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FAQs

How deep is the deepest part of Houghton Lake? ›

The lake is mid to late mesotrophic in profile, and is considered to be a warm water, shallow lake, with the average depth being 7½ feet. The deepest spot is a small hole in East Bay that has been sounded to 22 feet (6.7 m), but it is rare to encounter depths of greater than 17 feet (5.2 m) in the lake.

With a surface area of 20,044 acres, Houghton Lake is Michigan's largest inland lake. It covers about one-quarter of Lake Township and sizable portions of Denton, Markey, and Roscommon Townships as well.

During the summer, the warm waters of Houghton Lake are perfect for swimming, boating, water skiing and fishing.

Houghton is the principal city of the Houghton micropolitan area, which includes all of Houghton and Keweenaw counties. Houghton lies upon the Keweenaw Waterway, a partly natural, partly artificial waterway connecting at both ends to Lake Superior.

2) Torch Lake

Being the second-deepest lake in Michigan, its remarkable depth of approximately 285 feet only serves to enhance its attraction.

The top 5 largest inland lakes in Michigan: Houghton Lake (20,044 acres) Torch Lake (18,770)

Michigan has 1,148 lakes exceeding 100 acres, 98 lakes exceeding 1,000 acres and 10 lakes over 10,000 acres. Houghton Lake is the largest inland lake in the state, with a surface area encompassing 20,044 acres. Torch Lake is Michigan's largest lake with respect to total water volume with a maximum depth of 285 feet.

Houghton Lake has a maximum depth of 21 feet and an average depth of less than nine feet. Thus, Houghton Lake contains extensive shallow-water areas suitable for rooted plant growth. The shoreline of Houghton Lake is over 35 miles long and the shoreline development factor is 1.8.

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Swimmer's Itch is fairly common in many of the pristine lakes in our area of Northern Michigan. It also occurs in at least 30 other states as well as Canada, Europe, Africa, and Asia. WHAT CAN YOU DO? Avoid swimming in shallow water near shore where swimmer's itch is most common.

Is Houghton Lake a good place to live? ›

This town is mostly a summer paradise, where as in winter most of the shops close. The Lake probably offers the most exhilarating events, memories, and pictures. The thing I like most about Houghton Lake is the layout of the town. Its very simple with one road going through.

Houghton Lake is just above the eutrophic concentration of 20 parts per billion. During ice-free periods, Houghton Lake is well mixed and temperatures in the lake are nearly uniform top to bottom.

Houghton is a town in Michigan with a population of 8,303. Houghton is in Houghton County and is one of the best places to live in Michigan. Living in Houghton offers residents an urban suburban mix feel and most residents rent their homes. In Houghton there are a lot of restaurants, coffee shops, and parks.

Fishing abounds for a variety of species including; Lake Trout, Perch, Crappie, Smallmouth and Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Walleye, Northern Pike, Bluegill and more.

It also enabled supply boats and freighters to reach the cities of Houghton and Hanco*ck, which supplied goods to most of Michigan's copper region. The expanded canal and shipping lane has a depth of 25 feet (7.6 m), deeper in some locations.

Approximately 118 miles wide and 307 miles long, Lake Michigan has more than 1,600 miles of shoreline. Averaging 279 feet in depth, the lake reaches 925 feet at its deepest point.

Walleyes may be stationed in the weeds anywhere around the lake this time of year, but Martin suggests starting out fishing North Bay above Houghton Point and along the western shoreline down to and including the massive submerged point to the south.

It has a maximum width of 4 miles (6.4 km) and a length of 7 miles (11 km) with a maximum depth of 135 feet (41 m). The mean depth is 44 feet (13 m) and the lake contains almost 20 billion cubic feet (570×10⁶ m³) of water.