Where is Moosehead Lake?

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

Are there boat ramps on Moosehead Lake?

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

Can I fish at Moosehead Lake?

Moosehead 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 Moosehead Lake?

Moosehead Lake has 1 public campground from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Moosehead Lake Camp. 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.

Moosehead Lake

Gogebic County, Michigan51 acresView map Directions

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

Area

51 acres

Surface area

Public access

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Moosehead Lake in Gogebic County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 51.1 acres.

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Water clarity at Moosehead Lake

Clear water. Across summers from 2018 to 2023, Moosehead Lake averaged 3.37 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.

Moosehead Lake is a 51-acre lake in Gogebic 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 Moosehead 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. Check local advisories before you swim.

Whether Moosehead 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 Moosehead Lake

These are the measurements EGLE publishes for Moosehead 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

51 acres

Public access

Yes

Listed by EGLE

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

Recreation & Access

Boat Landings

Yes

Public Access

Campgrounds

Moosehead LakePublic

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

Public campgrounds near Moosehead Lake

Moosehead Lake Camp0.3 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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Fishing Moosehead Lake

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Nearby Lakes in Gogebic County

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Frequently asked questions about Moosehead Lake

Where is Moosehead Lake?: Moosehead Lake is a lake in Gogebic County, Michigan. Its water-quality measurements are published by EGLE and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Moosehead Lake?: Moosehead Lake in Gogebic County, Michigan has water-quality measurements published by EGLE, shown here as reported. Surface area: 51.1 acres.
Is Moosehead Lake safe to swim in?: Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Are there boat ramps on Moosehead Lake?: Moosehead Lake has 1 documented boat landing in the USGS National Boat Ramps inventory. Named access points include Moosehead Lake. Public access is listed as yes.
Can I fish at Moosehead Lake?: Moosehead 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 Moosehead Lake?: Moosehead Lake has 1 public campground from USGS The National Map within 5 km, including Moosehead Lake Camp. 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.