List of lakes of Oakland County, Michigan facts for kids

Cass Lake, the largest and deepest lake in Oakland County

There are 387 lakes in Oakland County. Of those lakes, 317 are named while 70 are unnamed lakes.

List

Name	Location	Size (acre)	Size (ha)	Depth (ft)	Depth (m)	Notes
Adams Lake	Orion Township
Alderman Lake	Highland Township
Algoe Lake	Springfield Township
Allen Lake	Springfield Township
Bailey Lake	Independence Township
Baldwin Lake	Waterford Township	9	4	10	3
Baker Lake	Rose Township
Bald Eagle Lake	Brandon Township
Bass Lake	Milford Township
Beaty Lake	Highland Township
Bevins Lake	Holly Township
Bloat Lake	Springfield Township
Big Lake	Springfield Township
Big School Lot Lake	Rose Township
Big Seven Lake	Holly Township
Bogie Lake	Commerce Township
Brendel Lake	Highland Township
Bridge Lake	Brandon Township
Buckell Lake	Springfield Township
Buckhorn Lake	Orion Township
Buckhorn Lake	Rose Township
Buhl Lake	Orion Township
Bunny Run Lake	Orion Township
Bush Lake	Holly Township
Carpenter Lake	Orion Township
Carroll Lake	Commerce Township
Carus Lake	Commerce Township
Cass Lake	West Bloomfield Township	1,280	518	123	37	Deepest and largest lake in the county
Cedar Lake	Brandon Township
Cedar Lake	Oxford Township
Cedar Island Lake	White Lake Township
Charlick Lake	Highland Township
Chase Lake	Highland Township
Chestnut Lake	Rochester Hills
Childs Lake	Milford Township
Clam Lake	Waterford Township	21	8	10	3
Clam Lake	Orion Township
Clark Lake	Commerce Township
Clear Lake	Oxford Township
Cogger Lake	Highland Township
Colley Lake	Commerce Township
Clear Lake	Oxford Township
Commerce Lake	Commerce Township
Cooley Lake	White Lake Township	86	35	55	17
Cranberry Lake	Independence Township
Cranberry Lake	Orion Township
Cranberry Lake	Milford Township
Cranberry Lake	Brandon Township
Crescent Lake	Waterford Township	90	36	40	12
Cogger Lake	Rose Township
Crooked Lake	Independence Township	68	28	65	20
Crotched Lake	Springfield Township
Crystal Lake	Pontiac	12	5	11	3
Crystal Lake	Rochester Hills
Darby Lake	Commerce Township
Dark Lake (near Deer Lake)	Independence Township	5	2	10	3	One of two lakes with this name in this location
Dark Lake (near Whipple Lake)	Independence Township	7	3	12	4	One of two lakes with this name in this location
Dark Lake	Oxford Township
Davis Lake	Oxford Township
Deer Lake	Independence Township	137	55	63	19
Dixie Lake	Springfield Township
Dollar Lake	Independence Township	3	1	15	5
Downey Lake	Highland Township
Drake Lake	Springfield Township
Duck Lake	Highland Township
Duck Lake	Oxford Township
Dunham Lake	Highland Township
Eagle Lake	Waterford Township	19	8	20	6
Ekelund Lake	Brandon Township
Eliza Lake	Springfield Township
Elizabeth Lake	Waterford Township	363	147	72	22
Elkhorn Lake	Orion Township
Elliott Lake	Rose Township
Emerald Lake	Rochester Hills
Erwin Lake	Orion Township
Esler Lake	Highland Township
Fagan Lake	Springfield Township
Fair Lake	White Lake Township
Fiddle Lake	Waterford Township	9	4	10	3
Fish Lake	Highland Township
Fish Lake	Oxford Township
Fish Lake	Rose Township
Flanders Lake	Commerce Township
Flemings Lake	Independence Township
Foster Lake	Independence Township
Fox Lake	Commerce Township
Gallagher Lake	Milford Township
Galloway Lake	Auburn Hills
Geneva Lake	Waterford Township	19	8	35	11
Gilbert Lake	Bloomfield Township
Gourd Lake	Highland Township
Graham Lake	Orion Township
Grampian Lake	Orion Township
Grass Lake	Highland Township
Grass Lake	Brandon Township
Green Lake	Brandon Township
Green Lake	Commerce Township
Green Lake	Rose Township
Greens Lake	Independence Township	117	47	55	17
Greens Lake	Oxford Township
Gulick Lake	Independence Township
Halstead Lake	Springfield Township
Hammond Lake	West Bloomfield Township
Handsome Lake	Orion Township
Hartwig Lake	Springfield Township
Harvey Lake	Highland Township
Haven Hill Lake	Highland Township
