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Lake MichiganReport this photo · linked, not stored
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LakeLudington, Michigan
Lake Michigan
Lake577 ft elevationBest Jun · Aug–Sep
Elevation577 ftabove sea level
Area57,750 km²surface
Nearest townLudington16 mi
44.01° N, 86.76° WElevation 577 ftUTC−4 · Eastern Daylight Time
When to goLudington · weather score
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
October: high / low58° / 41°
Lake
Lake Michigan in brief
Lake Michigan is a lake in Ludington, Michigan, United States — one of the Great Lakes of North America.
It lies at 577 ft above sea level and covers about 57,750 km².
The nearest town in the atlas is Ludington, 16 mi to the E, where the weather is best in June, August and September.
Weather nearby now
Forecast for Ludington47°
Partly cloudy now
Today
22 Oct
63°
42°
Fri
23 Oct
63°
42°
Sat
24 Oct
61°
45°
Sun
25 Oct
60°
49°
Mon
26 Oct
58°
42°
Model run 00:00 UTCRefreshed several times a day
The lake's water
Surface, average depth and volume of the lake, and the length of its shore.Surface57,750 km²
Average depth276 ft
Volume4,860 km³
Shoreline1779 mi
When to go
Climate of LudingtonThe best months around Lake Michigan
Month score in Ludington
Comfort, dry days and sunshine · out of 10018
Jan
28
Feb
31
Mar
33
Apr
65
May
72
Jun
71
Jul
73
Aug
74
Sep
48
Oct
22
Nov
16
Dec
Map
Lake Michigan from above
Nature nearbyAll of the United States
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Around here
Ludington and around
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Ludington
Michigan · United States
Jun · Aug–Sepbest months
78°July high
591 ftaltitude
Nature
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Lincoln River
River
Heritage
Mason County Courthouse, Ludington
National Register of Historic Places listed place
Warren A. and Catherine Cartier House
National Register of Historic Places listed place