Lime Lake

Lime Lake is located in Cleveland Township, Leelanau County, Michigan, approximately two miles north of the Village of Maple City. The lake is located in a basin setting of wooded rolling sand hills approximately 3 miles south of Good Harbor Bay and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. M-22 a State of Michigan scenic heritage route, skirts Lime Lake to the north. The lake is approximately 1.6 miles long, from south to north, and 1.1 miles wide, from east to west, and 65 ft at its deepest. It covers 670 acres. Lime Lake is part of the Good Harbor Bay watershed. In addition to a number of small creeks and springs, it is fed by Lime Creek at the southwestern corner of the lake. Shetland Creek flows out of the north end of the lake and into Little Traverse Lake, and from there Shalda Creek flows out of Little Traverse Lake and into Good Harbor Bay on Lake Michigan. Migratory fish from Lake Michigan have access to Lime Lake through this connection when there are no beaver dams or other natural obstructions. Chinook salmon have been observed spawning in Lime Creek. Lime Lake has a healthy fish community with abundant species diversity including brown trout, largemouth bass, northern pike, and smallmouth bass. The south and north ends of the lake feature lowland swamps dominated by cedar, hemlock, and birch trees. Rolling hillsides to the east and west feature upland hardwoods and conifers. Teichner Preserve, a 41-acre parcel located on the northeast shore of the lake, was gifted to the Leelanau Conservancy in 1996. Open to the public, a trail and boardwalk lead through extensive wetlands and forested lowlands to the lake shore. The Lime Lake Association is the riparian association representing property owners on Lime Lake.

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