Where is Kingston Lake?

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

Are there boat ramps on Kingston Lake?

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

Can I fish at Kingston Lake?

Kingston 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.

Are there campgrounds on Kingston Lake?

Kingston Lake has 1 public campground from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Kingston Lake. This is a location join, not a booking. Cabins and hotels are listed separately; campsite reservations use the official link when the source provides one.

Kingston Lake

Alger County, Michigan122 acresView map Directions

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

Area

122 acres

Surface area

Impaired · Mercury
Public access

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Kingston Lake in Alger County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 121.8 acres.

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Water clarity at Kingston Lake

Clear water. Across summers from 2018 to 2023, Kingston Lake averaged 3.38 m (11 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 3.58 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.

Kingston Lake is a 122-acre lake in Alger 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 Kingston Lake is good for

From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.

Boat launch1 documented ramp
Camping1 public campground nearby

Swimming conditions

No reading

Not rated

Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Kingston Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Kingston 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 Kingston Lake

These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Kingston 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

Surface area

122 acres

Public access

Yes

Listed by EGLE

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

Recreation & Access

Boat Landings

Yes

Public Access

Campgrounds

Kingston LakePublic

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

Public campgrounds near Kingston Lake

Kingston Lake0.5 km

Nearest public campgrounds in the USGS National Map inventory, within about 3 miles. An empty list means USGS records no campground that close, which is not the same as camping being unavailable. Where the source gives an official reservation link, it is used; the cabin and hotel search does not cover campsites. More camping lakes

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Stays near Kingston Lake

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Fishing Kingston Lake

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EPA Impairment Status

Kingston Lake is officially listed as impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) in the 2024 EPA reporting cycle (IR category 4A).

Causes of impairment

Mercury

Designated uses not supporting: Fish consumption.

A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) plan has been approved.

Source: EPA ATTAINS assessment unit MI040202010206-02 · Official waterbody report

Nearby Lakes in Alger County

Preacher Lake2.8 miView →Nugent Lake4.2 miView →Nevins Lake4.7 miView →Ionia Lake5.5 miView →Trapper'S Lake7.7 ft clear · Mesotrophic4.4 miView →Loon Lake5.6 miView →

Frequently asked questions about Kingston Lake

Where is Kingston Lake?: Kingston Lake is a lake in Alger County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Kingston Lake?: Kingston Lake in Alger County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 121.8 acres.
Is Kingston Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Kingston Lake is listed impaired under Clean Water Act §303(d) (IR 4A) for mercury. Check local advisories before you swim.
Are there boat ramps on Kingston Lake?: Kingston Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Kingston Lake. Public access is listed as yes.
Can I fish at Kingston Lake?: Kingston 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.
Are there campgrounds on Kingston Lake?: Kingston Lake has 1 public campground from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Kingston Lake. This is a location join, not a booking. Cabins and hotels are listed separately; campsite reservations use the official link when the source provides one.