Hawk Lake	Commerce Township
Heart Lake	Orion Township
Heather Lake	Orion Township
Hidden Lake	Lyon Township
Highland Lake	Highland Township
Hogback Lake	Rose Township
Honeywell Lake	Milford Township
Horseshoe Lake	Oxford Township
Horton Lake	Springfield Township
Heron Lake	Holly Township
Holdridge Lake	Springfield Township
Honeywell Lake	Milford Township
Horseshoe Lake	Oxford Township
Horton Lake	Springfield Township
Howell Lake	Oxford Township
Huckleberry Lake	Springfield Township
Huff Lake	Brandon Township
Hummer Lake	Oxford Township
Huntoon Lake	Waterford Township	43	17	15	5
Indian Lake	Orion Township
Indianwood Lake	Oxford Township
Judah Lake	Orion Township
Kelly Lake	Rose Township
Kennedy Lake	Holly Township
Kent Lake	Milford Township	1,200	486	36	11
Kenyon Lake	Rose Township
Kirby Lake	Springfield Township
Knox Lake	Independence Township
Lacy Lake	Springfield Township
Lakeville Lake	Addison Township
Lake Anadale	Rochester Hills
Lake Angelus	Auburn Hills	477	193	88	27
Lake Braemar	Rose Township
Lake Charnwood	Rochester Hills
Lake Erin	Orion Township
Lake George	Orion Township
Lake Goodrich	Waterford Township	4	2	10	3
Lake Hope	Springfield Township
Lake Lahring	Springfield Township
Lake Louise	Brandon Township
Lake Mauna Loa	Springfield Township
Lake Neva	Highland Township
Lake Nicholas	Brandon Township
Lake Oahu	Springfield Township
Lake Oakland	Waterford Township	255	103	64	20
Lake O'Brien	Highland Township
Lake Ona	Milford Township
Lake Orion	Orion Township	506	205	80	24
Lake Sherwood	Commerce Township
Lake Sixteen	Oxford Township
Lakeville Lake	Orion Township	460	186	68	21
Lantern Lake	Auburn Hills
Leggets Lake	Waterford Township	25	10	10	3
Leonard Lake	Highland Township
Lester Lake	Waterford Township	12	5	25	8
Little Lake	Springfield Township
Little Carroll Lake	Commerce Township
Little Crotched Lake	Springfield Township
Little School Lot Lake	Rose Township
Little Walters Lake	Independence Township
Long Lake	Springfield Township
Long Lake	Orion Township
Long Lake	Brandon Township
Long Lake	Oxford Township
Long Lake	Commerce Township
Loon Lake	Milford Township
Loon Lake	Waterford Township	243	98	73	22
Lotus Lake	Waterford Township	185	75	65	20
Lower Long Lake	Bloomfield Township
Lower Pettibone Lake	Milford Township
Lower Proud Lake	Commerce Township
Lower Straits Lake	Commerce Township
Maceday Lake	Waterford Township	234	95	117	36
Mandon Lake	White Lake Township	26	11	14	4
Manito Lake	Oxford Township
Mari Lake	Springfield Township
Martin Lake	Springfield Township
McGinnis Lake	Springfield Township
McWithy Lake	Highland Township
Mead Lake	Independence Township
Meadow Lake	White Lake Township
Mercedes Lake	Commerce Township
Meyers Lake	Highland Township
Middle Lake	Independence Township	23	9	35	11
Middle Straits Lake	Commerce Township
Miller Lake	Rochester Hills
Miller Lake	Orion Township
Minnie Lake	Springfield Township
Mirror Lake	Commerce Township
Mohawk Lake	Waterford Township	23	9	33	10
Moore Lake	Milford Township
Morgan Lake	Independence Township
Morgan Lake	Waterford Township	28	11	25	8
Morris Lake	Commerce Township
Moss Lake	Milford Township
Mud Lake	Commerce Township
Narrin Lake	Brandon Township
Orange Lake	Bloomfield Township
Orchard Lake	West Bloomfield Township	795	322	110	34
Otter Lake	Waterford Township	74	30	50	15
Oxbow Lake	White Lake Township
Oxford Lake	Orion Township
Parke Lake	Independence Township	23	9	50	15
Pebble Lake	Rochester Hills
Peninsula Lake	Highland Township
Perch Lake	Highland Township
Phillip Lake	Milford Township
Phipps Lake	Springfield Township
Pickerel Lake	Highland Township
Pickett Lake	Milford Township
Pier Lake	Springfield Township
Pine Lake	West Bloomfield Township	395	160	90	27
Pine Lake	Oxford Township
Pitch Haven Lake	Commerce Township
Pleasant Lake	Commerce Township
Pleasant Lake	Waterford Township	95	38	52	16
