Bay Harbor is a lake in Emmet County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.

Are there boat ramps on Bay Harbor?

Bay Harbor has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Bay Harbor Lake Marina.

Can I fish at Bay Harbor?

Bay Harbor has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Seasons, size and bag limits, and whether you need a license are set by Michigan's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.

Bay Harbor

Emmet County, Michigan70 acresView map Directions

No nutrient or algae sampling on record from EGLE for this lake.

Area

70 acres

Surface area

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Bay Harbor in Emmet County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 69.5 acres.

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Water clarity at Bay Harbor

Clear water. Across summers from 2018 to 2023, Bay Harbor averaged 7.48 m (25 ft) of visibility down into the water, so you can typically see several feet down in midsummer.

Nobody has taken a water sample here that we can find. Michigan's environmental agency measures clarity on lakes like this one from satellite images instead, which is why this page reports how clear the water is and no phosphorus or algae readings.

Clear is not the same as clean. A lake can be easy to see through and still carry high nutrient levels, and a naturally tea-stained lake can be perfectly healthy. The nutrient and algae readings on other lakes come from phosphorus and chlorophyll-a measured in a laboratory, and clarity alone cannot stand in for them.

The same satellite images put summer algae here at roughly 1.62 micrograms per litre. Estimating algae from orbit is far less exact than measuring clarity, so that figure is worth knowing and is not part of any rating.

Bay Harbor is a 70-acre lake in Emmet County, Michigan. Public access is available with 1 public boat landing.

Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, EGLE. Methodology: how these readings are compared.

What Bay Harbor is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Boat launch1 documented ramp

Swimming conditions

No reading

Not rated

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Bay Harbor is safe to swim in today is a call for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.

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Water quality measurements for Bay Harbor

These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Bay Harbor, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.

No clarity data. TSI undefined.

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Lake Details

Surface area

70 acres

No bathymetric survey has been published for Bay Harbor, so its depth is not documented here.

Recreation & Access

Boat Landings

Bay Harbor Lake MarinaSemi-private

Named access points in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory, within about 3 miles. More lakes with boat ramps

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Fishing Bay Harbor

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Nearby Lakes in Emmet County

Walloon LakeOligotrophic4 miView →Spring LakeMesotrophic6.3 miView →Round Lake7.1 miView →Crooked LakeOligotrophic10.1 miView →Pickerel Lake9.5 ft clear—View →Larks Lake—View →

Frequently asked questions about Bay Harbor

Where is Bay Harbor?: Bay Harbor is a lake in Emmet County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Bay Harbor?: Bay Harbor in Emmet County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 69.5 acres.
Is Bay Harbor safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Are there boat ramps on Bay Harbor?: Bay Harbor has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Bay Harbor Lake Marina.
Can I fish at Bay Harbor?: Bay Harbor has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Seasons, size and bag limits, and whether you need a license are set by Michigan's fish and wildlife agency, so check its current regulations before you go.