MI · ranked by public data
17 Houghton County lakes cover at least 50 state-mapped acres, out of 106 documented lakes in the county.
Houghton County, MI
863 acres · 29 ft max depth
Houghton County, MI
656 acres · 5 ft max depth
Houghton County, MI
258 acres · 40 ft max depth
Houghton County, MI
173 acres · 11 ft max depth
Houghton County, MI
101 acres · 21 ft max depth
| Rank | Lake | County | Acres | Max depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Bear Lake | Houghton | 99 ac | 4 ft |
| 12 | Pike Lake | Houghton | 83 ac | 51 ft |
| 13 | Lake Thirteen | Houghton | 75 ac | 20 ft |
| 14 | Boston Lake | Houghton | 73 ac | — |
| 15 | Lake Eva | Houghton | 67 ac | — |
| 16 | Lily Pond | Houghton | 63 ac | — |
| 17 | Emily Lake | Houghton | 60 ac | 90 ft |
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Portage Lake — Portage Lake in Houghton County is the biggest inland lake in Houghton County by Michigan DNR GIS acreage, at 10,808 acres.
Source data: Michigan DNR GIS lake polygons as aggregated by LakeList. GIS-computed acres can differ modestly from older published figures.Lake outlines are shoreline shapes from LakeList and the USGS National Hydrography Dataset; they illustrate a lake's form and are not depth or navigation charts.