Largest lakes & reservoirs in West Central Michigan by acres
There is no widely-accepted minimum surface area that defines a lake. What LakeLubbers describes as a lake, you might call a pond. Acreage of a lake (or sometimes square kilometers) is most often measured at the top surface area when the lake is at normal elevation. The surface area can be considerably smaller or larger when lake levels are lower or higher than normal. North America’s Lake Superior is the world’s largest freshwater lake by this measure.The other measure of a lake’s size is the lake’s water volume. By that measure, the world’s largest freshwater lake is Lake Baikal in Siberia.
You can find many of the world’s largest lakes (acres) on LakeLubbers in the comparison table below. Note: For some lakes, "Largest Lakes - Acres" data is unknown or does not apply, so you may see fewer lakes than the total 9 articles we have published for West Central Michigan lakes.
Thinking about booking a West Central Michigan lake vacation home rental, cabin or hotel?
Use our free interactive vacation rental map to search and compare multiple vacation properties at a glance. Enter a lake name, a state or city and then simply click on a listing to compare all similar properties, best rates and availability for your dates.Search results: Sort lakes by surface acreage
Below are lakes within USA > US Midwest Region > Michigan > West Central Michigan > Compared by surface area in acres. This list does not represent all lakes in West Central Michigan, only the 9 West Central Michigan lake articles we have published on the LakeLubbers website.
Lake name  |
Surface area in acres |
Lake description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Michigan-Huron (Canada, Chicagoland Region, IL, Great Lakes of North America, Illinois, Indiana, Lake Michigan Region, WI, Michigan, North Indiana, Northeast Michigan, Northwest Michigan, Ontario, Canada, Southwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, Upper Peninsula Region, MI, West Central Michigan, Wisconsin) |
29,062,400 ac | Lake Michigan and Lake Huron – two of North America’s Great Lakes – are contiguous and they share the same elevation of 577 feet above sea level. They… |
| Lake Michigan (Chicagoland Region, IL, Great Lakes of North America, Illinois, Indiana, Lake Michigan Region, WI, Michigan, North Indiana, Northwest Michigan, Southwest Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, Upper Peninsula Region, MI, West Central Michigan, Wisconsin) |
14,336,000 ac | As the only Great Lake nestled completely within the boundaries of the United States, Lake Michigan is the pride and joy of Wisconsin, Illinois, India… |
| Muskegon Lake (Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, West Central Michigan) |
4,232 ac | Also known as Lake Muskegon One of Michigan’s little-known vacation hotspots is Muskegon Lake. Lake Muskegon, as it is sometimes called, has been a major port on the eastern Lake… |
| White Lake MI (Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, West Central Michigan) |
2,536 ac | Will White Lake again become the economic driver for the cities of Whitehall and Montague in Michigan’s West Central Region? That’s entirely possible… |
| Spring Lake MI (Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, West Central Michigan) |
1,297 ac | Spring Lake is a 1,300-acre bayou in west central Michigan that flows into the Grand River, which in turn empties into Lake Michigan. Access to Spring… |
| Hess Lake (Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, West Central Michigan) |
755 ac | Also known as Big Brooks Lake Hess Lake is a natural freshwater lake in the West Central tourism region of Michigan. Located in Newaygo County in Brooks Township, just southeast of… |
| Pentwater Lake (Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, West Central Michigan) |
483 ac | Also known as Pent Water Lake Oceana County, Michigan, is home to Pentwater Lake, a 483-acre natural freshwater lake with a very irregular shape. Pentwater Lake’s shoreline is 8.6… |
| Duck Lake – Muskegon County (Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, West Central Michigan) |
313 ac | One of Michigan’s newest state parks graces the north shore of Duck Lake in Muskegon County. Lying just a few hundred feet inland from Lake Michigan i… |
| Twin Lake, MI (Michigan, US Midwest Region, USA, West Central Michigan) |
178 ac | Horace Greeley may have advised, “Go west” but, if he had been in Muskegon, he might have said, “Go east” instead – to Twin Lake. A few miles east of… |