Ploss Lake	Orion Township
Pontiac Lake	White Lake Township	640	259	34	10
Powell Lake	Oxford Township
Prince Lake	Orion Township
Proud Lake	Commerce Township
Pungs Lake	Oxford Township
Quicksand Lake	Commerce Township
Rainbow Lake	Waterford Township	5	2	15	5
Rattalee Lake	Springfield Township
Reed Lake	Commerce Township
Rice Lake	Holly Township
Richardson Lake	Rose Township
Round Lake	Addison Township
Round Lake	Commerce Township
Round Lake	Independence Township
Round Lake	Oxford Township
Round Lake	Commerce Township
Sans Souci Lake	Springfield Township
Schmitt Lake	Highland Township
Schoolhouse Lake	Waterford Township	37	15	49	15
Scotch Lake	Commerce Township
Scott Lake	Waterford Township	78	32	35	11
Sears Lake	Milford Township
Seymour Lake	Oxford Township
Shadow Lake	Addison Township
Shiawassee Lake	Highland Township
Shoe Lake	Orion Township
Silver Lake	Waterford Township	101	41	73	22
Simonson Lake	Rose Township
Simpson Lake	Springfield Township
Slack Lake	Springfield Township
Sodon Lake	Bloomfield Township
Softwater Lake	Springfield Township
Spring Lake	Independence Township
Spring Lake	Springfield Township
Spring Lake	Oxford Township
Square Lake	Bloomfield Township
Square Lake	Oxford Township
Squaw Lake	Oxford Township
Stewart Lake	Springfield Township
Stiffs Mill Pond	Rose Township
Stison Lake	Highland Township
Stony Lake	Oxford Township
Strawberry Lake	Springfield Township
Stuart Lake	Commerce Township
Sugden Lake	Commerce Township
Sullivan Lake	Rose Township
Susin Lake	Springfield Township
Sylvan Lake	Waterford Township	458	185	71	22
Sylvan Glen Lake	Rochester Hills
Tamarack Lake	Springfield Township
Tamarack Lake	Orion Township
Tan Lake	Oxford Township
Taylor Lake	Rose Township
Teeple Lake	Highland Township
Tipsico Lake	Rose Township
Tomahawk Lake	Highland Township
Tooley Lake	Springfield Township
Tommys Lake	Orion Township	42	17
Townsend Lake	Independence Township	26	11	55	17
Tray Lake	Milford Township
Tremper Lake	Rose Township
Truax Lake	Brandon Township
Tull Lake	White Lake Township
Tully Lake	Brandon Township
Twin Sun Lake	Milford Township
Union Lake	Commerce Township	465	188	110	34
Upper Bushman Lake	Independence Township	30	12	32	10
Upper Lakeville Lake	Addison Township
Upper Long Lake	Bloomfield Township
Upper Pettibone Lake	Highland Township
Upper Silver Lake	Waterford Township	36	15	30	9
Upper Straits	Bloomfield Township
Valley Lake	Springfield Township
Van Norman Lake	Independence Township	66	27	90	27
Voorhies Lake	Orion Township
Wabeek Lake	Bloomfield Township
Walled Lake	Commerce Township	670	271	53	16
Walker Lake	Rochester Hills
Walnut Lake	West Bloomfield Township	232	94	101	31
Walters Lake	Independence Township	77	31	76	23
Waterbury Lake	Highland Township
Waterstone Lake	Oxford Township
Watkins Lake	Waterford Township	238	96	25	8
Waumegah Lake	Springfield Township
West Wind Lake	Rose Township
Whipple Lake	Independence Township	75	30	50	15
Whisper Lake	Oxford Township
White Lake	White Lake Township	540	219	32	10
White Horse Lake	Waterford Township	8	3	10	3
Wilson Lake	Brandon Township
Wilson Lake	Rose Township
Wing Lake	Bloomfield Township
Wildwood Lake	Groveland Township
Williams Lake	Waterford Township	155	63	45	14
Wolverine Lake	Commerce Township
Woodbridge Lake	Commerce Township
Woodhull Lake	Waterford Township	135	55	56	17
Woodpecker Lake	Commerce Township
Woodruff Lake	Highland Township
Wormer Lake	Waterford Township	28	11	24	7

Public boat launches

Twelve all-sports lakes have public boat launches: Big Lake, Cass Lake, Cedar Island Lake, Crescent Lake , Lake Oakland, Lake Orion, Long Lake (Commerce Township), Maceday Lake, Pontiac Lake, Tipsico Lake, Union Lake, and White Lake. In addition, no-wake lakes in Oakland County with public boat launches include Crooked Lake, Heron Lake, Kent Lake and Wildwood Lake.

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