Silver Lake

Silver Lake is located Lincoln Township in Clare County. This Michigan 54 acre lake, with depths of up to 50 feet, is somewhat of a sleeper. It is not a well known lake, but it is developed with cottages and some year round homes and truly is a quality lake. Sandy soils, the depth of [...]

Townline Lake

Townline Lake is on the Big Rapids/ Colfax Township line in Mecosta County. This Michigan lake is 73 acres and has reported depths of up to 52 feet. It is conveniently located just a couple miles outside the city of Big Rapids.
The lake is sparsely populated, only a few homes and cottages along its shoreline. [...]

Conover Lake

Conover Lake is located in Newaygo County’s Ensley Township. Just north of Baptist Lake and Englewright Lake, this lake is privately owned and is completely fenced off. The Conover Lake property is adjacent to the Pilgrims Run Golf Course.
I can understand that a property owner desires his property to be secure and wants to discourage [...]

School Section Lake

School Section Lake is located in Colfax Township in northern Oceana County. This Michigan lake has 182 acres of surface water and reported depths of up to 26 feet. The lake map shows the lake bottom to be a predominately sandy lake, with some marl.
The township maintains a lake front park on the east side [...]

Bills Lake

Bills Lake is located in Croton Township in southern Newaygo County. Well located just south of M82, this popular all sports lake has reported depths of 60 feet and covers 204 acres.
Fishermen report catches of Bluegill, Black Crappies, Yellow Perch, Northern Pike, Pumpkinseed, Rock, Small and Largemouth Bass. To put your fishing skills to good [...]

Englewright Lake

Englewright Lake is located in Ensley Township, just ½ mile south of Baptist Lake in southern Newaygo County. This quiet Michigan lake consists of 54 acres of surface water, with reported depths of 60 feet.
The DNR has a public launch site on Englewright Lake , just off Butternut Road.
Often times on the smaller, lesser known [...]

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 [...]

Head Lake

Head Lake is located within in Hope Township. Head Lake is a delightful small Michigan lake of 97 acres of waters. It is rather shallow, with depths up to 12 feet. It is a private lake with no known public access.
Well located in central Barry County, Head Lake is close to many other Michigan lakes, [...]

Houseman Lake

Houseman Lake is located in Lilley Township just off Bingham Ave. in northern Newaygo County. Houseman Lake is a lake of 70 plus acres with no known public access, making it a very private and secluded lake, yet close to M37 for quick access.
This Michigan lake, situated just outside the Manistee National Forest, is surrounded [...]

Wabasis Lake

Wabasis Lake is a Michigan lake in northern Kent County, located in Oakfield Township.  One of the things I like about Wabasis is that much of the lakefront of this 410 acre lake is still undeveloped and there is a large population of waterfowl.
One misty morning last week, I headed out to Wabasis Lake to [...]

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