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Michigan›Deepest lakes›Newaygo County

MI · ranked by public data

The 18 Deepest Lakes in Newaygo County, Michigan

18 Newaygo County lakes are at least 50 state-mapped acres with an IFR-surveyed depth, out of 173 documented lakes in the county.

  1. 190 ft
    200 acres

    Newaygo County, MI

    Bills Lake

    limitedDepth map
    43.39, -85.66200 acres | 90 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    90 ft maximum depth · 200 acres

  2. 280 ft
    250 acres

    Newaygo County, MI

    Ryerson Lake

    limitedDepth map
    43.48, -85.86250 acres | 80 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    80 ft maximum depth · 250 acres

  3. 373 ft
    308 acres

    Newaygo County, MI

    Pickerel Lake

    limitedDepth map
    43.46, -85.81308 acres | 73 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    73 ft maximum depth · 308 acres

  4. 466 ft
    53 acres

    Newaygo County, MI

    Englewright Lake

    limitedDepth map
    43.32, -85.5853 acres | 66 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    66 ft maximum depth · 53 acres

  5. 565 ft
    80 acres

    Newaygo County, MI

    Baptist Lake

    limitedDepth map
    43.33, -85.5880 acres | 65 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    65 ft maximum depth · 80 acres

  6. 663 ft
    102 acres

    Newaygo County, MI

    Sylvan Lake

    limitedDepth map
    43.47, -85.78102 acres | 63 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    63 ft maximum depth · 102 acres

  7. 751 ft
    160 acres

    Newaygo County, MI

    Woodland Lake

    limitedDepth map
    43.71, -85.86160 acres | 51 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    51 ft maximum depth · 160 acres

  8. 850 ft
    153 acres

    Newaygo County, MI

    Nichols Lake

    limitedDepth map
    43.73, -85.91153 acres | 50 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    50 ft maximum depth · 153 acres

  9. 950 ft
    60 acres

    Newaygo County, MI

    Lilley Lake

    limitedDepth map
    43.79, -85.8260 acres | 50 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    50 ft maximum depth · 60 acres

  10. 1049 ft
    77 acres

    Newaygo County, MI

    Emerald Lake

    limitedDepth map
    43.46, -85.7977 acres | 49 ft max0 public access pointsSpecies pending

    49 ft maximum depth · 77 acres

RankLakeCountyMax depthAcres
11Pickerel LakeNewaygo43 ft123
12Robinson LakeNewaygo30 ft134
13Hess LakeNewaygo29 ft765
14Diamond LakeNewaygo25 ft188
15Brooks LakeNewaygo23 ft287
16Sand LakeNewaygo15 ft60
17Walkup LakeNewaygo15 ft59
18Webinguaw LakeNewaygo13 ft62

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

Newaygo County lake records

What is the deepest lake in Newaygo County?

Bills Lake — Bills Lake in Newaygo County has the deepest recorded IFR survey point of any ranked Newaygo County lake, at 90 feet — a historical DNR survey figure, not a modern re-survey.

Deepest lakes statewideBiggest lakes in Newaygo CountyAll Newaygo 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.