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

Are there boat ramps on Goose Lake?

Goose Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Goose Lake State Forest Campground. Public access is listed as yes.

Can I fish at Goose Lake?

Goose Lake 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.

Goose Lake

Missaukee County, Michigan98 acresView map Directions

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

Area

98 acres

Surface area

Shoreline

1.3 mi

Measured length

Public access

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Goose Lake in Missaukee County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 97.5 acres.

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Water clarity at Goose Lake

Clear water. Across summers from 2018 to 2023, Goose Lake averaged 3.69 m (12 ft) of visibility down into the water, so you can typically see several feet down in midsummer. This lake sits close to the line between clarity classes, so treat the label as approximate and the depth reading as the real number.

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 3.5 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.

Goose Lake is a 98-acre lake in Missaukee County, Michigan. Limited fish-species data available. Public access is available with 1 public boat landing.

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

What Goose Lake 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 Goose Lake 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 Goose Lake

These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Goose Lake, 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

Average depth

Not documented

Surface area

98 acres

Shoreline

1.3 mi

Public access

Yes

Listed by EGLE

The published depth figures for Goose Lake contradict each other, so no depth is shown.

Recreation & Access

Boat Landings

Yes

Public Access

Goose Lake State Forest CampgroundPublic

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

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Fishing Goose Lake

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Nearby Lakes in Missaukee County

Little Goose Lake0.5 miView →Long Lake0.6 miView →Dyer Lake1.2 miView →Twin Lake1.3 miView →Lost Lake1.7 miView →Lake Missaukee2 miView →

Frequently asked questions about Goose Lake

Where is Goose Lake?: Goose Lake is a lake in Missaukee County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Goose Lake?: Goose Lake in Missaukee County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 97.5 acres.
Is Goose Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Goose Lake?: The published depth figures for Goose Lake contradict each other, so no depth is shown. The lake covers 97.5 acres.
Are there boat ramps on Goose Lake?: Goose Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Goose Lake State Forest Campground. Public access is listed as yes.
Can I fish at Goose Lake?: Goose Lake 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.