Sand Lake, Lake County

As I have mentioned before, there are many Michigan Lakes named Sand Lake. Today’s Sand Lake is located in Elk Township in northwestern Lake County.  The lake is a respectable fifty acres in size, 1.1 miles of shoreline with depths of up to fifty feet. The northern most tip of the lake stretches into southern [...]

Wolf Lake

Wolf Lake is located in Peacock Township in central Lake County. To get there, take M37 about six miles due north from Baldwin’s stop light. Wolf Lake is a Michigan lake of 418 acres of surface waters, but unfortunately, it is only about 12 feet deep at its deepest point.
The lake has been popular for many [...]

Great White Trilliums

Have you noticed? The trilliums are in bloom.
Where they grow thickest, you can often see broad stretches of rich, open maple and beech woods carpeted with white, as if someone had strewn popcorn through the hardwoods. Of all the spring wildflowers, the great white trillium is the icon of this time in the northwoods when [...]

Blessing of the Bikes

On Sunday the 17th of May, at 1:00 p.m., make plans to be at the Baldwin airport, located just south of town on M37. Why?  To take part of a good tradition since 1972, the Blessing of the Bikes.
Anyone who drives even a few miles per year in an enclosed vehicle and experiences close calls or [...]

Big Star Lake

Big Star Lake is located in Lake Township in southern Lake County. This 912 acre lake, with reported depths of up to 25 feet, is very popular in Western Michigan. This is due partly to its convenient location, being just south and west of Baldwin and close to M37.
Big Star Lake has a Lake Association, [...]

Reed Lake

The township of Lake, in southwest Lake County, is home to many Michigan lakes, the largest being Big Star Lake.
Reed Lake is just one mile north and west of Big Star.Reed Lake is part of three small neighboring lakes:  Reed, Rainbow and Orchard Lakes. Reed Lake is the deepest of the three, with depths of [...]

Big Bass Lake

There must be at least a dozen Bass Lakes in Michigan. Big Bass Lake, located in southern Elk Township and Northern Sauble Township, is special for several reasons. First, Big Bass Lake is a respectable 290 acres of surface waters, with reported depths of up to 33 feet.
Big Bass is an irregular shaped lake, not [...]

Bush Lake

Bush Lake, just outside the village limits of Baldwin Michigan in Lake County, is a small lake of only twenty acres or so. The reported depths of this lake are up to 30 feet. Reportedly this sandy bottom lake has good springs to it. As the water levels in other Michigan lakes vary during the [...]

Whalen Lake

It’s Saturday. It’s Summer. It’s time to enjoy one of Michigan’s lakes.
Located in Lake county, a mere mile outside of Baldwin Michigan, along US 10, is another one of  Michigan’s lakes.  Whalen Lake, a small 33 acre lake, has reported depths of 26 feet.
The waterfront of Whalen Lake is lined with a mix of seasonal [...]

Government Lake

It’s Saturday. It’s Summer. It’s time to enjoy the Michigan Lakes.
You have seen it, chances are you have driven by it. Government Lake is located along M 37, one mile north of Baldwin Michigan. Perhaps you may have stopped and enjoyed a hamburger at the Government Lake Lodge.
This Lake County lake is a small lake [...]

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