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Devils Lake is the name of a few lakes in the U.S. state of Michigan.

Lenawee County

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Devils Lake
Location of Devils Lake in Michigan, USA.
Location of Devils Lake in Michigan, USA.
Devils Lake
Location in Michigan
Location of Devils Lake in Michigan, USA.
Location of Devils Lake in Michigan, USA.
Devils Lake
Location in the United States
Location Manitou Beach, Michigan
Coordinates 41°58′51″N 84°18′39″W / 41.980879°N 84.310779°W / 41.980879; -84.310779 (Devils Lake (Lenawee County, Michigan))
Primary outflows Bean Creek
Basin countries United States
Surface area 1,330 acres (5 km2)
Max. depth 63 ft (19 m)
Settlements Devils Lake, Manitou Beach

The largest Devils Lake is in Lenawee County on the boundary between Woodstock Township and Rollin Township. The community of Devils Lake is on the northern end of the lake and Manitou Beach is at the southwest end. Together, the communities are part of a census-designated place named Manitou Beach–Devils Lake that encompasses the entire lake and the smaller Round Lake to the southeast. The lake drains into Bean Creek on the southwest, just north of Manitou Beach. Bean Creek flows into the village of Addison about two miles (3 km) to the west and continuing south, ultimately turns into the Tiffin River after crossing the Ohio state line.

Alpena County

In Alpena County, Devils Lake is a long and shallow marl and muck-bottomed lake on the North Branch of the Devils River within the Alpena State Forest. There is another, much smaller Devils Lake in Alpena County, on Long Lake Creek, about a dozen miles (19 km) to the northeast of the larger Devils Lake.

Others

There are two other much smaller lakes called Devils Lake in Michigan:

  • In Brookfield Township in southeast Eaton County at 42°26′14″N 84°44′16″W / 42.437261°N 84.737759°W / 42.437261; -84.737759 (Devils Lake (Eaton County, Michigan))
  • In Dayton Township in west central Newaygo County at 43°30′36″N 85°57′50″W / 43.510016°N 85.963948°W / 43.510016; -85.963948 (Devils Lake (Newaygo County, Michigan))

Devils Lake is also identified as a variant name for some other small lakes:

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