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Upper Peninsula

Michigan's Upper Peninsula holds thousands of inland lakes spread across northern forest, from Canadian Shield bedrock country in the west to limestone terrain near Lake Michigan. Lake Gogebic is the largest inland lake in the UP, and wilderness waters such as the Sylvania Wilderness and Craig Lake State Park offer some of the most remote paddling and walleye and smallmouth fishing in the Midwest.

Reviewed by LakeQuality Editorial Team · Updated
129
Lakes
B
Avg Grade
10
Grade A Lakes
47
With Fish Data
LakeCountyGradeClarityDepthFish
Moon Lake Central Basin; Watersmeet TownshipGogebicA18 ft-0
Sunset Lake West Central Basin; Bates TownshipIronA15.5 ft-0
Ellen Lake South Central Basin; Mansfield TownshipIronA17 ft-0
Lake Mary Northwest Basin; Mastodon TownshipIronA18 ft-0
Duck Lake North Basin; Watersmeet TownshipGogebicA9.5 ft-16
Perch Lake Central Basin; Bates TownshipIronA6 ft-0
Big Maggie Lake; Mastodon TownshipIronA11 ft-0
Langford LakeGogebicA6 ft-0
Long LakeGogebicA12 ft-40
Saint Mary'S River Shore LakeChippewaA--0
Second Fortune Lake; Crystal Falls TownshipIronB21.8 ft-0
Lake DesorKeweenawB7.8 ft-1
Lake RichieKeweenawB8.3 ft-11
Smoky LakeIronB24 ft-1
Beaver LakeAlgerB14.7 ft-14
Beaver LakeKeweenawB8 ft-16
Lake HarveyKeweenawB10.5 ft-5
Trapper'S LakeAlgerB7.5 ft-0
Feldtmann LakeKeweenawB7.3 ft-3
Lake GeorgeKeweenawB8 ft-9
Chapel LakeAlgerB7.9 ft-0
Sargent LakeKeweenawB10.4 ft-1
Legion LakeAlgerB9.3 ft-0
Grand Sable LakeAlgerB8.9 ft-0
Miners LakeAlgerB6.2 ft-0
Siskiwit LakeKeweenawB19.3 ft-2
Lake AhmikKeweenawB7 ft-2
Fishhawk Lake East Basin; Watersmeet TownshipGogebicB10 ft-0
West Bay LakeGogebicB8 ft-0
Big Affrica Lake; Central Basin; Watersmeet TownshipGogebicB7 ft-0
Gratiot LakeKeweenawB19 ft-1
Ottawa Lake Central Basin; Stambaugh TownshipIronB20 ft-0
Chicagon Lake Central Basin; Stambaugh TownshipIronB20.3 ft-1
Record Lake; Central Basin; Watersmeet TownshipGogebicB10.3 ft-0
Little Africa Lake; Central Basin; Watersmeet TownshipGogebicB4 ft-0
Crystal Lake; East Central Basin; Watersmeet TownshipGogebicB11 ft-16
Stager Lake Central BasinIronB13 ft-9
Golden Lake Central Basin;Iron River TownshipIronB--0
Spectacle LakeChippewaB--0
North PondChippewaB--11
Community College PondChippewaC1.5 ft-0
South PondChippewaC1.3 ft-6
Cisco Lake Central Basin; Watersmeet TownshipGogebicC8 ft-0
Lake Gogebic; North Deep Basin; Bergland TownshipOntonagonC6.5 ft-1
Lake Gogebic; South Deep Basin; Marenisco TownshipGogebicC6.5 ft-1
Chickenbone LakeKeweenawC6.1 ft-1
Indian Lake; Central Basin; Watersmeet TownshipGogebicC--0
East Bay Lake; Central Basin; Watersmeet TownshipGogebicD4.5 ft-0
Mamie Lake; North Central Basin; Watersmeet TownshipGogebicD4.5 ft-0
West Maggie Lake; Mastodon TownshipIronD8 ft-0
Camp LakeIronNR16 ft-0
Camp Lake; Deep Basin; Stambaugh TownshipIronNR16 ft-0
Moon LakeGogebicNR18 ft-0
Lake EllenIronNR18 ft-0
Little Beaver LakeAlgerNR6.2 ft-0
Second LakeIronNR22.5 ft-0
First LakeIronNR21 ft-0
Blue LakeIronNR20.5 ft-3
Sunset LakeIronNR14.5 ft-0
Back Bay Deep LakeChippewaNR8.2 ft-0
Back Bay Waiskey River LakeChippewaNR2.9 ft-0
Whitefish Bay Shore LakeChippewaNR--0
Whitefish Bay Deep LakeChippewaNR34.4 ft-0
Poor LakeGogebicNR10 ft-0
East Bay LakeGogebicNR4.5 ft-0
Louis Lake East Central Basin; Waucedah TownshipDickinsonNR12.5 ft-2
Stanley Lake Central Basin; Stambaugh TownshipIronNR8.5 ft-0
Chicagon LakeIronNR20.3 ft-2
Duck LakeGogebicNR9.5 ft-16
Fishhawk LakeGogebicNR9.5 ft-0
Crystal LakeGogebicNR10 ft-16
Lake MaryIronNR19.5 ft-1
Morley LakeGogebicNR7 ft-0
Deer Island LakeGogebicNR11.8 ft-0
Long LakeGogebicNR11.5 ft-40
Louise LakeDickinsonNR12.5 ft-1
Swan LakeIronNR9 ft-0
Big African LakeGogebicNR7.3 ft-0
Perch LakeIronNR6 ft-1
Hamilton Lake Central BasinDickinsonNR11.5 ft-0
Long Lake West BasinGogebicNR11.5 ft-0
Thousand Island LakeGogebicNR12 ft-1
Record LakeGogebicNR9.3 ft-0
Mcnearney LakeChippewaNR18.5 ft-0
Lake GratiotKeweenawNR17.8 ft-0
West Bay LakeGogebicNR7.3 ft-0
Lake IndependenceMarquetteNR9 ft-0
Tie LakeAlgerNR15 ft-0
Clearwater LakeGogebicNR5 ft-0
Mary Lake Central Basin Southeast; Waucedah TownshipDickinsonNR13.8 ft-0
Stanley LakeIronNR9.3 ft-0
Tie Lake; Deep Basin; Munising TownshipAlgerNR15 ft-0
Clark LakeGogebicNR15.7 ft-1
Mary LakeDickinsonNR13.8 ft-1
Lake OttawaIronNR25 ft-0
Cable LakeIronNR7.3 ft-0
Little African LakeGogebicNR4 ft-0
Cable Lake Central BasinIronNR7.5 ft-0
Big Island LakeSchoolcraftNR9.2 ft-5
Lindsley LakeGogebicNR13.5 ft-0

Showing 100 of 129 lakes.

Top-Rated Lakes in Upper Peninsula

Moon Lake Central Basin; Watersmeet Township

Gogebic County · Grade A · 18 ft clarity

Sunset Lake West Central Basin; Bates Township

Iron County · Grade A · 15.5 ft clarity

Ellen Lake South Central Basin; Mansfield Township

Iron County · Grade A · 17 ft clarity

Lake Mary Northwest Basin; Mastodon Township

Iron County · Grade A · 18 ft clarity

Duck Lake North Basin; Watersmeet Township

Gogebic County · Grade A · 9.5 ft clarity

Perch Lake Central Basin; Bates Township

Iron County · Grade A · 6 ft clarity

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