI, Michigan, North Indiana, Northeast Michigan, Northwest Michigan, Ontario, Canada, Southwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, Upper Peninsula Region, MI, West Central Michigan, Wisconsin) |
5,463 mi | Lake Michigan and Lake Huron – two of North America’s Great Lakes – are contiguous and they share the same elevation of 577 feet above sea level. They … |
| Lake Huron (Canada, East Central Michigan, Great Lakes of North America, Michigan, Northeast Michigan, Ontario, Canada, US Midwest Region, USA, Upper Peninsula Region, MI) |
3,825 mi | A glacial lake of epic proportions, Lake Huron is the second largest of the five Great Lakes by surface area, boasting 23,010 square miles and an incr … |
| Tittabawassee Lakes (East Central Michigan, Michigan, Northeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
34 mi | Also known as Secord Lake, Sanford Lake, Smallwood Lake, Wixom Lake The Tittabawassee River is one of Michigan’s main river systems, draining lands in the Northeast and East Central Michigan regions into the Saginaw Ri … |
| Burt Lake, MI (Michigan, Northeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
33 mi | Also known as Chaboiganing Twenty miles south of the Straits of Mackinac is the ancient inland waterway from Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. This series of connecting lakes and riv … |
| Houghton Lake, MI (Michigan, Northeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
32 mi | Houghton Lake is a shallow, marshy lake with a sandy, gravely bottom. Warm in the summer, freezing over during the winter months, and staying cool dur … |
| Mullett Lake, MI (Michigan, Northeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
28 mi | Mullett Lake is Michigan’s fifth largest lake, covering 17,360 acres with 28 shoreline miles. Sitting at the center of Michigan’s Inland Waterway, Mul … |
| Fletcher Pond, MI (Michigan, Northeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
25 mi | 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 … |
| Higgins Lake, MI (Michigan, Northeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
22 mi | With depths that average 52 feet and range as deep as 141 feet, the azure waters of Higgins Lake assure a remarkable transparency. Such crystalline wa … |
| Hubbard Lake (Michigan, Northeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
19 mi | 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 … |
| Black Lake MI (Michigan, Northeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
19 mi | Black Lake is a popular sporting lake located in Cheboygan and Presque Isle counties in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Surrounded by acres of water and s … |
| Lake Saint Helen, MI (Michigan, Northeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
18 mi | 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 … |
| Van Etten Lake (Michigan, Northeast Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA) |
10 mi | Ice huts dot the frozen surface of Van Etten Lake in northeast Michigan. Inside the huts anglers sip thermoses of coffee and pull strings of perch fro … |