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WALLOON LAKE FACTS

What you should know about Walloon Lake?
  • Walloon Lake is located in Charlevoix and Emmet Counties. Politically, the lake and its watershed are located in Bay, Evangeline, and Melrose Townships of Charlevoix County, and in Bear Creek and Resort Townships of Emmet County

  • Walloon Lake is the 22nd largest lake in Michigan with a lake surface area of 6.9 square miles.

  • Walloon Lake has relatively small watershed (41.1 square miles, including the lake), with the lake accounting for 16.8 percent of the total watershed.

  • Walloon Lake's shoreline length is 30 miles.

  • Walloon Lake is 9.2 miles at its longest point, from Mud Lake at the tip of the West Arm to the Foot. The distance from the tip of the North Arm to the bottom of the South Arm is four miles.

  • Walloon Lake is one of the States deepest lakes, with mean and maximum depths of 29.8 feet (8.8m) and 100 feet (30.5m) respectively.

  • Walloon Lake is about 100 feet above elevation of Little Traverse Bay (about a mile away) and Lake Charlevoix.

  • Walloon Lake's shoreline development factor (i.e., the ratio of shoreline length to lake surface area) is the highest of all Emmet County lakes.

  • Walloon Lake existed in pre-glacial times as a river valley which was reshaped and deepened by glacial activity.

  • Walloon Lake is fed primarily by groundwater, with only a few inlet creeks.