Bay Lake

Bay Lake: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. 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 Bay Lake

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

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

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

How to reach Bay Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 47.40610, -87.76419. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Bay Lake

• Gull Rock Lighthouse · fort · Michigan · ~10 km · Must-see
• Estivant Pines Approach · trek · Keweenaw · ~12 km · Must-see
• Lake Fanny Hooe · lake · Keweenaw · ~13 km · Must-see
• Fort Wilkins · fort · Keweenaw · ~13 km · Must-see
• Copper Harbor Front Range Light · beach · Keweenaw · ~13 km · Must-see
• Copper Harbor Light · fort · Keweenaw · ~13 km · Must-see
• Manitou Island Lighthouse · fort · Keweenaw · ~17 km · Must-see
• Bete Grise (Mendota) Lighthouse · beach · Keweenaw · ~20 km · Must-see
• James H. Klipfel Memorial Nature Sanctuary at Brockway Mountain · sanctuary · Keweenaw · ~20 km · Must-see
• Lake Medora · lake · Keweenaw · ~21 km · Must-see
• Brockway Mountain · viewpoint · Keweenaw · ~21 km · Must-see
• Lac La Belle · lake · Keweenaw · ~22 km · Must-see
• Mount Bohemia · viewpoint · Keweenaw · ~24 km · Must-see
• Lake Gratiot · lake · Keweenaw · ~35 km · Must-see
• Eagle Harbor Light · sanctuary · Keweenaw · ~38 km · Must-see
• Central Mine Methodist Church · church · Keweenaw · ~41 km · Must-see
• Keweenaw Underwater Preserve · sanctuary · Keweenaw · ~42 km · Must-see
• Church of the Assumption · church · Keweenaw · ~48 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Bay Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Bay Lake

• Lake Fanny Hooe · lake · Keweenaw · ~13 km · Must-see
• Lake Medora · lake · Keweenaw · ~21 km · Must-see
• Lac La Belle · lake · Keweenaw · ~22 km · Must-see
• Lake Gratiot · lake · Keweenaw · ~35 km · Must-see
• Thayer Lake · lake · Keweenaw · ~50 km · Must-see
• Lake Superior · lake · Michigan · ~61 km · Must-see
• Torch Lake · lake · Houghton · ~72 km · Must-see
• Lake Independence · lake · Florence · ~84 km · Must-see
• Lake Independence · lake · Marquette · ~84 km · Must-see
• Redridge Steel Dam · lake · Houghton · ~101 km · Must-see

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