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Michigan›Deepest lakes›Grand Traverse County

MI · ranked by public data

The 14 Deepest Lakes in Grand Traverse County, Michigan

14 Grand Traverse County lakes are at least 50 state-mapped acres with an IFR-surveyed depth, out of 85 documented lakes in the county.

  1. 1102 ft
    1,995 acres

    Grand Traverse County, MI

    Green Lake

    limitedDepth map
    44.61, -85.781,995 acres | 102 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    102 ft maximum depth · 1,995 acres

  2. 298 ft
    1,945 acres

    Grand Traverse County, MI

    Duck Lake

    limitedDepth map
    44.63, -85.751,945 acres | 98 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    98 ft maximum depth · 1,945 acres

  3. 388 ft
    2,911 acres

    Grand Traverse County, MI

    Long Lake

    limitedDepth map
    44.72, -85.752,911 acres | 88 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    88 ft maximum depth · 2,911 acres

  4. 473 ft
    317 acres

    Grand Traverse County, MI

    Boardman Lake

    limitedDepth map
    44.75, -85.61317 acres | 73 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    73 ft maximum depth · 317 acres

  5. 569 ft
    192 acres

    Grand Traverse County, MI

    Cedar Hedge Lake

    limitedDepth map
    44.67, -85.78192 acres | 69 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    69 ft maximum depth · 192 acres

  6. 655 ft
    606 acres

    Grand Traverse County, MI

    Fife Lake

    limitedDepth map
    44.57, -85.34606 acres | 55 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    55 ft maximum depth · 606 acres

  7. 750 ft
    87 acres

    Grand Traverse County, MI

    Bellows Lake

    limitedDepth map
    44.72, -85.8187 acres | 50 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    50 ft maximum depth · 87 acres

  8. 850 ft
    51 acres

    Grand Traverse County, MI

    Cedar Lake

    limitedDepth map
    44.74, -85.8051 acres | 50 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    50 ft maximum depth · 51 acres

  9. 944 ft
    378 acres

    Grand Traverse County, MI

    Arbutus Lake

    limitedDepth map
    44.65, -85.52378 acres | 44 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    44 ft maximum depth · 378 acres

  10. 1029 ft
    343 acres

    Grand Traverse County, MI

    Bass Lake

    limitedDepth map
    44.69, -85.71343 acres | 29 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    29 ft maximum depth · 343 acres

RankLakeCountyMax depthAcres
11Brown Bridge PondGrand Traverse29 ft170
12Rennie LakeGrand Traverse27 ft226
13Bass LakeGrand Traverse19 ft92
14Indian LakeGrand Traverse14 ft60

Methodology

How this list is built

  • Ranked by the deepest point recorded in Michigan DNR Institute for Fisheries Research (IFR) lake surveys — historical hand-drawn survey maps, largely mid-1900s, digitized by the DNR. Depths have not been re-confirmed by modern survey.
  • Only lakes with an IFR survey can rank; Michigan lakes without one are not listed rather than guessed at.
  • Lakes under 50 acres — or without a confidently matched Michigan DNR GIS lake polygon for acreage — are excluded from rankings.
  • Public access inventories are not yet tracked for Michigan, so access is never shown or ranked here.

FAQ

Grand Traverse County lake records

What is the deepest lake in Grand Traverse County?

Green Lake — Green Lake in Grand Traverse County has the deepest recorded IFR survey point of any ranked Grand Traverse County lake, at 102 feet — a historical DNR survey figure, not a modern re-survey.

Deepest lakes statewideBiggest lakes in Grand Traverse CountyAll Grand Traverse County lakes

Source data: Michigan DNR Institute for Fisheries Research historical lake surveys (largely mid-1900s; depths not re-confirmed by modern survey) and Michigan DNR GIS lake polygons, as aggregated by LakeList.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.