Cranberry Lakes

Cranberry Lakes: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Cranberry Lakes

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Cranberry Lakes — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 43.91016, -84.97259. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Cranberry Lakes

• Lost Lake · lake · Clare · ~7 km · Must-see
• Lake Thirteen · lake · Clare · ~13 km · Must-see
• Budd Lake · lake · Clare · ~24 km · Must-see
• Wilson State Park · park · Clare · ~24 km · Must-see
• Little Long Lake · lake · Clare · ~25 km · Must-see
• Weidman Millpond · lake · Isabella · ~30 km · Must-see
• Pratt Lake · lake · Gladwin · ~45 km · Must-see
• Townline Lake · lake · Mecosta · ~54 km · Must-see
• Jim Crow Museum of Racist Imagery · museum · Mecosta · ~60 km · Must-see
• Wixom Lake · lake · Gladwin · ~62 km · Must-see
• Reedsburg Dam · lake · Missaukee · ~63 km · Must-see
• Lake Missaukee · lake · Missaukee · ~64 km · Must-see
• Lake Cadillac · lake · Wexford · ~65 km · Must-see
• Sanford Lake · lake · Midland · ~65 km · Must-see
• Rogers Dam · lake · Mecosta · ~65 km · Must-see
• Houghton Lake Flats Flooding State Wildlife Management Area · lake · Roscommon · ~67 km · Must-see
• William Mitchell State Park · park · Wexford · ~67 km · Must-see
• Houghton Lake · lake · Roscommon · ~67 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Cranberry Lakes

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Cranberry Lakes

• Lost Lake · lake · Clare · ~7 km · Must-see
• Lake Thirteen · lake · Clare · ~13 km · Must-see
• Budd Lake · lake · Clare · ~24 km · Must-see
• Little Long Lake · lake · Clare · ~25 km · Must-see
• Weidman Millpond · lake · Isabella · ~30 km · Must-see
• Pratt Lake · lake · Gladwin · ~45 km · Must-see
• Townline Lake · lake · Mecosta · ~54 km · Must-see
• Wixom Lake · lake · Gladwin · ~62 km · Must-see
• Reedsburg Dam · lake · Missaukee · ~63 km · Must-see
• Lake Missaukee · lake · Missaukee · ~64 km · Must-see

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